André Chenail | |
Office: | Mayor of Sainte-Clotilde |
Term Start: | 2017 |
Term End: | 2020 |
Predecessor: | Clément Lemieux |
Successor: | Guy-Julien Mayné |
Term Start1: | 1982 |
Term End1: | 1989 |
Predecessor1: | Robert Lefort |
Successor1: | Mario Moïse |
Office2: | Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Huntingdon |
Term Start2: | April 14, 2003 |
Term End2: | March 26, 2007 |
Predecessor2: | Riding created |
Successor2: | Albert De Martin |
Office3: | Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Beauharnois-Huntingdon |
Term Start3: | September 25, 1989 |
Term End3: | April 14, 2003 |
Predecessor3: | Riding created |
Successor3: | Riding dissolved |
Birth Date: | 12 July 1946 |
Birth Place: | Sainte-Clotilde, Quebec, Canada |
Party: | Liberal |
Residence: | Sainte-Clotilde, Québec |
André Chenail (born July 12, 1946) is a farmer and former political figure in Quebec. He represented Beauharnois-Huntingdon from 1989 to 2003 and Huntingdon in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2003 to 2007 as a Liberal.
He was born in Sainte-Clotilde, Quebec, the son of Fridolin Chenail and Évelina Catman, and was educated there, at Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, at the Collège de Laprairie and at Saint-Rémi. He was president and founder of Fermes du Soleil which specialized in the production and distribution of vegetables, and then Terres du Soleil, a company involved in real estate promotion. Chenail was a member of the municipal council for Sainte-Clotilde from 1973 to 1975 and 1976 to 1980 and mayor from 1982 to 1989. He was prefect for the regional municipality of Jardins-de-Napierville in 1987 and 1988. Chenail was elected in the 2003 election but was defeated by Albert De Martin of the ADQ when he ran for reelection in 2007.