Gilles Taillon

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Gilles Taillon is a Quebec politician and businessman. He is the elected Quebec National Assembly of Quebec MNA for the provincial riding of Chauveau in the Quebec City area. He represents the Action democratique du Quebec in which he is the current president of the party.

Taillon studied at the Universite de Montreal from 1967 to 1974 and received a bachelor's degree in arts, a licence in letters and a diploma in industrial relations.

Taillon was the President of the Conseil du Patronat du Quebec from 1998 to 2006.^[1] The Conseil du Patronat is the main association for businessman across the province. Taillon was also heavily involved in the education sector serving as general manager for the Sherbrooke school board and vice-president of the Federation des commissions scolaires du Quebec.

In September 2006, Taillon decided to run for provincial politics in the 2007 Election as one the ADQ's star candidates. He was easily elected with 56% of the vote. Liberal incumbent Sarah Perreault finished second with 22% of the vote.

While Taillon focussed on issues sensitive to the education system, he was among several candidates in favor of abolishing school boards across the province and giving the responsibility to municipalities.

On March 29, 2007, Taillon was appointed Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition.^[2] ^[3]