Tony Tomassi is a
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politician. He is the current Member of
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for the riding of
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in Montreal. He represents the Quebec Liberal Party and was the Minister for Family.
Tomassi studied at the
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and the
Université de MontréalThe Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...
but did not receive a university degree. He was a political aide for Liberal members for
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and
Jeanne-ManceJeanne-Mance—Viger is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding consists of the Saint-Léonard borough...
. He later became a general manager at Group Genco. He was also a member of the Montreal Board of Trade.
Tomassi was a candidate for the
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in
Saint-Léonard—Saint-MichelSaint-Léonard—Saint Michel is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988...
, in the
1993 federal electionsThe Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
but was not elected as the Conservatives were reduced to just two seats in the
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. He would run in provincial politics and was elected in
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in LaFontaine as a Liberal. He was re-elected in
2007The Quebec general election of 2007 was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26, 2007 to elect members of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Jean Charest managed to win a plurality of seats, but were reduced to a minority government, Quebec's first in...
and named the
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to
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Jean CharestJohn James "Jean" Charest, PC, MNA is a Canadian politician who has been the 29th Premier of Quebec since 2003. He was leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998 and has been leader of the Quebec Liberal Party since 1998....
. Following the 2008 elections, he was named for the first time in the Cabinet being designated as the Minister for Family replacing
Michelle CourchesneMichelle Courchesne is a Quebec politician. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, she is the National Assembly Member for the riding of Fabre in Laval, Quebec...
who kept the portfolios of Education, Recreation and Sport.
On May 6, 2010, after much controversy around the attribution of publicly subsidized daycare licenses, Tony Tomassi was asked to resign as Minister for Family and to leave the Liberal caucus, after it was revealed he was using a business credit card in the name of Canadian Bureau of Investigations and Adjustments while sitting as an MNA. His portfolio was given to
Yolande JamesYolande James is a Quebec provincial politician. She is the first black female MNA and the youngest, as well as the first black cabinet minister in Quebec history...
.
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