Éric Laporte
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Éric Laporte is a politician from Quebec
Quebec
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, Canada
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. He was an Action démocratique du Québec
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....

 Member of the National Assembly
National Assembly of Quebec
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 for the electoral district of L'Assomption
L'Assomption (provincial electoral district)
L'Assomption is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. Created in 1829 and located in the Lanaudière region, the district includes the municipalities of Saint-Sulpice and L'Assomption and portions of the city of Repentigny.-Members...

 from 2007 to 2008.

Laporte is a graduate from the Université du Québec à Montréal
Université du Québec à Montréal
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 where he obtained a bachelor's degree in business administration and was also trained at . He worked as an agent at the National Bank
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 in Montreal
Montreal
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 and Industrielle Alliance in Charlemagne
Charlemagne, Quebec
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. He was also a member of the Terrebonne
Terrebonne, Quebec
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 Chamber of Commerce
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 as well as the vice-president of the international student association in economic
Economics
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 and commercial sciences at the UQAM.

He was first elected in the 2007 election
Quebec general election, 2007
The 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...

 with 39% of the vote. Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
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 incumbent Jean-Claude St-André
Jean-Claude St-André
Jean-Claude St-André is a Quebec provincial politician and the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec representing L'Assomption for the Parti Québécois....

 finished second with 34% of the vote. Laporte took office on April 12, 2007.

External links

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