Jacques Dupuis (politician)

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Jacques P. Dupuis
Dupuis in 2008
Deputy Premier of Quebec
In office
2005–2007
PremierJean Charest
Preceded byMonique Gagnon-Tremblay
Succeeded byNathalie Normandeau
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Laurent
In office
November 30, 1998 – August 9, 2010
Preceded byNormand Cherry
Succeeded byJean-Marc Fournier
Personal details
Born (1948-11-25) November 25, 1948 (age 75)
Montreal, Quebec
NationalityCanadian
Political partyQuebec Liberal Party
Alma materUniversité de Montréal
Professionlawyer
CabinetMinister 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

  1. ^ "Charest remanie son Cabinet".
  2. ^
    CTV Montreal
    . Retrieved 2010-08-09.

External links

Political offices
Preceded by
Deputy Premier of Quebec

2005–2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Andre Boisclair
Government House Leader (1st time)
2003–2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by Government House Leader (2nd time)
2008–2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Public Security
2005–2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Justice (1st time)
2004–2005
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Justice (2nd time)
2007–2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Benoit Pelletier
Minister of Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs & Democratic Institutions Reform
2008–2009
Succeeded by
Claude Bechard