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
Joliette, Quebec
Political partyParti Québécois
Other political
affiliations
Liberal Party (federal)
Spouse
Nicole Perreault
(m. 1978)
ProfessionPolitician

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.

Biography

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

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

Federal

2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisBenoît Sauvageau35,90770.06+12.26
LiberalLévis Brien9,35318.25-8.63$76,485
ConservativeAllen F. Mackenzie2,4474.77-5.69$5,725
New DemocraticAndré Cardinal1,5262.98+1.55
GreenJean-François Lévêque1,4822.89n/a$0
MarijuanaFrançois Boudreau5391.05-2.38
Total valid votes/expense limit 51,254100.00 $79,823

Provincial

1994 Quebec general election: Rousseau
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Parti QuébécoisLévis Brien16,53253.86+14.11
LiberalRoger Beausoleil9,83332.03-28.22
Action démocratiqueGuy Cloutier3,59511.71
New DemocraticGilles Garneau6312.06
Republic of CanadaChristiane Deland-Gervais1060.35
Total valid votes 30,69798.04
Rejected and declined votes 6131.96-2.11
Turnout 31,31077.66+6.03
Electors on the lists 40,316
Source: Results, Government of Quebec
Parti Québécois gain from Liberal Swing +21.17

References

  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.
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