Jean-François Fortin Politician
Jean-François Fortin (born September 12, 1973) is a Canadian politician. He was a Bloc Québécois MP in the House of Commons, but now sits as an independent. He was elected to represent the riding of Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia in the 2011 federal election. Fortin was chosen interim parliamentary leader of the Bloc on February 26, 2014. On August 12, 2014, Fortin quit the party to sit as an independent saying that the Bloc Québécois he had joined no longer exists and that new party leader Mario Beaulieu had destroyed its credibility.On October 21, 2014, Fortin, along with Jean-François Larose, the NDP MP for Repentigny, announced that they were forming Forces et Démocratie, a new Quebec-only political party dedicated to representing the province's regions.
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| Birth date | September 12, 1973 |
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