Yvon Dupuis
Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal–Sainte-Marie | |
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| In office 1952–1956 | |
| Preceded by | Aime Gendron |
| Succeeded by | Edgar Charbonneau |
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| Born | October 11, 1926 Montreal, Quebec |
| Died | January 1, 2017 (aged 90) Longueuil, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal |
Yvon Dupuis, PC[1] (October 11, 1926 – January 1, 2017) was a Canadian politician.
Political career
Born in Montreal, Dupuis was educated at Collège de Varennes in Longeuil, Quebec, and worked as an insurance agent and as the owner of two music stores prior to running for elected office.
He was first elected to the
He was accused of accepting a bribe related to the licensing of a new race track in his riding, and resigned from the cabinet on January 22, 1965.[3] He was the first cabinet member in Canadian history to resign under criminal charges. He was defeated as an independent Liberal candidate in the 1965 federal election. Dupuis was acquitted of the corruption charges on April 16, 1968.[4]
On February 4, 1973, he was elected leader of the Ralliement créditiste du Québec,[5] but failed to win election in Saint-Jean in the 1973 provincial election. Under pressure to resign as leader, he left the party and founded the Parti présidentiel on May 5, 1974.[6] He resigned as leader of his new party on October 21, 1974, and announced the end of his political career. He was replaced as leader by Yvon Brochu,[7] who merged the party with the Union Nationale on May 31, 1975.
Post-political activities
Dupuis later worked as a
See also
- Politics of Quebec
- List of Quebec general elections
- National Assembly of Quebec
- Timeline of Quebec history
- List of political parties in Quebec
References
- ^ "Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada". Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ "Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation". Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ All Those Rusty Wires Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Time, February 5, 1965
- ^ "Dupuis Acquitted Of Influence". The Gazette. April 17, 1968. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ "Dupuis appoints..." The Gazette. February 7, 1973. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ "Dupuis Promises New Party Name, But Rift Left Unhealed". The Gazette. May 2, 1974. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ "Parti Presidential set to continue leaderless". The Gazette. October 30, 1974. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ "Phone-in radio is talk of the town". The Gazette. September 13, 1980. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ "Former MP, minister Yvon Dupuis dies at the age of 90".
External links
- Yvon Dupuis – Parliament of Canada biography
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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