René Serge Larouche | |
Birth Date: | February 27, 1944 |
Birth Place: | Alma, Quebec |
Death Date: | October 14, 2023 (aged 79) |
Profession: | marketing consultant |
Party: | Liberal (1988-1990) Independent (1990-1991) |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Anjou |
Term Start1: | June 20, 1988 |
Term End1: | June 19, 1991 |
Successor1: | Pierre Bélanger |
René Serge Larouche (February 27, 1944 - October 14, 2023)[1] was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Anjou in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1988 to 1991.
A marketing consultant,[2] he was first elected as a Quebec Liberal Party MNA in a by-election on June 20, 1988, following the resignation of Pierre-Marc Johnson during the 33rd Quebec Legislature, defeating former Parti Québécois cabinet minister Pauline Marois.[3] He was re-elected in the 1989 Quebec general election, defeating PQ candidate Louise Laurin;[4] however, following the Oka Crisis of 1990, he quit the Liberal Party caucus on the grounds that he was opposed to the government negotiating with "terrorists".[5]
He sat the remainder of his term in the assembly as an independent, until resigning the legislature on June 19, 1991.[6]