Gérard Asselin

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Gérard Asselin
Gérard Asselin

Member of Parliament
for Charlevoix (1993-2004); Manicouagan (2004-present)
Incumbent
Assumed office 
1993 election
Preceded by Brian Mulroney

Born April 19 1950 ( 1950-04-19) (age 58)
Sainte-Flavie, Quebec
Political party Bloc Québécois
Spouse Diane Gaudreault
Residence Baie-Comeau
Profession Foreman

Gérard Asselin (born April 19, 1950, in Sainte-Flavie, Quebec) is a Canadian politician.

Asselin is currently a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Manicouagan since 2004 and Charlevoix from 1993 to 2003. At the end of the 37th Canadian Parliament, Asselin was the Bloc's Forestry critic. He is also a former Natural Resources Critic.

Asselin is a former foreman, and was previously a city councillor in Baie-Comeau, Quebec from 1979 to 1993.

Asselin is one of the party's few more socially conservative members. In 2005, Asselin joined five other Bloc Québécois members opposing Bill C-38, which redefined marriage to include same-sex couples in Canada.

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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by
Brian Mulroney, P.C.
Member of Parliament from Charlevoix
1993-2003
Succeeded by
Riding was abolished in 2003
Preceded by
Ghislain Fournier, B.Q.
Member of Parliament from Manicouagan
2004-
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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