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Benoit Charette

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Benoit Charette
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Deux-Montagnes
Assumed office
April 7, 2014
Preceded byDaniel Goyer
In office
December 8, 2008 – September 4, 2012
Preceded byLucie Leblanc
Succeeded byDaniel Goyer
Personal details
Born (1976-07-19) July 19, 1976 (age 48)
Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
Political partyParti Québécois (2008-2011)
Independent (2011)
CAQ (2011-present)

Benoit Charette (born July 19, 1976) is a Quebec politician elected in the 2008 provincial election for Deux-Montagnes. He was a member of the Parti Québécois, but left the party on June 21, 2011 to protest the party's focus on sovereignty. On December 19, 2011 he joined the Coalition Avenir Québec and is the current Minister of Sustainable Development and Environment.

A graduate of Université du Québec à Montréal with a bachelor's degree in history, he also studied municipal development at the École nationale d'administration publique. He worked as program manager at the Ministry of International Relations. He was also responsible for the documentation center at the Quebec General Delegation Délégation générale du Québec in Mexico.

Charette defeated the ADQ's Lucie Leblanc in Deux-Montagnes in the 2008 elections.

  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.