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14 Facts About Jean-Marc Lalonde

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Jean-Marc Lalonde was born on August 19,1935 and is a politician in Ontario, Canada.

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Jean-Marc Lalonde was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2011 who represented the riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell.

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Jean-Marc Lalonde was mayor of Rockland, Ontario from 1976 to 1991 and was elected as a municipal councillor in 2014.

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Jean-Marc Lalonde was employed in the Public Service of Canada from 1956 to 1990.

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Jean-Marc Lalonde served for a time as the manager of the Canadian Government Printing Bureau, and was responsible for the establishment and operation of technical training and development for the Canada Communications Group.

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Outside of public service, Jean-Marc Lalonde was a co-owner of the Hull Olympiques ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for several years, and was a director of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association from 1972 to 1976.

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Jean-Marc Lalonde was mayor of Rockland, Ontario from 1976 to 1991.

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For eleven years, Jean-Marc Lalonde was a director of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, and was the vice-president of the Francophone Association of Municipalities of Ontario for a time.

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Jean-Marc Lalonde was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election, in the riding of Prescott and Russell in the easternmost section of the province.

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The Progressive Conservatives won the election, and Jean-Marc Lalonde joined 29 other Liberals in the official opposition.

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Jean-Marc Lalonde was re-elected without difficulty in the new riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell in the general election of 1999.

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The Liberals won the 2003 election, in which Jean-Marc Lalonde defeated his closest opponent by almost 20,000 votes.

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Jean-Marc Lalonde served as the Parliamentary Assistant for the Minister of Health Promotion.

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Jean-Marc Lalonde was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada for his contributions in public service and promoting bilingualism services in both English and French in Ontario.