Facts: - successor: michel audet - party: liberal - predecessor: pierre marois - office: member of the national assembly of quebec for laporte - relations: monique landry , sister jacques miquelon , uncle - term end: 2003 - term start: 1981 - birth date: 01 june 1936 - name: andre bourbeau - birth place: verdun , quebec Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of andre bourbeau .
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andre bourbeau , -lrb- born june 1 , 1936 -rrb- is a former canadian politician .born in verdun , quebec , the son of louis-auguste bourbeau and antoinette miquelon , bourbeau studied at the seminaire de sherbrooke and the university of montreal before receiving a diploma in law from mcgill university in 1959 .he became a notary in 1960 and practiced in montreal from 1960 to 1981 .from 1970 to 1978 , he served as a city councillor in saint-lambert , quebec .he was mayor from 1978 to 1981 .in 1981 , he was elected to the national assembly of quebec for laporte .a liberal , he was re-elected in 1985 , 1989 , 1994 , and 1998 .he did not run in 2003 .he held many different cabinet positions including minister of municipal affairs , responsible for housing ; minister of manpower , income security and vocational training ; and minister of finance .he was the chairman of the board at hydro-quebec from 2003 to 2005 .from 1998 to 2003 , he was chairman of the wilfrid pelletier foundation .as well , he was chairman of the jeunesses musicales of canada foundation .in 2009 , he was made a knight of the national order of quebec .