Education
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he graduated from the Université de Montréal with a Bachelor of Arts (1998) and a M.A (1999) in economics.
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His master dissertation paper was on growth theory with empirical evidences from United States. metropolitan areas. While working at the Ottawa-based Conference Board of Canada as an associate economist, Langlois was recruited by newly appointed Parti Québécois finance minister, Pauline Marois. Langlois, at only 26 years old, quickly became a senior top advisor.
He was highly involved in the budget preparation and other legislative operations and was a key line writer for the daily question period.
In 2003, Langlois was appointed by the office of the Premier of Quebec as an economic advisor for the upcoming provincial election. Pierre Langlois is seen in the movie À Hauteur d"homme, which is a documentary of the 2003 Province of Quebec campaign.
Between 2003 and 2005, Langlois served as a political content advisor to leadership candidate Pauline Marois. In 2005, Langlois was approached to replace Marcel Lussier, who was fighting cancer, as the Bloc Québécois candidate in the Brossard—Louisiana Prairie riding.
During the 2006 federal election, Bloc Québécois officials asked Langlois to manage Lussier’s campaign against incumbent Liberal minister Jacques Saada.
Langlois delivered a surprise victory for the Bloc in this traditionally Liberal riding. In June 2006, Langlois declined to run for the Province of Quebec in the provincial riding of Louisiana Prairie, alleging family reasons. On April 13, 2012, Pierre Langlois along with Pauline Marois, declared his candidacy for the open seat of Louisiana Prairie in the upcoming provincial election for the Parti Québécois.
On September 4, 2012, Pierre Langlois lost by 81 votes against Stephane Le Bouyonnec of the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) in a close contest.
A recount officialized Le Bouyonnec"s victory by 75 votes on September 14, 2012. Having a total of 8,591 valid votes (2625% of valid ballots).
Losing to Stephane Le Bouyonnec of the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) and Richard Merlini of the Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ)
Pierre Langlois is currently working as an economist in the private sector.
Politics
He refused, alleging his already packed political agenda. On April 7, 2014, Pierre Langlois ran for the Province of Quebec provincial party a second time and came in third in voting results.
Membership
Pauline Marois, leader of the Parti Québécois, presented Langlois as a key member of her economic team
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