Mario Dumont

Mario Dumont (born with Cacouna (River-of-Wolf) on May 19th, 1970) is a politician Québécois. He is Député of River-of-Wolf to the National Assembly of Quebec, chief of the democratic Action of Quebec and chief of the Official opposition to the National Assembly of Quebec.

Biography

Mario Dumont obtains a baccalaureat in economy of the Université Concordia, with Montreal, in 1993. He is elected Député with the National Assembly under the banner adequist in the district of River-of-Wolf to the elections of 1994, 1998 and 2003 and that of 2007.

He was president of the Commission-youth of the Liberal party of Quebec, until he leaves the party following the rejection of the Rapport Allaire. He plays a central role, with the liberal minister Jean Allaire, in the foundation and the development of the democratic Action of Quebec after the election of 1989. He succeeds Allaire as a chief of the party after the resignation of this one for health reasons.

He was in the camp of Yes with the referendum of 1995 on the sovereignty of Quebec. After the defeat of Yes, he asked for a moratorium of ten years on the behavior of a referendum on the Québécois national question and worked out the platform Autonomiste of the ADQ.

Politician of center-right, it put on a greater autonomy of Quebec within the Canadian federation (to affirm itself without separating) and of the areas of Quebec. Several of its political measurements imply a reduction of the size of the State, a regionalization of the responsibilities and budgets and a greater freedom for the companies and the citizens.

It defended freedom of expression at the time when CHOI - FM was threatened of closing by CRTC. According to some, this support would have allowed the election of Sylvain Légaré in the district of Basket maker, in the area of Quebec. Curiously, its popularity and that of its party are always also large in this area as in other areas of the east of Quebec and this, in spite of the disappearance of the traditional waves of the organizer Jeff Fillion.

In the debate on the reasonable compromises, it gave an opinion by denouncing what it calls of unreasonable compromises . Its election platform for the Québécois general elections of 2007 includes/understands the introduction of a Québécois constitution in which they would be enchased common values of the Inhabitants of Quebec .

Political stations

President of the Commission-Youth of the Liberal party of Quebec (1991 - 1992)
Copresident of the Network of the Liberals for NONthe on the agreement of Charlottetown at the time of the referendum of 1992
Founder president of the Forum Option-Youth (1993)
Member of the Group Reflection-Quebec (1993)
Founder president of the democratic Action of Quebec (1994)
Chief of the democratic Action of Quebec (since 1994)

Political offices, parliamentary and ministerial

Elected, for the first time, deputy of the district of River-of-Wolf to the general elections of September 12th, 1994
Member of the Office of the National Assembly of Quebec of the December 2nd 1994 with the October 28th 1998
Member of the Commission of the institutions of 1994 to the October 28th 1998
Re-elected appointed district of River-of-Wolf to the general elections of November 30th, 1998
Member of the Commission of the institutions of the March 4th 1999 with the March 12th 2003
Member of the Office of the National Assembly of the March 24th 1999 with the March 12th 2003
Member of the parliamentary Parliament of the Francophonie (APF), Section of the Quebec until the March 12th 2003
Member of the Delegation of the National Assembly for the relations with France (DANRF) until the March 12th 2003
Member of the Delegation of the National Assembly for the relations with the Middle East (DANRMO) of the October 21st 2002 with the March 12th 2003
Member of the Section of Quebec of the parliamentary Association Ontario-Quebec (APOQ) of the October 21st 2002 with the March 12th 2003
Re-elected appointed district of River-of-Wolf to the general elections of April 14th, 2003
Member of the Commission of the institutions since the June 5th 2003
Member of the Office of the National Assembly since the June 10th 2003
Member of the Section of Quebec, parliamentary Association Ontario-Quebec (APOQ) since October 2003
Member of the Delegation of the National Assembly for the relations with the United States (DANRÉU) since October 2003
Chief of the Official opposition (since 2007)

See too

External bonds

National Assembly of Quebec
Biographical note on the site of the ADQ
To have the courage of its convictions
Mario Dumont in interview with Benoit Dutrizac in TV-Quebec. ( November 19th, 2003 )