Question: Facts: - residence: spanish , ontario - parliament: canadian - successor: riding dissolved riding dissolved carol hughes - party: liberal - riding: algoma algoma -- manitoulin algoma -- manitoulin -- kapuskasing - predecessor: maurice foster first member first member - spouse: martine fabris - term end: 1997 2004 september 7 , 2008 - term start: january 17 , 1994 1997 2004 - birth date: 27 may 1950 - name: brent st. denis - birth place: blind river , ontario Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of brent st. denis .
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brent j. st. denis -lrb- born may 27 , 1950 in blind river , ontario -rrb- is a canadian politician .he was a liberal member of the canadian house of commons from 1993 to 2008 , originally representing algoma and later its successor ridings of algoma -- manitoulin and algoma -- manitoulin -- kapuskasing .st. denis is a former executive assistant , industrial engineer , and teacher .he is a former parliamentary secretary to the minister of natural resources and the minister of transport , and also served as chair of the standing committee on industry , science , and technology , and the subcommittee on agenda and procedure of the standing committee on industry , science and technology .st. denis was defeated by carol hughes of the new democratic party in the 2008 federal election .