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Lawrence Cannon is a politician from Québec, Canada. Born on December 6, 1947, son of Louis Cannon and Rosemary Power, he is the grand-nephew of Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon, a long-time Liberal politician and Supreme Court judge. Cannon has held several positions in Québec Liberal governments, notably minister of Tourism and minister of Communications. He was elected as councillor for the merged city of Gatineau in 2001, and served as president of the Société de Transport de l'Outaouais from 2002 to 2005. On September 16, 2005, he was named adjoint cabinet leader for the Conservative Party of Canada in Québec. He will be running as Conservative candidate in the riding of Pontiac in the 2006 federal election.

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