Jean Filion
Jean Filion | |
|---|---|
| MNA for Montmorency | |
| In office 1991–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Yves Séguin |
| Succeeded by | Jean-François Simard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 22, 1951 Quebec City, Quebec |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Parti Québécois (until 1995) |
Jean Filion (born March 22, 1951) is a former Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Montmorency in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1991 to 1998. He was a member of Parti Québécois.[1]
He was the party's candidate in Montmorency in the 1985 provincial election but lost to Yves Séguin of the Quebec Liberal Party. He was first elected in a by-election on August 12, 1991, following Séguin's resignation, and was reelected in the 1994 election.[1] He left the party to sit as an independent in 1995[2] and ran unsuccessfully for the mayoralty of Beauport in 1996.[1] He ran as an independent candidate in the 1998 election, but was defeated by Jean-François Simard.[3]
He was later charged with thirteen counts of fraud and breach of trust, after allegations that he diverted funds from his MNA expense budget into renovations for a building he owned.[4] He was convicted in 2004 on eight of the thirteen counts,[5] and sentenced to six months in jail. He was subsequently stripped of his designation as a chartered accountant by the Quebec Order of Chartered Accountants.[5]
Due to his conviction, the National Assembly withheld a sizable "transition payment" that he would have been entitled to as an outgoing MNA.[6] He filed a lawsuit against the provincial government in the Quebec Superior Court in 2012 for $52,617 in transition payments, $50,000 in moral damages and $42,000 to cover legal fees and expenses.[6] In February 2013, Superior Court Justice Suzanne Hardy-Lemieux ruled that he was entitled to partial compensation of $29,699 for the transition payments, but rejected his claim for additional damages and expenses.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Jean Filion". National Assembly of Quebec. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
- ^ McKenzie, Robert (June 13, 1995). "Backbencher splits from PQ in row over provincial debt". Toronto Star. Quebec City, Quebec. p. A12. Retrieved March 26, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "How we voted". and "B13". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. December 1, 1998. pp. B12–B13. Retrieved March 26, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Former MNA facing fraud charges". CBC News, April 9, 2000.
- ^ a b "Former politician loses right to practice accounting". Law in Quebec, November 5, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Former MNA Filion entitled to pay despite fraud". The Gazette, February 12, 2013.
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