18 Facts About Daniel Turp

Daniel Turp was born on April 30,1955 and is a professor of constitutional and international law at the Universite de Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Daniel Turp served as a Bloc Quebecois member of Parliament from 1997 to 2000 and as a Parti Quebecois member of the Quebec National Assembly from 2003 to 2008.

Daniel Turp is a member of the Church of St Andrew and St Paul in Montreal.

Daniel Turp studied law at the Universite de Montreal and the University of Ottawa, and received his legal licence in Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1977.

Daniel Turp earned a master's degree at the Universite de Montreal in 1978.

Daniel Turp has worked for the Canadian International Development Agency and was called as an expert for the Belanger-Campeau Commission on Quebec's constitutional future.

Daniel Turp started teaching at the Universite de Montreal in 1982.

Daniel Turp has been a director of studies at the international law academy in The Hague.

Daniel Turp is interested in international law and globalization and once worked as a specialist at Harvard University.

Daniel Turp joined the Bloc Quebecois, becoming that party's Political Affairs Committee president during Prime Minister Jean Chretien's first term in office.

Daniel Turp was defeated in the Papineau-Saint-Michel electoral district in 1996 when he first attempted to become a federal Member of Parliament.

Daniel Turp left federal politics in 2000 after being defeated by Liberal Serge Marcil.

Daniel Turp became the party spokesman on international relations and sat on the Parliamentary Assembly of la Francophonie.

Daniel Turp has published many articles on Quebec sovereignty and its constitutional implications.

Daniel Turp supported Andre Boisclair during the Parti Quebecois' party leadership campaign in 2005, and was re-elected in the 2007 election.

Daniel Turp faced some criticism in 2008 as one of two MNAs, along with Pierre Curzi, who endorsed a controversial petition opposing Paul McCartney's performance at Quebec City's 400th anniversary celebrations.

Daniel Turp was defeated in 2008 by Amir Khadir, co-leader of Quebec solidaire.

In 2011, Daniel Turp unsuccessfully ran for president of the Parti Quebecois.