Denis Paradis

Denis Paradis
Paradis in 2011
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Brome—Missisquoi
In office
19 October 2015 – 21 October 2019
Preceded byPierre Jacob
Succeeded byLyne Bessette
In office
13 February 1995 – 23 January 2006
Preceded byGaston Péloquin
Succeeded byChristian Ouellet
Chairman of the Standing Committee on Official Languages
In office
17 February 2016 – 11 September 2019
Preceded byMichael Chong
Succeeded byEmmanuel Dubourg
Minister of State for Financial Institutions
In office
12 December 2003 – 19 June 2004
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice discontinued
Secretary of State for Latin America and Africa
In office
15 January 2002 – 11 December 2003
Preceded byDavid Kilgour
Succeeded byOffice discontinued
Secretary of State for La Francophonie
In office
15 January 2002 – 11 December 2003
Preceded byRon Duhamel
Succeeded byDenis Coderre[1]
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1 September 1999 – 12 September 2001[2]
Preceded byJulian Reed
Succeeded byAileen Carroll
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for International Cooperation
In office
26 January 1999 – 31 August 1999
Preceded byClaudette Bradshaw
Succeeded byEugène Bellemare
Personal details
Born (1949-04-01) 1 April 1949 (age 75)
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
NationalityCanadian
Political partyLiberal
Professionlawyer

Denis Paradis PC (born 1 April 1949) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brome—Missisquoi from 2015 until 2019 and previously from 1995 to 2006. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, Paradis was Minister of State for Financial Institutions from 2003 to 2004.

His brother, Pierre Paradis, is a member of the National Assembly of Quebec and a provincial cabinet minister. The Paradis brothers are political allies.[3]

  1. ^ Coderre was styled as Minister responsible for the Francophonie.
  2. ^ Technically, this position was vacant during the 2000 Canadian federal election. For reasons of convenience, Paradis's time in office is here listed as one continuous term.
  3. ^ This point is not as self-evident as it may seem. Some prominent Quebec siblings, most notably Daniel Johnson, Jr. and Pierre-Marc Johnson, have been political rivals.