Camil Bouchard

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Camil Bouchard
Incumbent
Riding Vachon (2003-present)
In office since May 1, 2003
Preceded by David Payne
Born October 27, 1945 (1945-10-27) (age 62)
La Tuque, Quebec
Political party

Parti québécois

Profession(s) Teacher, Researcher
Spouse Tamara Lemerise
Portfolio(s) Environment

Camil Bouchard (born October 27, 1945 in La Tuque, Quebec) is a Quebec politician, teacher and psychology researcher. He is the Current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Vachon in Lanaudière. He is a member of Parti Québécois.

Vachon went to Université Laval and obtained a bachelor's and master's degree in psychology. He would add a doctor's degree at McGill University in 1974. He was then a teacher and researcher at the department of psychology at the Université du Québec à Montréal for 28 years. He was one of the founded members of the Research Lab in Human and Social Ecology in 1979.

Bouchard entered politics in 2003 and was elected in Vachon. He was later named the critic for social solidarity and poverty and then the critic in family and education. Bouchard was narrowly re-elected in 2007 defeating the Action Démocratique du Québec, who've won most of the seats in Lanaudière. He is the current PQ critic for environmental affairs

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National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by
David Payne
MNA for Vachon
2003–present
Succeeded by
incumbent
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