Christian Ouellet
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Christian Ouellet, MP (born April 22, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec) is an architect and a Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament from Quebec, Canada. He is currently the oldest member of the Canadian House of Commons. [1]
Ouellet has a masters degree in building from the University of Manchester and is a member of the Order of Quebec Architects. In addition to being an architect, Ouellet was a professor at the University of Montreal School of Architecture and a lecturer at the University of Quebec at Montreal. Ouellet has served as the chair of the Solar Energy Society of Canada and co-founded Québec Solaire. He has also been the chair of the National Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.
Ouellet is a member of the executive in the Lac-Brome Parti Québécois and is the former president of the executive of the Brome—Missisquoi Bloc Québécois. He has also been the environmental adviser to the Parti Québécois regional executive. He was a member of the campaign team in the 2000 federal election for the Bloc in Brome—Missisquoi and in the 2003 Quebec election in Lac-Brome. Ouellet ran for the Bloc in the 2004 federal electionin Brome—Missiquoi and finished second behind Denis Paradis of the Liberal Party of Canada. He lost by 1,072 votes.
He later won the riding of Brome—Missiquoi in the 2006 federal election for the Bloc Québécois defeating incumbent MP Denis Paradis by 5,027 votes.
