Candidate profile
Joël Arseneau
Parti québécois — Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- Party
- Parti québécois
- Riding
- Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- Status
- accepted_elections_quebec
- Incumbent
- No
- Profession
- Communication teacher and journalist
- Education
- Master's and bachelor's degrees in communication — UQAM; DEC — Cégep de Sainte-Foy.
- Political experience
- MNA for Îles-de-la-Madeleine; former mayor of Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
- Community involvement
- Former president of CERMIM, the CLD des Îles and the Régie intermunicipale de l'énergie Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine; several regional boards of directors.
A communication teacher at the Campus des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, he was also an editorialist and radio journalist. His career includes extensive municipal and regional experience.