Joseph Paul Benoit Lévis Brien[1] (born March 21, 1955) is a Quebec politician. He served as the member for Dubuc in the Quebec National Assembly as a member of the Parti Québécois from 1989 until 1998.

Lévis Brien
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Rousseau
In office
September 12, 1994 – November 30, 1998
Preceded byRobert Thérien
Succeeded byFrançois Legault
Personal details
Born (1955-03-21) March 21, 1955 (age 69)
Joliette, Quebec
Political partyParti Québécois
Other political
affiliations
Liberal Party (federal)
Spouse
Nicole Perreault
(m. 1978)
ProfessionPolitician

Biography

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Brien earned his bachelor's degree in Consumer Applied Science from Université Laval in 1978.

He worked as an information officer at Cooprix Lanaudière, Joliette, and the Local Consumer Information Center, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, from 1978 to 1984. He was a public relations officer at Statistics Canada from 1984 to 1989.

He was appointed commissioner for the Quebec Agricultural Markets and Foods Authority on February 5, 1999 and worked as a professor of English at the Commission scolaire des Samares and the Commission scolaire des Affluents.

Political career

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Brien was a municipal councilor from 1987 to 1989 for Saint-Gérard-Majella. He worked in the office of Joliette MP René Laurin before he ran in Rousseau in 1994 as the Parti Québécois formed the government.

He was a backbench supporter in the Bouchard government.

Brien did not seek re-election in 1998. He ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in Repentigny in 2004 and lost.[2]

Electoral record

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Federal

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2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Benoît Sauvageau 35,907 70.06 +12.26
Liberal Lévis Brien 9,353 18.25 -8.63 $76,485
Conservative Allen F. Mackenzie 2,447 4.77 -5.69 $5,725
New Democratic André Cardinal 1,526 2.98 +1.55
Green Jean-François Lévêque 1,482 2.89 n/a $0
Marijuana François Boudreau 539 1.05 -2.38
Total valid votes/expense limit 51,254 100.00 $79,823

Provincial

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1994 Quebec general election: Rousseau
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Lévis Brien 16,532 53.86 +14.11
Liberal Roger Beausoleil 9,833 32.03 -28.22
Action démocratique Guy Cloutier 3,595 11.71
New Democratic Gilles Garneau 631 2.06
Republic of Canada Christiane Deland-Gervais 106 0.35
Total valid votes 30,697 98.04
Rejected and declined votes 613 1.96 -2.11
Turnout 31,310 77.66 +6.03
Electors on the lists 40,316
Source: Results, Government of Quebec
Parti Québécois gain from Liberal Swing +21.17

References

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  1. ^ "Déclaration de mariage" [Marriage Declaration] (in French). Ministry of Social Affairs. May 27, 1978. Retrieved May 15, 2020 – via Institut généalogique Drouin.
  2. ^ "Lévis Brien - National Assembly of Québec". assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-02.