Education
University College; University of Alberta.
University College; University of Alberta.
He is one of six LGBT MPs serving in the 42nd Canadian Parliament, alongside Scott Brison, Rob Oliphant, Seamus O"Regan, Randall Garrison and Sheri Benson. Boissonnault was born in the Franco-Albertan town of Morinville, Alberta on July 14, 1970. After graduating from the University of Alberta, Boissonault studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
He subsequently worked as a lecturer at the University of Alberta’s Campus Saint-Jean and as a journalist and political commentator for Radio-Canada and Les Affaires.
Political.
He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada caucus. Upon being sworn in as a Member of Parliament, Boissonnault was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage. When Degas Sikorski, one of Boissonnault"s constituents, received a valentine with a homophobic slur on it, Boissonnault delivered a valentine to him signed by the Prime Minister and Members of Parliament.
