Denis Pronovost

Denis Pronovost
Member of Parliament
for Saint-Maurice
In office
21 November 1988 – 24 October 1993
Preceded byGilles Grondin
Succeeded byJean Chrétien
Personal details
Born (1953-05-03) 3 May 1953 (age 71)
Grand-Mère, Quebec
Political partyProgressive Conservative (until 1993)
Independent (starting in 1993)
ProfessionJournalist

Denis Pronovost (born 3 May 1953) is a Canadian politician. He was a member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. He represented the electoral area of Saint-Maurice as a part of the Progressive Conservative Party.[1] Pronovost was born in Grand-Mère, Quebec. He was a journalist there.[2]

Pronovost was elected only one time. This was in the 1988 federal election. When he was elected, he was a part of the Progressive Conservative Party. He was arrested in 1993 by the Quebec Provincial Police.[2] He was found guilty of sexually assaulting young men.[1] After he was charged of the crime, he stopped being a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. He kept his seat in Parliament until the 1993 federal election.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Saint-Maurice - Champlain". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "National Notes". Maclean's. 13 April 1992. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Leyton-Brown, David, ed. (1 August 1998). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 1992. University of Toronto Press. p. 57.

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