Claude Pinard

Claude Pinard was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Member of the National Assembly of Quebec. ^[1]

[edit] Background

He was born in 1949 in Shawinigan-Sud. Pinard graduated from the Séminaire Sainte-Marie of Shawinigan in 1968, studied law at Université Laval and became a notary in 1974. He served as president of the local branch of Optimist International and president of the Shawinigan Cataractes in the 1980's.

He was elected Mayor of Shawinigan-Sud in 1985 and served of four-year term in that office. He did not run for re-election in 1989.

Pinard ran as the Parti Québécois candidate in the district of Saint-Maurice in the 1994, 1998 and 2003 elections. He was elected each time.

Pinard was Deputy Speaker of the House from 1996 to 2002.

In 2005 he supported leadership candidate Richard Legendre over André Boisclair.

In 2007, the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) made an important breakthrough in the Mauricie area sweeping most provincial seats in that area. ADQ candidate Robert “Bob” Deschamps won the election, keeping Pinard from winning a fourth straight term.

Political offices
Preceded by Gilles Grondin	Mayor of Shawinigan-Sud 1985–1989	Succeeded by Marcel Vézina
National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by Yvon Lemire (Liberal)	MNA, District of Saint-Maurice 1994–2007	Succeeded by Robert Deschamps (ADQ)

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