Mario Dumont

Mario Dumont MNA
Dumont in 2007
Leader of the Opposition of Quebec
In office March 26, 2007 – November 5, 2008
Preceded by	André Boisclair
Succeeded by	Pauline Marois
Leader of the ADQ
In office May 11, 1994 – March 6, 2009
Preceded by	Jean Allaire
Succeeded by	Sylvie Roy (interim)
MNA for Rivière-du-Loup
In office September 12, 1994 – March 6, 2009
Preceded by	Albert Côté
Succeeded by	Jean D'Amour
Personal details
Born	(1970-05-19) May 19, 1970 (age 54) Cacouna, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Liberal Party of Quebec (1985–1994) Action démocratique du Québec (1994-2009)
Spouse	Marie-Claude Barrette
Children	Angela Charles Juliette
Alma mater	Concordia University (A.B.) University of Montreal
Profession	Television presenter

Mario Dumont (born May 19, 1970) is a Canadian television personality and former politician in Quebec, Canada. He was a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA), and the leader of the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), from 1994 to 2009. After the 2007 Quebec election, Dumont obtained the post of Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.

Following his party's poor showing in the 2008 Quebec election, he announced his resignation as ADQ leader, and subsequently joined the television network V to host a daily news and talk show, Dumont, which began in 2009. He left that network in 2012 to join the all-news channel LCN.^[1]