Maxime Arseneau

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Maxime Arseneau | image = | caption = | cabinet = | birth_date = {{birth date and age |df=yes|1949|11|24}} | birth_place = [[Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec#Havre-aux-Maisons|Havre-aux-Maisons (Village), Quebec]], Canada | death_date = | death_place = | profession = radio host, teacher | party = [[Parti Québécois]] | office = [[National Assembly of Quebec|MNA]] for [[Îles-de-la-Madeleine (provincial electoral district)|Îles-de-la-Madeleine]] | term_start = 15 December 1998 | term_end = 5 November 2008 | predecessor = [[Georges Farrah]] | successor = [[Germain Chevarie]] | portfolio = | footnotes = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | spouse = }}

'''Maxime Arseneau''' (born 24 November 1949) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] radio host and [[teacher]] and former [[Quebec]] politician. He was the Member of [[National Assembly of Quebec]] for the [[Riding (division)|riding]] of [[Îles-de-la-Madeleine (provincial electoral district)|Îles-de-la-Madeleine]]. He represents the [[Parti Québécois]] and was a former [[Minister (government)|minister]] in the cabinets of Former [[Premier]]s [[Lucien Bouchard]] and [[Bernard Landry]]. Arseneau served as MNA from 1998 to 2008.

Born in [[Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec#Havre-aux-Maisons|Havre-aux-Maisons (Village), Quebec]], Arseneau went at the [[Université de Montréal]] and obtained a [[bachelor's degree]] in history and later received a certificate in [[science education]] at the [[Université du Québec à Montréal]] in 1979. He then became a history and economics teacher for nearly 15 years. He was later an assistant director in the Department of Continuing Education at the [[Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles]] for 10 years.

He would also host a show at [[CFIM-FM|CFIM]], a community [[radio station]] and would be active in politics being the president of the Parti Québécois in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine region twice, while he was the vice-president of the YES committee in the [[1995 Quebec referendum|1995 referendum]].{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

Arseneau was first elected as an MNA for Îles-de-la-Madeleine in [[1998 Quebec general election|1998]] and was named the delegate minister for tourism and the minister responsible for the [[Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine]] region. After Bernard Landry replaced Lucien Bouchard as Premier of Quebec, Arseneau was named in 2001 the minister of agriculture, fisheries and food. Arseneau was re-elected in [[2003 Quebec general election|2003]] and [[2007 Quebec general election|2007]]. He was the PQ's critic in agriculture, fisheries and food. He did not seek re-election in the 2008 provincial elections.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

==External links== * {{Quebec MNA biography|arseneau-maxime-1767}}

{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box| title = Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food| before = [[Remy Trudel]]|after = [[Yvon Vallieres]]| years = 2001–2003}} {{succession box| title = Minister of Tourism| before = David Cliche|after = [[Richard Legendre]]| years = 1998–2001}} {{s-end}}

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