Janvier Grondin

Who is Janvier Grondin?

Janvier Grondin is a former politician in the province of Quebec, Canada. He represented the Beauce-Nord district at the National Assembly of Quebec until 2012 as a member of the Coalition Avenir Quebec. He previously represented the riding as a member of the now defunct Action démocratique du Québec, before the ADQ merged with the CAQ in January 2012.

Prior to being elected, he served as mayor of Saint-Jules from 1993 to 2003. He was also an administrator for the Union des producteurs agricoles, the vice-president of Régie Intermunicipale Beauce, the president of the CLSC Beauce-Centre and an administrator for the Saint-Jules Chamber of Commerce

Grondin was first elected as a Member of the National Assembly in the 2003 election, with 46% of the vote. The Liberal incumbent Normand Poulin finished second with 38% of the vote.

In 2006, Grondin claimed that an influential Liberal supporter tried to convince him not to run in the 2007 election in order to favour the election of Liberal candidate Claude Drouin. Grondin claims that a well paid job in the public service, which he declined, was offered to him.