THE VOICE OF THE PARENT IN ED U CA T ION VOLUME 54 ISSUE 1 SPRING 2016 page 21 SPRING 2016 Welcome Me. Sebastien Proulx We have a new Minister of Education, Recreation, and Sport, of Families, and responsible for the Gaspésie -Iles de la Madeleine region. Me. Sébastien Proulx, a lawyer by QFHSA NEWS profession, has been the Québec Liberal Party Member of Continuously published since 1949 the National Assembly for Jean-Talon in the Québec City Volume 54, Issue 1 region since he won the by -election of June 8. 2015. Official Public ation of the Quebec Federation of Home and School Me. Proulx first ran for a seat in the National Assembly Associations during the 2003 general election in Laviolette riding under 3285 Cavendish Blvd., Suite #560 the banner of the Action démocratique du Québec. Montreal, Qu eb ec H4B 2L9 Finishing in third place, he was appointed director general Phone: (514) 481-5619 ▪ 1-888-808- of the party in 2004, and became the main political 5619 Fax: (514) 481-5610 consultant to Mario Dumont, party leader, in 2005. He was Email:
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