Jean-Noël Tremblay
Jean-Noël Tremblay, CM (7 June 1926 – 23 January 2020) was a Canadian politician, who made career at both the federal and the provincial levels.
Jean-Noël Tremblay | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Roberval | |
In office 1958–1962 | |
Preceded by | Georges Villeneuve |
Succeeded by | Charles-Arthur Gauthier |
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Chicoutimi | |
In office 1966–1973 | |
Preceded by | Antonio Talbot |
Succeeded by | Marc-André Bédard |
Personal details | |
Born | Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada | 7 June 1926
Died | 23 January 2020 93) Quebec, Quebec, Canada | (aged
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Other political affiliations | Union Nationale |
Cabinet | Provincial: Minister of Cultural Affairs (1966-1970) |
Member of Parliament
Tremblay was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1958 election representing the Quebec riding of Roberval and was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. He lost re-election in 1962, when for the first time the Social Credit Party made a significant breakthrough in Quebec.
Provincial politics
He won a seat to the National Assembly of Quebec, representing Chicoutimi, in 1966 and was a member of the Union Nationale. From 1966 to 1970, Tremblay was the Minister of Cultural Affairs in the cabinets of Daniel Johnson, Sr and Jean-Jacques Bertrand. He was known in this period as a vocal Quebec nationalist.[1]
Tremblay supported Jean-Guy Cardinal over Jean-Jacques Bertrand during the party's leadership convention, held on June 21, 1969.
He was re-elected to the legislature in 1970, but was defeated in 1973.
Personal life
Tremblay was born in June 1926 in Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. He died in January 2020 at the age of 93 in Quebec, Quebec.
Honors
In 1990, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
External links
- Jean-Noël Tremblay – Parliament of Canada biography
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
References
- Winnipeg Free Press, 5 February 1969, p. 1.