Jean-Pierre Charbonneau

He was the Quebec MNA member under the Parti Québécois for the provincial ridings of Borduas and Verchères in the Montérégie region.

After studying at Montreal's Ahuntsic College in social sciences, Charbonneau attended the Université de Montréal in criminology and obtained a bachelor's degree in 1972.

He was re-elected in 1981 and 1985 before stepping down the first time in 1989 prior to a humanitarian trip to Africa organized by the Université de Montréal and the criminology faculty.

Charbonneau re-entered politics in 1994 where he was elected as an MNA for the riding of Borduas when the Parti Québécois under the leadership of Jacques Parizeau, defeated the Liberals led by Daniel Johnson, Jr.

[1] He was the speaker of the provincial legislative assembly of Quebec for six years, from 1996 to 2002, before being named the Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Bernard Landry cabinet, until the party's defeat to Jean Charest's Liberals in the 2003 elections.