Background
Legendre was born in Montreal, Quebec.
Legendre was born in Montreal, Quebec.
Florida State University.
232 in singles (December 1978). He played National Collegiate Athletic Association collegiate tennis at Florida State University in 1972 and 1973. In 2005 he was a candidate in the Parti Québécois"s leadership election, a bid notably supported by former Quebec minister François Legault and sprinter and olympic medalist Bruny Surin.
Legendre placed third with 7.5% of the vote.
In the 2007 elections, Legendre was surprisingly defeated by the Action democratique du Quebec"s Pierre Gingras who was a former mayor for the City of Blainville. He is currently Vice-President of Montreal Impact.
He was nominated on August 13, 2007.
The party nearly won every seat in the lower Laurentians region.
He was the Quebec minister of sports in Bernard Landry"s cabinet, after being elected as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Blainville in 2001.