About Osvaldo Núñez
Born 1938. Osvaldo Núñez is a Canadian politician, lawyer, trade unionist and arbitrator.
Osvaldo Ramón Núñez Riquelme, also known as Osvaldo Nunez (born 10 September 1938 in Curicó, Chile) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997. His career has been in law, arbitration and labour.
Núñez studied law at the University of Chile. He earned a scholarship that allowed him to attend the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. He then became a member of the Popular Unitary Action Movement when it was founded in 1969. Núñez was criticized by other Chileans during the election for saying "my homeland is Quebec" and still saying he had pride in being a Chilean. and did not return to Canadian politics. He became chair of the Bloc Québécois' Commission on Cultural Communities and later served as an administrative judge on the Quebec Essential Services Council.
Núñez retired in 2004, though he continued community involvement.
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Osvaldo Núñez was born on 10 September 1938 in Curicó.
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