Denis Tassé
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Denis Tassé is a Quebec politician and a businessman in Gatineau, Quebec. He is the current councillor of the district of des Riverains in the Gatineau sector.
Tasse entered politics in 2005 when he was candidate to the ward left vacant by Therese Cyr who retired due to health issues. Tasse went on to win the councillor position in the municipal election. For his term, he gives an important consideration to the development of his areas notably in the Jacques Cartier Street area where there are plans for a major development project and also the La Baie Park, site of the Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival that takes place every September.
In 2006, there were reports that Tasse was approched by the Conservative Party of Canada for candidacy for a future election for the riding of Gatineau. There were no subsequent reports afterwards. Tasse was the second councillor after Joseph De Sylva being solicited by the Stephen Harper government. He was officially named the candidate on March 6, 2007 for the Gatineau riding which is currently held by Bloc Quebecois MP Richard Nadeau [1][2]
Tasse is the president of a local supermarket store called Supermarche Tasse which is owned by the supermarket chain Provigo. The store is located in the Touraine area of the Gatineau sector. His father Eugene is the owner of several apartments buildings (called les Immeubles Eugene Tasse) across the former city of Gatineau most notably in the Riviera and Pointe-Gatineau neighborhoods.
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- ^ Duquette, Patrick. "Joseph De Sylva a decline l'offre des conservateurs pour la circonscription de Gatineau (Councillor declined offer from the Conservative Party for an electoral riding)", Le Droit, September 22, 2006, p. 6.
- ^ SRC Gatineau. "Denis Tassé sera candidat conservateur", March 7, 2007.
