| Russell Copeman | |
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| MNA for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | |
| In office September 12, 1994 – October 22, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Gordon Atkinson |
| Succeeded by | Kathleen Weil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1, 1960 Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Quebec Liberal Party |
Russell Copeman (born April 1, 1960 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. He was the Liberal Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) representing the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce from 1994 to 2008.
He graduated from Vanier College and received a Bachelor of Arts with honours in political science from McGill University in 1983. While at McGill, in 1982 he was the Prime Minister of the Parlement Jeunesse du Québec, then known as the Quebec Youth Parliament.[1] He attended Concordia University in 1984 where he pursued graduate studies in public administration. From 1986 to 1988, he was the Assistant Director of the Education Program, Director of Social Affairs and Director of the Education Program for Alliance Quebec. In 1989, he was the political aide to the Minister of Energy and Resources. From 1989 to 1991, he was the Quebec Liberal Party coordinator and from 1991 to 1994 he was the constituency assistant to former Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa.
In the 1994 election, he was elected to the National Assembly in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. He was re-elected in the 1998, 2003 and 2007 elections. He was chair of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs from June 2003 to February 2007. He was the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health and Social Services. Copeman resigned on October 22, 2008 after accepting a job as Associate Vice-President at Concordia University.[2]
Active in National Assembly relations with the United States he was the 2007 Chairman of the Council of State Government's Eastern Regional Conference.
He is married and has three children.
| 2007 Quebec provincial election : Notre-Dame-de-Grâce edit | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | ||
| Liberal | (x)Russell Copeman | 14,077 | 61.43 | -13.16 | ||
| Green | Peter McQueen | 3,605 | 15.73 | +11.15 | ||
| Parti Québécois | Sophie Fréchette | 2,425 | 10.58 | -3.07 | ||
| Action démocratique | Julie Clouatre | 1,649 | 7.20 | +2.37 | ||
| Québec solidaire | David Mandel | 1,091 | 4.76 | - | ||
| Marxist-Leninist | Linda Sullivan | 69 | 0.30 | +0.02 | ||
| Total valid votes | 22,916 | 100.00 | ||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 137 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,053 | 58.52 | -3.28 | |||
| Electors on the lists | 39,392 | |||||