Paul Crête | |
Birth Date: | 8 April 1953 |
Birth Place: | Hérouxville, Quebec |
Profession: | human resources director |
Office: | Member of the House of Commons of Canada |
Party: | Bloc Québécois |
Residence: | Quebec, Quebec |
Constituency1: | Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup |
Term Start1: | 1993 |
Term End1: | 1997 |
Predecessor1: | André Plourde |
Successor1: | riding dissolved |
Constituency2: | Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques |
Term Start2: | 1997 |
Term End2: | 2004 |
Predecessor2: | first member |
Successor2: | riding dissolved |
Constituency3: | Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup |
Term Start3: | 2004 |
Term End3: | 2009 |
Predecessor3: | first member |
Successor3: | Bernard Généreux |
Spouse: | Myriam Santerre |
Paul Crête (born April 8, 1953) is a Canadian politician, who served as a Member of Parliament for the Bloc Québécois in the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 until 2009, when he announced that he was moving to provincial politics.
Crête was born in Hérouxville, Quebec. Prior to his political career, he was a school administrator. Crête was first elected in 1993 representing Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup in the 1993 Canadian federal election, then re-elected in 1997 representing Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques defeating former Quebec MNA France Dionne in a hotly contested five way race.[1]
Crête was re-elected in the 2000 election and again in 2004 election for Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny.
In May 2009, he resigned from the House of Commons to run for the Parti Québécois in the June 22 provincial by-election in Rivière-du-Loup. He lost to Liberal candidate Jean D'Amour.