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| term_end = 2007
| term_end = March 26, 2007
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| birth_place = [[Jonquière]], [[Quebec]]
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'''Michel Audet''' (born November 12, 1940) is an economist and a politician in [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. He was the [[Finance Minister]] of Quebec in the first [[Jean Charest|Charest government]].
'''Michel Audet''' (born November 12, 1940) is an economist and a politician in [[Quebec]], Canada. He was the [[Finance Minister]] of Quebec in the first [[Jean Charest|Charest government]].


Audet was first elected to the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] in the [[Quebec general election, 2003|2003 Quebec general election]]. A member of the [[Quebec Liberal Party]], he was elected in the riding of [[Laporte (electoral district)|Laporte]]. He has a Master's Degree of Economics from [[Université Laval]] and is also a graduate of the [[École nationale d'administration]] in [[Paris]]. An [[economist]], Audet was Minister of Economic and Regional Development from 2003 to 2004. He was made Finance Minister in 2005.
Audet was first elected to the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] in the [[2003 Quebec general election]]. A member of the [[Quebec Liberal Party]], he was elected in the riding of [[Laporte (electoral district)|Laporte]]. He has a master's degree of Economics from [[Université Laval]] and is also a graduate of the [[École nationale d'administration]] in [[Paris]]. An [[economist]], Audet was Minister of Economic and Regional Development from 2003 to 2004. He was made Finance Minister in 2005.


On February 13, 2007 he announced that he would be leaving politics at the end of his current term. He is not to be confused with Michel Audet, a professor in industrial relations at Université Laval, who currently serves as the representative of the Government of Quebec in Canada's delegation to [[UNESCO]].
On February 13, 2007 he announced that he would be leaving politics at the end of his current term. He is not to be confused with Michel Audet, a professor in industrial relations at Université Laval, who currently serves as the representative of the Government of Quebec in Canada's delegation to [[UNESCO]].
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2007/13/c7620.html Parti libéral du Québec, press release, February 13, 2007 - Le député libéral de Laporte, Michel Audet, quittera la vie politique] {{fr icon}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930220851/http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2007/13/c7620.html Parti libéral du Québec, press release, February 13, 2007 - Le député libéral de Laporte, Michel Audet, quittera la vie politique] {{in lang|fr}}


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Revision as of 01:15, 12 February 2024

Michel Audet
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Laporte
In office
April 14, 2003 – March 26, 2007
Preceded byAndré Bourbeau
Succeeded byNicole Ménard
Personal details
Born (1940-11-12) November 12, 1940 (age 83)
Jonquière, Quebec

Michel Audet (born November 12, 1940) is an economist and a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the Finance Minister of Quebec in the first Charest government.

Audet was first elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2003 Quebec general election. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, he was elected in the riding of Laporte. He has a master's degree of Economics from Université Laval and is also a graduate of the École nationale d'administration in Paris. An economist, Audet was Minister of Economic and Regional Development from 2003 to 2004. He was made Finance Minister in 2005.

On February 13, 2007 he announced that he would be leaving politics at the end of his current term. He is not to be confused with Michel Audet, a professor in industrial relations at Université Laval, who currently serves as the representative of the Government of Quebec in Canada's delegation to UNESCO.

  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  • Parti libéral du Québec, press release, February 13, 2007 - Le député libéral de Laporte, Michel Audet, quittera la vie politique (in French)
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Finance (Québec)
2005–2007
Succeeded by