Benoit Charette

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Benoit Charette (born July 19, 1976) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2008 provincial election for Deux-Montagnes. Charette defeated the ADQ's Lucie Leblanc in Deux-Montagnes in the 2008 elections. He was a member of the Parti Québécois, but left the party on June 21, 2011, to protest the party's focus on sovereignty. On December 19, 2011, he joined the Coalition Avenir Québec, and served in the Legault ministry and the Fréchette ministry in various roles. A graduate of Université du Québec à Montréal with a bachelor's degree in history, he also studied municipal development at the École nationale d'administration publique. He worked as a program manager at the Ministry of International Relations. He was also responsible for the documentation center at the Quebec General Delegation Délégation générale du Québec in Mexico.

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