André Bourbeau, CM CQ (June 1, 1936 – March 25, 2018) was a Canadian politician. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, Bourbeau served as member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Laporte serving from 1981 until 2003.
André Bourbeau | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Laporte | |
| In office April 13, 1981 – April 14, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Marois |
| Succeeded by | Michel Audet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 1, 1936 Verdun, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | March 25, 2018 (aged 81) Dunham, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Relations | Monique Landry (sister) Jacques Miquelon (uncle) |
| Alma mater | University of Montreal McGill University |
Early life
editBourbeau was born in Verdun, Quebec, the son of Louis-Auguste Bourbeau and Antoinette Miquelon.[1] He studied at the Séminaire de Sherbrooke and the University of Montreal before receiving a Diploma in Law from McGill University in 1959.[2]
Political career
editBourbeau became a notary in 1960 and practiced in Montreal from 1960 to 1981.[1] From 1970 to 1978, he served as a city councillor in Saint-Lambert, Quebec.[1] He was mayor from 1978 to 1981.[2]
In 1981, he was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec for Laporte.[1] A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1985, 1989, 1994, and 1998.[3] He did not run in 2003.[4] He held many different cabinet positions including Minister of Municipal Affairs, Responsible for Housing; Minister of Manpower, Income Security and Vocational Training; and Minister of Finance.[2]
He was the Chairman of the Board at Hydro-Québec from 2003 to 2005.[3] From 1998 to 2003, he was Chairman of the Wilfrid Pelletier Foundation.[2] As well, he was Chairman of the Jeunesses Musicales of Canada Foundation.[2] Bourbeau was the founding president of the Montreal International Music Competition.[3]
Death
editBourbeau was diagnosed with cancer in 1998.[4] He died of complications from cancer on March 25, 2018, at the age of 81.[3]
Honors
editIn 2009, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.[2]
In December 2016, Bourbeau was named a Member of the Order of Canada.[5]
Electoral record (partial)
edit| 1985 Quebec general election: Laporte | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | André Bourbeau | 18,925 | 63.87 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Maurice Collette | 8,966 | 30.26 | |||||
| New Democratic | Jean-François Fiset | 1,137 | 3.84 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Thérèse Michaud L'Écuyer | 387 | 1.31 | |||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Alain Gauthier | 87 | 0.29 | |||||
| Christian Socialist | Nicole Séguin | 68 | 0.23 | |||||
| United Social Credit | Joseph Ranger | 62 | 0.21 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 29,632 | |||||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 531 | |||||||
| Turnout | 30,163 | 77.26 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 39,039 | |||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Décès de l'ex-ministre libéral André Bourbeau". Radio Canada (in French). CBC. March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "André Bourbeau (1936-2018)". National Assembly of Québec (in French). March 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Former Quebec Liberal minister André Bourbeau dies at 81". CBC. March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ^ a b "L'ancien ministre libéral André Bourbeau s'éteint à l'âge de 81 ans" (in French). Huffington Post. March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ^ Starr, Katharine (December 30, 2016). "Order of Canada's newest appointees include paralympian, Supreme Court judge, and an astrophysicist". CBC. Retrieved March 30, 2018.