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A QuickSketch of Pierre Karl Peladeau, who stepped down as PQ leader Monday

A QuickSketch of Pierre Karl Peladeau, who stepped down as PQ leader Monday | iNFOnews.ca
Quebec Opposition Leader Pierre-Karl Peladeau questions the government on health, during question period, Thursday, April 28, 2016 at the legislature in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

MONTREAL – A brief look at Pierre Karl Peladeau, who stepped down as leader of the Parti Quebecois on Monday, less than a year after taking charge of the sovereigntist party:

Education: Philosophy degree from Universite du Quebec a Montreal and law degree from Universite de Montreal.

Business: Longtime Quebecor Inc. executive and now the media conglomerate’s controlling shareholder.

Legislature: First elected in Saint-Jerome in 2014.

Leader: Elected head of the PQ on May 15, 2015 with 57.6 per cent of the vote.

Personal: Father of three, including two young children with well-known TV personality Julie Snyder. Couple married last year but separated in January.

Quote: “I am forced to make a choice, an agonizing choice, between my family and my political project, our political project, which is shared by so many people. I have chosen my family.” — Peladeau at news conference on Monday as he announced his resignation.

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