POLITICIAN

André Boisclair

1966 - Today

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André Boisclair (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe bwaklɛʁ]; born April 14, 1966) is a former Canadian politician and convicted sex offender in Quebec, Canada. He was the leader of the Parti Québécois, a social democratic and sovereigntist party in Quebec. Between January 1996 and March 2003, Boisclair served as Citizenship and Immigration Minister and Social Solidarity Minister under former Premier of Quebec Lucien Bouchard and as Environment Minister under former Premier Bernard Landry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Boisclair has received more than 104,945 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. André Boisclair is the 18,642nd most popular politician (down from 17,053rd in 2019), the 989th most popular biography from Canada (down from 896th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, André Boisclair ranks 18,642 out of 19,576Before him are Alan Keyes, Michael Chertoff, Kristian Jensen, Dixy Lee Ray, Camelia Macoviciuc-Mihalcea, and Albert Demchenko. After him are Bob Woolmer, Mark Carney, Alan Cranston, Richard Riley, Nikola Dimitrov, and Vanja Udovičić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, André Boisclair ranks 731Before him are John Daly, Eva Grebel, Håkan Algotsson, Catherine Fleury-Vachon, Martina McBride, and Rachel True. After him are Hiroki Azuma, Juan Vizcaíno, Dana Barron, Leo Visser, Sergei Revin, and Hwang Hye-young.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, André Boisclair ranks 989 out of 1,622Before him are Glenn Anderson (1960), Shaun Sipos (1981), Mercedes McNab (1980), Greg Moore (1975), Lynda Boyd (1965), and Roxanne McKee (1980). After him are Mark Carney (1965), Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (1987), Theoren Fleury (1968), Ryan Robbins (1972), Patrick Chan (1990), and Vasek Pospisil (1990).

Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, André Boisclair ranks 73Before him are Conrad Black (1944), Hazel McCallion (1921), Vincent Massey (1887), Tom Mulcair (1954), Edward Schreyer (1935), and Joseph Albert Sullivan (1901). After him are Mark Carney (1965), François-Philippe Champagne (1970), Peter MacKay (1965), Rob Ford (1969), Marie Yovanovitch (1958), and Jayna Hefford (1977).