Candidate profile
François Jacques
Coalition avenir Québec — Mégantic
- Riding
- Mégantic
- Status
- party_confirmed
- Incumbent
- No
- Profession
- Embalmer and paramedic by training
- Education
- DEC in thanatology techniques — Collège de Rosemont (1998); AEC in paramedic techniques — Collège Ahuntsic (1995).
- Political experience
- MNA for Mégantic, elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022; chief government whip in 2026; former municipal councillor in Lac-Mégantic.
- Community involvement
- Involvement in senior hockey, the Lions Club, a Desjardins credit union and the Lac-Mégantic Golf Club.
He worked as an embalmer and paramedic and was vice-president of the Centre funéraire Jacques et fils before entering the National Assembly.