Benoît Serré

Benoît Serré
Member of Parliament for Timiskaming
In office 1993–1997
Preceded by	John MacDougall
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Member of Parliament for Timiskaming—Cochrane
In office 1997–2004
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Personal details
Born	(1951-04-07)April 7, 1951 Field, Ontario, Canada
Died	May 11, 2019(2019-05-11) (aged 68) Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal

Benoît Serré (April 7, 1951 – May 11, 2019) was a Canadian politician.^[1] He represented the riding of Timiskaming—French River from 1993 to 1997, and Timiskaming—Cochrane from 1997 to 2004, in the House of Commons of Canada. He was a member of the Liberal Party.^[1] He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources.^[1]

Serré was an accountant and business consultant before entering politics. He is the younger brother of Gaetan Serré, who served as MP for the neighbouring riding of Nickel Belt from 1968 to 1972.^[2]

He did not stand for re-election in the 2004 election. Serré died on May 11, 2019, from cancer.^[3][4]

References

1. Benoît Serré – Parliament of Canada biography
2. "Les frères Serre de Field". Our Ontario.
3. "Mort de l'ancien député fédéral franco-ontarien Benoît Serré".
4. "Read recent and archived obituaries and memorial notices from Postmedia Obituaries".