Candidate profile
Guy Veillette
Coalition avenir Québec — Laviolette–Saint-Maurice
- Riding
- Laviolette–Saint-Maurice
- Status
- accepted_elections_quebec
- Incumbent
- No
- Profession
- Journalist and political aide
- Education
- Cumulative master's degree in labour relations, human resources and organizational change — UQTR; certificates in psychology; bachelor's degree in public communication — Université Laval.
- Political experience
- Political aide and riding office manager since 2020; CAQ candidate in Laviolette–Saint-Maurice in 2026.
- Community involvement
- Involvement with the Association des proches aidants de l'Énergie – Maison Gilles-Carle; former president of the Syndicat de l'information du Nouvelliste.
A journalist who worked for more than thirty years at the daily Le Nouvelliste, including fifteen years covering Shawinigan municipal politics. Since 2020, he has served as political aide and riding office manager for Laviolette–Saint-Maurice.