1. Pierre Moreau was born on 12 December 1957 and is a Canadian politician and former lawyer who serves as a senator for the Canadian province of Quebec.
18 Facts About Pierre Moreau
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Pierre Moreau was appointed to the Senate of Canada on 10 September 2024.
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Pierre Moreau was nominated by the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments and appointed by Governor General of Canada Mary Simon on the recommendation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Pierre Moreau was the Liberal MNA for the riding of Marguerite-D'Youville in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2003 to 2007.
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Pierre Moreau ran again in 2008 in the nearby electorate of Chateauguay, and entered Cabinet.
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On 7 April 2014, Pierre Moreau was re-elected for a third consecutive term in Chateauguay in an election where the Liberals formed a majority government.
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Pierre Moreau lost his National Assembly seat in the 2018 Quebec general election.
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Pierre Moreau spent 22 years specializing in municipal and administrative law in a private practice in Montreal.
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Pierre Moreau shared his expertise by teaching at the Ecole du Barreau du Quebec from 1996 to 2002.
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Pierre Moreau first entered the political arena by running for the Liberal Party of Quebec in October 2002.
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In 2007 and 2008, Pierre Moreau held the offices of Chief of staff for the Government House Leader, and as Chief of staff for the Minister of Justice and Attorney General and the Minister of Public Security.
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Pierre Moreau was then appointed as Minister of Transports from September 2011 to September 2012.
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Pierre Moreau was, re-elected as MNA for Chateauguay in the general election held on 4 September 2012 and appointed as Official Opposition House Leader on 9 April 2013.
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On 7 April 2014, Pierre Moreau was re-elected for the third consecutive time in Chateauguay.
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Pierre Moreau was said by some pundits to be the heir apparent to the PLQ leadership until he lost his Chateauguay seat in the Quebec general election, 2018.
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Pierre Moreau earned second place in the 2013 party leadership race that elected Philippe Couillard.
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In December 2018, Pierre Moreau decided to not run for the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party.
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In February 2019, Pierre Moreau was appointed Managing Partner of the Belanger Sauve law firm based in Montreal, Quebec for which he was an Associate Partner from 1991 to 2003.