Denis Tardif

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder | name= Denis Tardif

| honorific-suffix= MNA

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| party = Coalition Avenir Québec (2018–2020; 2021–present)

| otherparty = Conservative (federal)
Independent (2020–2021)

| office1 = Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata

| term_start1= October 1, 2018

| term_end1= August 28, 2022

| predecessor1= Jean D'Amour

| successor1=Amélie Dionne

| residence= Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec

| occupation= Political organizer

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Denis Tardif is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.[https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-2018-election-final-results-and-winners-by-riding-1.4117466 "Quebec 2018 election: Final results and winners by riding"]. CTV News Montreal, October 2, 2018. He represents the electoral district of Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.

Tardif previous worked as a regional organizer for the Conservative Party of Canada{{cite news |last1=Pelletier |first1=Mario |title=CAQ : Denis Tardif ne veut plus de classes dans des roulottes |url=https://www.infodimanche.com/actualites/elections-quebec-2018/343818/caq-denis-tardif-ne-veut-plus-de-classes-dans-des-roulottes |access-date=4 October 2018 |work=Info Dimanche |date=23 August 2018}} and served as a municipal councillor in Rivière-du-Loup between 2005 and 2011.{{cite news |last1=Cloutier |first1=Patricia |title=La CAQ veut reconquérir le patelin de Mario Dumont |url=https://www.lesoleil.com/actualite/en-region/la-caq-veut-reconquerir-le-patelin-de-mario-dumont-50fef6ea4f117857ea8f518c22e7d355 |access-date=4 October 2018 |work=Le Soleil |date=17 July 2018}}

On December 17, 2020, he was removed from the CAQ caucus, following the release of a video showing him in a large private gathering, maskless and not socially distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec.{{cite news|title=Quebec MNA out of CAQ caucus after flouting coronavirus rules|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7529002/denis-tardif-caq-caucus-coronavirus-rules/|publisher=Global News|location=Rivière-du-Loup|date=17 December 2020|access-date=17 December 2020}} He was reinstated into the caucus on April 12, 2021.{{cite news|title=Denis Tardif réintègre le caucus caquiste|url=https://www.journaldequebec.com/2021/04/12/denis-tardif-reintegre-le-caucus-caquiste|publisher=Le Journal de Québec|location=Rivière-du-Loup|date=April 12, 2021|access-date=April 20, 2021|language=fr-ca}}