Yvan Loubier
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = |
| name = Yvan Loubier
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|04|10}}
| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| residence = Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
| office = Member of Parliament for Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot
| term_start = October 25, 1993
| term_end = February 21, 2007
| predecessor = Andrée Champagne
| successor = Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac
| party = Bloc Québécois
| occupation = Economist
}}
Yvan Loubier (born April 10, 1959 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician and one of the founders of the Bloc Québécois. He was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada representing the district of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, from the since he was first elected in the 1993 election, until his resignation on February 21, 2007.
Prior to being elected he was a consultant in economic policies and international trade and was an economist. At the time of his resignation, he was chair of the Subcommittee on Fiscal Imbalance and is the Bloc's Finance critic. He has also in the past been the critic of Western Economic Diversification, International Financial Institutions, Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Intergovernmental Affairs, and Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
On September 8, 2006 Loubier announced that he would not seek re-election at the next federal election but will remain a militant for the sovereignty of Quebec.[http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20060909/CPACTUALITES/609090574/1025/FRONTPAGE Yvan Loubier quitte la politique fédérale] (La Presse, 9 septembre 2006) On February 21, 2007 he resigned from the House of Commons to run for the Parti Québécois in the 2007 Quebec general election[http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2007/02/02/004-loubier-candidat-PQ.shtml Une recrue d'expérience] (Radio-Canada.ca, 2 février 2006) in the riding of Chutes-de-la-Chaudière. He came in second with 18.43% of the vote.{{cite web|date=2011-03-21|first=Noémi|language=fr-CA|last=Mercier|title=Amir Khadir, un rebelle au salon bleu|url=https://lactualite.com/politique/amir-khadir-un-rebelle-au-salon-bleu/|website=L’actualité}}
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Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Category:Parti Québécois candidates in Quebec provincial elections
Category:People from Saint-Hyacinthe
Category:Politicians from Montérégie
Category:Politicians from Montreal
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
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