Jean-Claude D'Amours explained

Jean-Claude D'Amours
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Assembly:New Brunswick Legislative
Constituency Am:Edmundston-Madawaska Centre
Term Start:September 24, 2018
Predecessor:Madeleine Dubé
Term Start1:June 28, 2004
Term End1:May 2, 2011
Predecessor1:Jeannot Castonguay
Successor1:Bernard Valcourt
Riding1:Madawaska—Restigouche
Parliament1:Canadian
Birth Date:19 December 1972
Birth Place:Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
Profession:account executive/financial consultant
Party:Liberal
Residence:Edmundston, New Brunswick
Spouse:Hélène Thériault

Jean-Claude "J.C." D'Amours (born December 19, 1972) is a Canadian politician and who represents Edmundston-Madawaska Centre in the New Brunswick legislature. He is a former Member of Parliament for Madawaska—Restigouche.

Born in Edmundston, New Brunswick, D'Amours served as a city councillor in Edmundston from 1998 to 2004.[1] D'Amours is a former account executive, development manager and a financial agent/adviser/consultant.

In the 2004 federal election, D'Amours was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. During his first mandate, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, the Standing Committee on Official Languages and the Subcommittee on the Employment Insurance Funds of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

He was re-elected in the 2006 federal election after a close race with Conservative candidate Jean-Pierre Ouellet.[2] His campaign focused on improving the Employment Insurance Program, transferring federal government jobs to rural regions, creating a community development fund and creating a national forum on the forest industry.

D'Amours was defeated by Conservative Bernard Valcourt in the 2011 federal election.[3]

D'Amours was elected in the 2018 provincial election and re-elected in the 2020 provincial election.[1] [4]

Electoral history

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Brunswick election: Edmundston-Madawaska Centre. Global News. September 14, 2020. June 27, 2021.
  2. Web site: Conservatives gain seat in N.B.. CBC News. January 24, 2006. June 27, 2021.
  3. Web site: Mulroney-era cabinet minister returns to Ottawa. CTV News. May 5, 2011. June 27, 2021.
  4. Web site: Liberals take 3 of 4 local ridings, Conservatives win majority in N.B. General Election. Bounce Radio. September 15, 2020. June 27, 2021.