Preceded by Daniel Goyer Role Politician | Name Benoit Charette Preceded by Lucie Leblanc Succeeded by Daniel Goyer | |
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Born July 19, 1976 (age 47)
Saint-Jerome, Quebec ( 1976-07-19 ) Political party Parti Quebecois, Coalition Avenir Quebec | ||
Education Universite de Sherbrooke | ||
Benoît Charette : Élections générales provinciales, les priorités de la Coalition Avenir Québec
Benoit Charette (born July 19, 1976) is a Quebec politician elected in the 2008 provincial election for Deux-Montagnes. He was a member of the Parti Québécois, but left the party on June 21, 2011 to protest the party's focus on sovereignty. On December 19, 2011 he joined the Coalition Avenir Québec.
A graduate of Université du Québec à Montréal with a bachelor's degree in history, he also studied municipal development at the École nationale d'administration publique. He worked as program manager at the Ministry of International Relations. He was also responsible for the documentation center at the Quebec General Delegation Délégation générale du Québec in Mexico.
Charette defeated the ADQ's Lucie Leblanc in Deux-Montagnes in the 2008 elections.