12 Facts About Bernard Drainville

Bernard Drainville was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Marie-Victorin in Longueuil from 2007 to 2016, representing the Parti Quebecois.

Bernard Drainville is currently serving as the Minister of Education.

In 1989, Drainville joined Radio-Canada as a journalist, where he worked at the Windsor affiliate.

Bernard Drainville became a correspondent for Latin America in 2001, where he was arrested once in Mexico and detained by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

Bernard Drainville hosted the City of Montreal mayoral debate between Gerald Tremblay and Pierre Bourque during the 2005 municipal election campaign.

Bernard Drainville jumped into provincial politics and was elected in the 2007 elections in Marie-Victorin and was named the PQ's critic in health.

Bernard Drainville was re-elected in the 2008 and 2012 general elections.

Bernard Drainville was responsible for introducing the controversial Quebec Charter of Values, which would have banned state employees from wearing religious symbols.

Bernard Drainville was re-elected in 2014, despite his party's defeat and was appointed the official opposition critic for energy and natural resources.

Bernard Drainville is going back to work in the media, co-hosting with Eric Duhaime a noon hour radio show on FM93 in Quebec City.

On June 7,2022, it was announced that Bernard Drainville was running as a candidate for the CAQ in Levis in the upcoming 2022 Quebec general election.

Bernard Drainville was re-elected in the riding of Levis and appointed Minister of education.