Jacques Dupuis (politician)
Jacques P. Dupuis | |
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Deputy Premier of Quebec | |
In office 2005–2007 | |
Premier | Jean Charest |
Preceded by | Monique Gagnon-Tremblay |
Succeeded by | Nathalie Normandeau |
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Laurent | |
In office November 30, 1998 – August 9, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Normand Cherry |
Succeeded by | Jean-Marc Fournier |
Personal details | |
Born | Montreal, Quebec | November 25, 1948
Nationality | Canadian |
Political party | Quebec Liberal Party |
Alma mater | Université de Montréal |
Profession | lawyer |
Cabinet | Minister of Public Safety Government House Leader |
Jacques P. Dupuis (born November 25, 1948) is a Canadian
Minister of Public Security
until 2010.
Born in
Attorney General
. He was also the vice-president of Association of Criminal Defence Lawyers of Montreal and a member of the Administrative Law Society.
He was first elected in the 1998 election in the riding of Saint-Laurent. In his first term, as an opposition member, he sat as critic to the Minister of Public Security from 1999 to 2003. He was re-elected in the 2003 election. In his second term he was named to the Cabinet, and also served as Minister of Reform of Democratic Institutions and Minister Responsible for the Laurentides Region and the Lanaudière from 2003 to 2005.
He was re-elected in
Deputy Premier, positions that were given to Jean-Marc Fournier and Nathalie Normandeau
respectively.
Following his re-election in
Claude Bechard during a cabinet shuffle.[1]
He announced he was resigning from the National Assembly on August 9, 2010.[2]
References
- ^ "Charest remanie son Cabinet".
- ^
CTV Montreal. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.