Jonathan Genest-Jourdain was born on July 16,1979 and is a Canadian politician from Quebec.
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Jonathan Genest-Jourdain entered municipal politics in Sept-Iles, Quebec, in 2009.
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Jonathan Genest-Jourdain defeated Bloc Quebecois incumbent MP Gerard Asselin at the 2011 Canadian federal election, becoming the first ever NDP member to represent the Manicouagan riding.
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Jonathan Genest-Jourdain was a member of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.
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Jonathan Genest-Jourdain obtained a law degree from Universite Laval in 2004 and started a graduate certificate in corporate law.
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Jonathan Genest-Jourdain has been a member of the Bar of Quebec since 2007.
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Jonathan Genest-Jourdain has devoted himself to the application of professional principles, including social intervention.
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Jonathan Genest-Jourdain supported Outremont MP Tom Mulcair's candidacy for federal leadership of the NDP to succeed the late Jack Layton.
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Jonathan Genest-Jourdain finished third in his own riding of Manicouagan in the 2015 Canadian federal election, with the Bloc's Marilene Gill succeeding him as MP.
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Shortly after Jonathan Genest-Jourdain entered Parliament in May 2011, NDP leader Jack Layton appointed him to the shadow cabinet as Deputy Critic for Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.