sentences:  Boulerice, one of the first openly gay members of the legislature, was reelected in 1989, 1994, 1998 and 2003 in the redistributed electoral district of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques.He was also the deputy government leader, president of the Quebec division of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie and immigration minister.He helped introduce civil union for same-sex couples.