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Pierre Curzi
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Borduas
In office
April 25, 2007 – September 4, 2012
Preceded byJean-Pierre Charbonneau
Succeeded byPierre Duchesne
Personal details
Born (1946-02-11) February 11, 1946 (age 78)
Montreal, Quebec
Political partyParti Québécois → Independent
SpouseMarie Tifo
ResidenceMontreal
ProfessionActor, Screenwriter, Unionist
PortfolioCulture, Communications, Language

Pierre Curzi (born February 11, 1946, in Montreal, Quebec) is an actor, screenwriter and politician in Quebec. He is a former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Borduas in the Montérégie region south of Montreal. Elected under the Parti Québécois (PQ) banner, he later sat as an independent.[1]

Politics

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Curzi entered politics when he announced his candidacy for the riding of Borduas in the 2007 provincial elections, following the retirement of Jean-Pierre Charbonneau. He defeated the Action démocratique du Québec's Claude Gauthier by over 2,000 votes. He was later named the PQ critic for culture, communications and language.

Curzi was forced to apologize and retract a statement he made in October 2007 during a radio interview that appeared to suggest that a sovereign Quebec would have "more teeth" and could potentially remove the voting rights of Quebec's English-speaking community living on Montreal's West Island.[2] He faced some criticism in 2008 as one of two MNAs, along with Daniel Turp, who endorsed a controversial petition opposing Paul McCartney's performance at Quebec City's 400th anniversary celebrations.[3] In September 2010, Curzi expressed on the television interview show Les Francs-tireurs his theory that there was a shortage of Francophone players on the National Hockey League team the Montreal Canadiens and that this was "damned well political" and the result of a federalist plot.[4]

On June 6, 2011, Curzi and caucus mates Louise Beaudoin and Lisette Lapointe resigned from the Parti Québécois to sit as independents over the PQ's acceptance of a bill changing the law to permit an agreement between the City of Québec and Quebecor Inc. concerning the construction of an arena in Quebec City.[5]

Acting and screenplay career

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Curzi went to the École nationale de Théâtre in 1969. Prior to his political career, he played in numerous popular Quebec movies, plays, television shows and documentaries including We Are Far from the Sun (On est loin du soleil), Duplessis, Maria Chapdelaine, The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe), Babylone, Les Filles de Caleb, Million Dollar Babies, Virginie, Suzanne, Caffè Italia, Montréal, Exit, Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi), The Barbarian Invasions, Tideline (Littoral), Chili's Blues (C'était le 12 du 12, et Chili avait les blues), Le Négociateur, The New Life of Paul Sneijder (La nouvelle vie de Paul Sneijder) and Romeo and Juliet.

Overall, he played roles in about 50 productions since 1971 and had been nominated for four Genie Awards for his roles in Maria Chapdelaine (1983), Lucien Brouillard (1983) and The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) (1986) and a nomination for best screenplay for Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime) in 1986.

He was also the president of the Union des artistes for eight years. The UDA is the main union group for cinema, theatre and television actors in Quebec.

He is married to Marie Tifo, an actress with whom he costarred in the films Red Eyes (Les Yeux rouges), Lucien Brouillard, Le jour S... and Intimate Power

Electoral record

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2008 Quebec general election: Borduas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Pierre Curzi 13,329 47.66 +8.90
Liberal Jacques Charbonneau 9,125 32.63 +10.95
Action démocratique Jean Dion 3,430 12.26 −19.05
Québec solidaire Éric Noël 966 3.45 +0.53
Green Marco Caron 904 3.23 −1.28
Parti indépendantiste Michel Lepage 214 0.77 -
Total valid votes 27,968 98.30
Rejected and declined votes 485 1.70
Turnout 28,453 65.87 −13.71
Electors on the lists 43,198
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
2007 Quebec general election: Borduas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Pierre Curzi 12,529 38.76 −8.06
Action démocratique Claude Gauthier 10,123 31.31 +13.44
Liberal Jacques Charbonneau 7,010 21.68 −12.08
Green Olivier Adam 1,459 4.51 –
Québec solidaire Julie Raby 944 2.92 –
Independent Super Cauchon 262 0.81 –
Total valid votes 32,327 99.12 –
Total rejected ballots 286 0.88 –
Turnout 32,613 79.58 +1.74
Electors on the lists 40,980 – –
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Filmography

