Thomas Mulcair : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

October 24, 1954(age 61)

Place of birth

Ottawa, Ontario

Political party

New Democratic Party

Spouse

Catherine Pinhas

Residence

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Profession

Attorney, professor, politician

Religion

Roman Catholic

Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Outremont

Assumed office

September 17, 2007

Preceded by

Jean Lapierre

MNA for Chomedey

In office

1994 - 2007

Succeeded by

Guy Ouellette

Preceded by

Lise Bacon

Quebec Minister of the Environment

In office

2003 - 2006

Succeeded by

Claude Béchard

Preceded by

André Boisclair

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Thomas J. "Tom" Mulcair (born October 24, 1954, Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer, university professor, and politician. He is the federal Member of Parliament for Outremont, Quebec, Canada, and holds the seat for the New Democratic Party of Canada. He was the provincial Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Chomedey in Laval from 1994 to 2007, holding the seat for the Liberal Party of Quebec. He served as the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks from 2003 until 2006, in the Liberal government of Premier Jean Charest. Elected MP for Outremont in a by-election in 2007, he was named Deputy Leader of the New Democratic Party, jointly with Libby Davies, shortly afterwards, and has won re-election twice. On May 26, 2011 he was named the New Democratic Party's Opposition House Leader. Prior to entering politics, Mulcair was a civil servant in the Quebec provincial government.