Jean-Claude Rivest

Jean-Claude Rivest (the Assumption, January 27th, 1943 -) is a lawyer and a politician Québécois. Associated with the Liberal party of Quebec since the end of the Years 1960, it sat at the National Assembly of Quebec like liberal deputy and was made known of a general public as a principal political adviser of the Prime Minister for Quebec, Robert Bourassa, during its second government. Since 1993, it sits at the Sénat of Canada.

After studies with the College of the Assumption and the University of Montreal, it is allowed with the Barreau of Quebec in 1966. It continues studies specialized in Administrative law and constitutional and obtains a diploma of higher learning in 1967.

He becomes private secretary of Jean Lesage during two years before entering to the cabinet of the Prime Minister Robert Bourassa, at the time of his election in 1970. Under the official title of Secretary to the legislation and the parliamentary activities, Mr. Rivest has as functions to advise the Prime Minister. It is him which, for example, presented the refusal of the Québécois government to the Charte of Victoria, a reform project constitutional fallen through in 1971. Near to Robert Bourassa, Jean-Claude Rivest becomes sometimes the confidant, sometimes the adviser, sometimes insane of the king first minist, evaluates Jean-François Lisée author of two works on the second government of Robert Bourassa.

After the defeat of Mr. Bourassa in 1976, he becomes special adviser of Gerard D. Lévesque, which assumes a long interim. In 1979, he is elected appointed liberal of the district of Jean-Heel to the National Assembly of Quebec at the time of a by-election of April 30th, 1979. He is re-elected at the time of the Québécois general election of 1981, but in 1985 will not be represented.

Jean-Claude Rivest was, with John Parisella and Pierre Anctil, one of his principal political advisers throughout almost all its second government. He took part in the development of the constitutional strategy of the government of Quebec during the negotiations of the Accord of the lake Meech, the Commission Bélanger-Campeau and the Accord of Charlottetown.

According to Jean-François Lisée, who reported part of the mandate of Robert Bourassa in two books, Rivest, are the man of the works which require cynicism and tact, strategic thought and handling of the double-direction

The Prime Minister Brian Mulroney names it Canadian Sénat, on March 11th, 1993. He sat within the caucus of the Parti progressist-conservative until fusion with the party the Canadian Alliance, in February 2004. After a few months with the caucus of new the Conservative party, the senator Rivest leaves the caucus to sit as independent.

He is member of several senatorial committees, of which committees of the Legal affairs and constitutional and that of the official languages.

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