Éric Laporte

Éric Laporte (born January 24, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec) is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of L'Assomption from 2007 to 2008.

For the Quebec tenor, see Eric Laporte (tenor).
Éric Laporte
MNA for L'Assomption
In office
March 26, 2007 – December 8, 2008
Preceded byJean-Claude St-André
Succeeded byScott McKay
Personal details
Born (1976-01-24) January 24, 1976
Montreal, Quebec
Political partyAction démocratique du Québec

Laporte is a graduate from the Université du Québec à Montréal where he obtained a bachelor's degree in business administration and was also trained at Institut canadien des valeurs mobilieres. He worked as an agent at the National Bank in Montreal and Industrielle Alliance in Charlemagne. He was also a member of the Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce as well as the vice-president of the international student association in economic and commercial sciences at the UQAM.

He was first elected in the 2007 election with 39% of the vote. Parti Québécois incumbent Jean-Claude St-André finished second with 34% of the vote.[1] Laporte took office on April 12, 2007.[2]

Footnotes
  1. Les nouveaux visages de l'ADQ, La Presse, March 27, 2007
  2. Au tour de l'ADQ, Radio-Canada, April 12, 2007
  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.


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