Jean-Claude D'Amours
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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] As of September 8, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Health.
D'Amours was re-elected in the 2024 general election. On November 1, 2024, it was announced that he was placed on the cabinet as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister responsible for Immigration and Minister responsible for Military Affairs.[5]
Electoral history
Provincial
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Federal
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References
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External links
- Official website
- How'd They Vote?: Voting history and quotes
- Jean-Claude D'Amours – Parliament of Canada biography
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- 1972 births
- Politicians of Acadian descent
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Living people
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick
- People from Edmundston
- New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs
- New Brunswick municipal councillors
- 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
- 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
- Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick