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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Bernard Patry
- Bernard Patry (born January 30, 1943) is a Canadian politician.
- He was a Member of Parliament for the riding of Pierrefonds—Dollard from 1993 to 2011.
- Party was also the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie - l'Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie - as of 2003. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Dr.
- Patry was a general practitioner and one of the founders of the Pierrefonds Medical Clinic.
- He began his political career in 1968, at the age of 25, becoming a city councillor in L'ĂŽle-Bizard, Quebec and one year later, one of the youngest mayors in Quebec.
- He was re-elected mayor five times and led his city for 18 years. Dr.
- Patry was first elected to Parliament in 1993 as a Liberal candidate in the riding of Pierrefonds—Dollard, a post he held until 2011, when he lost re-election to NDP candidate Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe.
- During his time in Parliament, he notably served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development from 1996 to 1998.
- He was also the Chair of Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade from 2002 to 2006.
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