Jacques Saada, PC (Arabic: جاك سعادة; born 22 November 1947) is a Canadian politician and former cabinet minister.
Jacques Saada | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Brossard—La Prairie | |
| In office 2 June 1997 – 23 January 2006 | |
| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Marcel Lussier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 22, 1947 Tunis, Tunisia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence(s) | Brossard, Quebec, Canada |
| Profession | Teacher, businessman |
Saada is a teacher and linguist by profession and was Chief Executive Officer of a translation firm, a consultant and a lecturer in translation prior to entering politics.
He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) from the Quebec riding of Brossard—La Prairie in the 1997 federal election. He served as Deputy Government Whip from 2001 to 2003. When Paul Martin became Prime Minister of Canada on 12 December 2003, he had Saada appointed as a privy councillor(giving him the prenominal "The Honourable" and the postnominal "PC" for life) and to the Cabinet as Minister Responsible for Democratic Reform and Government House Leader.[citation needed]
Following the 2004 election with the election of a Liberal minority government, Saada was transferred to the positions of Minister for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec and Minister responsible for La Francophonie.[citation needed]
Saada was born in Tunis, the main city of Tunisia, to a Jewish family. In the 2004 election his campaign was the target of anti-Semitic graffiti, letters, and phone calls.[citation needed]
Saada was defeated in the 2006 election, losing his seat in Brossard—La Prairie to Bloc Québécois candidate Marcel Lussier. His former constituency assistant, Alexandra Mendès, defeated Lussier in the 2008 election.[citation needed]
He was the Quebec Chair for the Rae campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party. In September 2007, Saada was named president and chief executive officer of the Quebec Aerospace Association (AQA). He resigned from that position in December 2011.[1]
Electoral record (partial)
edit| 2000 Canadian federal election: Brossard—La Prairie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Jacques Saada | 26,806 | 52.69 | – | $63,331 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Nicolas Tétrault | 16,758 | 32.94 | $66,058 | ||||
| Alliance | Richard Bélisle | 2,973 | 5.84 | $8,956 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sylvain St-Louis | 2,783 | 5.47 | $50 | ||||
| New Democratic | Clémence Provencher | 852 | 1.67 | none listed | ||||
| Natural Law | Sylvia Larrass | 528 | 1.04 | none listed | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 172 | 0.34 | $10 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expenditures limit | 50,872 | 100.00 | $69,269 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,067 | |||||||
| Turnout | 51,939 | 66.13 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 78,535 | |||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "L'ex-ministre Jacques Saada quitte l'AQA". Les affaires (in French). 9 December 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
External links
edit- Jacques Saada – Parliament of Canada biography
- Background
- Statement in the Canadian Parliament, 9 April 2002
- Quebec Aerospace Association
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