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Television

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  • 1975 : Youhou : Michel
  • 1978 : Duplessis : Reporter
  • 1979 : Riel : Isidore
  • 1980 : Frédéric : Biker Leader
  • 1984 : Le Parc des braves : Major Paul Bérubé
  • 1985 : Un amour de quartier : Speedy Joe
  • 1986 : Des dames de cœur : François O'Neil
  • 1989 : Miléna Nova Tremblay : François Tremblay
  • 1989 : Super sans plomb : J.-P. St-Onge
  • 1989 : Un signe de feu : François O'Neil
  • 1990 : Les Filles de Caleb : Dosithée Pronovost
  • 1992 : Les Intrépides
  • 1992 : Montréal P.Q. : Paulus Quintal
  • 1992 : Les Cravates léopards : Vermontier
  • 1993 : Shehaweh : Sieur de Maisonneuve
  • 1993 : Les Grands Procès : Me Robert Calder
  • 1994 : Cœur à prendre : Vincent, Bouquet
  • 1994 : Les Jumelles Dionne (tv movie) : Alphonse Fortier
  • 1995 : Jalna : Greg
  • 1996 : Marguerite Volant : Renaud Larochelle
  • 1997 : Le Masque : Victor Thibault
  • 1996 : Virginie : Gilles Bazinet (1997-2002)
  • 2004 : Smash : Bernier Fafard
  • 2005 : Providence : Jean-Guy Bélanger
  • 2005 : Le Négociateur : Maurice Martel
  • 2007 : Les Invincibles : Gene
  • 2010 : La Promesse : Daniel (Nurse)
  • 2014 : Nouvelle Adresse : Gérard Lapointe
  • 2014 : Mensonges : Dr Michel Pelletier (Psychiatrist)
  • 2015 : O' : Richard
  • 2018 : Appelle-moi si tu meurs : Cesare Ciccarelli

Theatre

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  • 2006: août (Jean Marc Dalpé)
  • 2005: La Tempête (William Shakespeare)
  • 2005: Coin St-Laurent
  • 2002: La Nuit des rois (William Shakespeare)
  • 2001: L'Hiver de force (Réjean Ducharme)
  • 2001: Le Mouton et la Baleine (Ahmed Ghazali)
  • 1999: Trick or treat (Jean Marc Dalpé)
  • 1998: Le miroir aux tartuffes (Jean-Claude Germain)
  • 1997: Chrysanthème (Eugène Lion)
  • 1995: Mère Courage (Bertolt Brecht)
  • 1994: La Mouette (Anton Tchekhov)
  • 1993: La Reprise (Claude Gauvreau)
  • 1992: Six personnages en quête d'auteur (Luigi Pirandello)
  • 1992: Conte d'Hiver (Anne Legault)
  • 1991: Shakespeare, un monde qu'on peut apprendre par cœur (Michel Garneau)
  • 1989: La Nuit du 16 janvier (Ayn Rand)
  • 1988: Le Baiser de la Femme Araignée (Manuel Puig)
  • 1988: Cendres (David Rudkin)
  • 1986: Deux sur la Balançoire (W. Gibson)
  • 1986: Avec Lorenzo à mes Côtés (Grand Cirque ordinaire inspired from Musset)
  • 1984: En attendant Godot (Samuel Beckett)
  • 1984: Mère Courage (Bertolt Brecht)
  • 1984: Le Tir à Blanc (André Ricard)
  • 1979: Le Théâtre de la Maintenance (Jean Barbeau)
  • 1978: L'Abécédaire Conditionnel (Michel Garneau)
  • 1978: Les Fiancés de Rose Latulipe (Grand Cirque ordinaire)
  • 1977: Les Nerfs à l'Air (Collective)
  • 1977: L'Impromptu chez M. R. Pantalon
  • 1976: La Steppette Impossible
  • 1975: La Tragédie Américaine de l'Enfant Prodigue (Collective)
  • 1975: Colette et Pérusse (Robert Claing)
  • 1975: Une Brosse (Jean Barbeau)
  • 1974: Floralie (Roch Carrier)
  • 1974: Salut Galarneau (Jacques Godbout and D. Chouinard)
  • 1973: Don Quichotte (Jean-Pierre Ronfard, adapted from Cervantes)
  • 1973: Galipotte 8 (Robert Gravel)
  • 1972: Les Oranges sont vertes (Claude Gauvreau)
  • 1972: Sparages (Marcel Sabourin)
  • 1971: Les Fourberies de Scapin (Molière)
  • 1971: Chiniqui (Collective)
  • 1970: Chmou (Pierre Bégin and Pierre Collin)
  • 1970: La Guerre Yes Sir (Roch Carrier)
  • 1969: Gens de Noël, Tremblez!, (Collective)
  • 1969: À Cœur Ouvert (Robert Gurick)
  • 1969: P.O.T. T.V., (Collective)

Note

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The Sections Filmography, Television and Theatre were copied and adapted from the French Wikipedia Page of Pierre Curzi. See that page's history for attribution.

References

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  1. ^ "Pierre Curzi - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "PQ language critic backtracks" Archived December 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Montreal Gazette, October 23, 2007.
  3. ^ "Separatists decry McCartney's Quebec concert", National Post, July 16, 2008.
  4. ^ Hamilton, George (September 14, 2010), "Federalists taking control of Montreal Canadiens: Parti Quebecois", National Post, retrieved September 15, 2010
  5. ^ Chouinard, Tommy (June 6, 2011). "Trois députés claquent la porte du PQ". Le Soleil (in French). Quebec City. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
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