1. Raymond Bachand was the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Outremont, and a member of the Quebec Liberal Party caucus.
16 Facts About Raymond Bachand
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Raymond Bachand is the former Minister of Finance and Revenue in the majority government of Premier of Quebec Jean Charest, and was previously Minister for Tourism during the minority government mandate from April 2007 to October 2008, and Minister of economic development of innovation and export trade from his election until June 2009.
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Raymond Bachand was educated at the College Stanislas, a private school.
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Raymond Bachand obtained a law degree from the Universite de Montreal in 1969 and was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1970.
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Raymond Bachand was a Quebec sovereignist during the 1980 referendum, and an organizer for the 'Yes' campaign.
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Raymond Bachand changed his mind, and is a Canadian federalist.
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Raymond Bachand taught at the Ecole des hautes etudes commerciales de Montreal in the early 1970s.
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Raymond Bachand was once the vice-president of Culinar and Metro-Richelieu and was president of Groupe Secor during the 1980s and 1990s.
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Raymond Bachand was president-director general of the Fonds de solidarite des travailleurs du Quebec, a major union fund, between 1997 and 2001.
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Raymond Bachand was part of the administration of Montreal newspaper Le Devoir and member of Montreal's Chamber of Commerce.
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Raymond Bachand was elected on 12 December 2005, in Outremont in a by-election after the retirement of former Finance Minister Yves Seguin.
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Raymond Bachand was easily re-elected in the 2007 elections defeating Parti Quebecois's Salim Laaroussi by nearly 6,000 votes.
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Raymond Bachand was re-appointed as the minister of economic development, innovation and international trade and was given the portfolios of tourism and the region of Montreal.
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On 8 April 2009, following the retirement of Monique Jerome-Forget, Raymond Bachand was named the new Finance Minister.
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Raymond Bachand was a candidate to succeed Jean Charest as Liberal Party leader but lost to Philippe Couillard on 17 March 2013.
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On 26 August 2013, Raymond Bachand resigned his seat as MNA for Outremont.