Jean-Claude Poissant | |
Office: | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food |
Minister: | Lawrence MacAulay |
Term Start: | December 2, 2015 |
Term End: | September 11, 2019 |
Predecessor: | Gerald Keddy |
Successor: | Neil Ellis |
Riding1: | La Prairie |
Parliament1: | Canadian |
Term Start1: | October 19, 2015 |
Term End1: | September 11, 2019 |
Predecessor1: | district re-established |
Successor1: | Alain Therrien |
Birth Place: | Saint-Philippe, Quebec, Canada |
Party: | Liberal |
Jean-Claude Poissant (pronounced as /fr/; born 1960) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of La Prairie in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015[1] until his defeat in the 2019 election. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. During his tenure, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.[2] Poissant is a fourth-generation dairy and grain farmer and, prior to his election to the House of Commons, served as a municipal councillor.[3]