Preceded by Andre Plourde Spouse Myriam Santerre Preceded by first member Party Bloc Quebecois | Preceded by first member Name Paul Crete Succeeded by Bernard Genereux | |
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Constituency Kamouraska—Riviere-du-Loup Constituency Kamouraska—Riviere-du-Loup—Temiscouata—Les Basques Constituency Montmagny—L\'Islet—Kamouraska—Riviere-du-Loup Previous office Member of the Canadian House of Commons (1997–2004) Office Member of the Canadian House of Commons since 2004 | ||
Residence Riviere-du-Loup, Canada | ||
Paul Crête (born April 8, 1953 in Hérouxville, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, who served as a Member of Parliament for the Bloc Québécois in the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 until 2009, when he announced that he was moving to provincial politics.
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Political career
Prior to his political career, he was a school administrator. Crête was first elected in 1993 representing Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup in the 1993 Canadian general election, then re-elected in 1997 representing Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques defeating former Quebec MNA France Dionne in a hotly contested five way race.
Crête was re-elected in the 2000 election and again in 2004 election for Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny.
In May 2009, he resigned from the House of Commons to run for the Parti Québécois in the June 22 provincial by-election in Rivière-du-Loup. He lost to Liberal candidate Jean D'Amour.