André Boulerice | |
Birth Date: | 8 May 1946 |
Birth Place: | Joliette, Quebec |
Party: | Parti Québécois |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques |
Term Start1: | September 25, 1989 |
Term End1: | September 12, 2005 |
Predecessor1: | District created |
Successor1: | Martin Lemay |
André Boulerice (born May 8, 1946) is a Canadian politician from Quebec and gay rights activist. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques in Montreal.
Born in Joliette, Quebec, he graduated in specialized education from Cégep du Vieux Montréal. He joined the Parti Québécois in 1970 and later worked for the Chambly school board.
He was first elected to the legislature in the 1985 election, representing the electoral district of Saint-Jacques. Boulerice, one of the first openly gay members of the legislature,[1] was reelected in 1989, 1994, 1998 and 2003 in the redistributed electoral district of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques. He was also the deputy government leader, president of the Quebec division of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie and immigration minister. He helped introduce civil union for same-sex couples. Boulerice resigned in September 2005.