Editing Jean Charest (section)

==Early life and education==
Charest was born on June 24, 1958, in [[Sherbrooke]], in Quebec's [[Eastern Townships]].<ref name="JC's life in politics - CBC">{{cite web |title=Jean Charest's life in politics |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/jean-charest-s-life-in-politics-1.1135453 |website=CBC News |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref> His parents are Rita ({{Nee|Leonard}}), an [[Irish Quebecer]], and Claude "Red" Charest, a [[French Canadian]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=101f91bb-d3e2-437e-90f0-10d8584db64e&k=62495 |title=Minister breaks age, colour and language barriers |work=The Gazette (Montreal) |date=June 17, 2007 |first=Yolande |last=James |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120154604/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=101f91bb-d3e2-437e-90f0-10d8584db64e&k=62495 |archive-date=November 20, 2015 }}</ref> He obtained a law degree from the [[Université de Sherbrooke]] and was admitted to the [[Bar of Quebec|Barreau du Québec]] in 1981. He is married to Michèle Dionne (since June 21, 1980), and they have three children, Amélie, Antoine, and Alexandra.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.lapresse.ca/debats/opinions/201907/10/01-5233452-taxe-sur-le-carbone-quest-ce-qui-ne-tourne-pas-rond-avec-le-gouvernement-legault-.php |title = Taxe sur le carbone : Qu'est-ce qui ne tourne pas rond avec le gouvernement Legault ?| newspaper=La Presse |date = July 11, 2019 | last1=Charest | first1=Antoine Dionne }}</ref>

Charest is fully bilingual in French and English. In the [[1980 Quebec referendum]], he failed to vote because he was getting married.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-remembers-1st-referendum-1.944455|title=Quebec remembers 1st referendum|date=May 20, 2010|access-date=April 2, 2014|publisher=Cbc.ca}}</ref>