Jean-François Gosselin

Infobox QuebecMNA | name= Jean-François Gosselin


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term_start=April 25, 2007
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predecessor= Michel Despres
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birth_place= Quebec City, Quebec
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party= Action démocratique du Québec
party colour= ADQ
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riding=Jean-Lesage (2007-present)
portfolio= Tourism
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Jean-François Gosselin (born April 17, 1975 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a politician from Quebec, Canada, and the Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Jean-Lesage.

He graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York in 1999 where he obtained a bachelor and a master's degree in business administration. He then worked for sales and business development as well as in development and partnership strategies for 4 years including with Eastman Kodak. [ [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070327/CPACTUALITES02/703270746/6461/CPACTUALITES02 Les nouveaux visages de l'ADQ, La Presse, March 27, 2007] ] He was the manager of the Quebec City soccer ligue and was also a professional hockey player for the Shreveport Mudbugs of the Central Hockey League in 1999. In the community, he worked for the Quebec Fondation for cystic fibrosis and made promotion tours in the United States for promoting French in community organization and schools.

Gosselin was first elected in the 2007 election with 40% of the vote. Liberal incumbent and cabinet member Michel Després, finished second with 29% of the vote. Gosselin took office on April 12, 2007. [ [http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2007/04/12/005-AssermentationADQ.shtml Au tour de l'ADQ, Radio-Canada, April 12, 2007] ]

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* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/Membres/notices/g-i/gosj1.shtml Jean-François GOSSELIN] at National Assembly of Quebec