predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
charles-a . lefebvre emmanuel dubourg sepino-campobasso , italy liberal member of the national assembly of quebec for viau 19 october 1943 1981 william cusano
 2007 william cusano
william cusano

william cusano -lrb- born october 19 , 1943 -rrb- is an italian-born former politician in quebec , canada .
he was a member of the national assembly of quebec from 1981 to 2007 .
born in sepino-campobasso , italy , cusano and his family moved to canada in 1952 .
he is a bachelor in arts from loyola college as well as from the université de montréal in education and was a teacher and director for several schools in the montreal region from 1962 to 1979 .
cusano was first elected to the national assembly as a member of the quebec liberal party in the viau riding in the 1981 elections .
he was re-elected in 1985 , 1989 , 1994 , 1998 and 2003 before retiring prior to the 2007 elections .
cusano highest rank was chief whip of the government during robert bourassa 's fourth term as premier of quebec from 1989 to 1994 , while he was the deputy whip of the government from 1985 to 1989 .
cusano was never named to the cabinet by bourassa , daniel johnson , jr. or jean charest serving as parliamentary secretary of the minister of health and social services during johnson 's tenure as premier in 1994 .
during jean charest 's first mandate , he was named the national assembly 's first vice-president
