Gabriel Ste-Marie
Gabriel Ste-Marie MP is a Canadian politician and academic who was elected to represent the riding Joliette in the House of Commons in the 2015 election. He teaches economics at Cégep régional de Lanaudière.
Gabriel Ste-Marie MP | |
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Ste-Marie's official parliamentary photo | |
Member of Parliament for Joliette | |
Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Francine Raynault |
Personal details | |
Political party | Bloc Québécois |
Other political affiliations | Québec debout (2018) |
Residence(s) | Joliette, Quebec, Canada |
Profession | Economist, Teacher |
Ste-Marie served as the Bloc Québécois House Leader (and its parliamentary leader as the party leader did not have a seat in parliament) from 2017 until he resigned from the position on February 25, 2018 in a dispute with party leader Martine Ouellet. He, along with six other Bloc MPs, resigned from the Bloc's caucus to sit as an independent MP on February 28, 2018 citing conflicts with the leadership style of Martine Ouellet. He rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus on September 17, 2018.
He is also a researcher at the Contemporary Economics Research Institute and lecturer at Université du Québec à Montréal.
Since 2021 he has served as the critic of finance and the treasury board in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.