Louis Plamondon

Infobox CanadianMP
honorific-prefix =
name = Louis Plamondon
honorific-suffix =
MP


riding = Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
parliament = Canadian
term_start = 2006 federal election
term_end =
predecessor = "riding renamed"
successor =
term_start2 = 1998
term_end2 = 2004
predecessor2 = "riding renamed"
successor2 = "riding abolished"
riding3 = Richelieu
parliament3 = Canadian
term_start3 = 2004
term_end3 = 2006
predecessor3 = "riding created"
successor3 = "riding renamed"
term_start4 = 1984
term_end4 = 1998
predecessor4 = Jean-Louis Leduc
sucessor4 = "riding renamed"
birth_date = birth date and age |1943|7|31
birth_place = Saint-Raymond, Quebec
death_date =
death_place =
party = Bloc Québécois
otherparty = Progressive Conservative (1984-1990)
spouse = divorced
residence = Nicolet, Quebec
profession = Businessman, professor
religion =
footnotes =

:"Not to be confused with Louis Plamondon (1785 –1828)" [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=37196&query=Louis%20AND%20Plamondon]

Louis Plamondon (born July 31, 1943 in Saint-Raymond-de-Portneuf, Quebec), is a Canadian politician.

A professor, Plamondon was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 federal election. He was the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the riding of Richelieu. He was re-elected in 1988 election before leaving the PC caucus to sit as an independent in June 1990. Six months later, he joined the new Bloc Québécois and was subsequently re-elected in the 1993, 1997, 2000 (in Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour), 2004, and 2006 elections.

Plamondon is currently the Bloc's caucus chair, and was their house leader from 1992 to 1993. He has served as the Bloc's critic to the Library of Parliament, Official Languages, Francophones outside Quebec, Veterans Affairs, and Agriculture and Agri-Food. He is their current critic to Official Languages. He is the second-longest continuously serving member currently in the House of Commons, second only to the New Democratic Party's Bill Blaikie. [ [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/service_parl.asp?Language=E&Hist=N&cham=H&begin=7305&end=10956&Service=B&s_t=G&nm= Members of the House of Commons -- Current List -- Continuous Years of Service] . Parliament of Canada. Retrieved on 6 December, 2006.] He is the only MP elected in the 1984 federal election to have served continually since then.

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* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=4b9cf7c8-d5db-4efa-a24e-c26afde48cc3&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliament Webpage] s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Richelieu
years=1984–2000s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
years=2000–2004s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Richelieu
years=2004–2006s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
years=2006–present