Jean Garon

[1][2][3] He was born in Saint-Michel, Quebec, and graduated from Université Laval with a bachelor's degree in 1960 and a master's in economics two years later.

As a Member of the Official Opposition, Garon vice-chaired, then chaired a number of parliamentary committees, including the one on Economy and Labor.

The Parti Québécois won the 1994 election and Premier Jacques Parizeau appointed Garon as Education Minister.

Premier Lucien Bouchard, who succeeded Parizeau and is widely viewed as a moderate concerning constitutional issues, did not appoint Garon to his Cabinet.

In 2013, Garon said he is convinced that like René Lévesque, Pierre Karl Péladeau will be able to rally the necessary sovereigntist forces to make Québec a country.

He was re-elected with a majority at the City Council in 2001 (defeating Christian Jobin),[10] in the aftermath of the province-wide municipal merger imposed by the Parti Québécois government.

[14] He considered running for the Action démocratique du Québec in the Montérégie area in 2007,[15] and attended its subsequent general assembly.