Yves Duhaime

Yves Duhaime was a politician Quebec, Canada. He served as Cabinet Member and Member of the National Assembly of Quebec. [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/d/duhay.htm Yves Duhaime] , Assemblée nationale du Québec]

Early life

He was born in 1939 in Chicoutimi, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and grew up in Shawinigan, Mauricie.

In the 1960s, Duhaime was an officer with the 62^nd (Shawinigan) Field Artillery Regiment. He reached the rank of Captain and served as Adjutant of the military unit.

He attended Séminaire Sainte-Marie and obtained a Law Degree from McGill University in Montreal and attended the Institut des sciences politiques in Paris.

Provincial Politics

Duhaime ran as a Parti Québécois candidate in 1970, 1973 and 1976 in the district of Saint-Maurice. He was elected on his third attempt.

Premier René Lévesque appointed him to the Cabinet. Duhaime served as Minister of Tourism during his first term.

He was re-elected in 1981; he served as Minister of Energy from 1981 to 1984 and Minister of Finance from 1984 to 1985.

He did not run in 1985.

Federal Politics

Duhaime was a candidate to the Bloc Québécois Leadership Convention of 1997 but finished second behind Gilles Duceppe. He also ran as a BQ candidate in the district of Saint-Maurice against the incumbent MP and Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Chrétien won re-election with 47%. Duhaime finished a strong second with 44%. [ [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=650&Include= History of Federal Ridings since 1867 - Saint Maurice, Quebec] ]

Footnotes

ee also

*62^nd (Shawinigan) Field Artillery Regiment
*Mauricie
*Saint-Maurice Legislators
*Saint-Maurice
*Saint-Maurice Provincial Electoral District
*Shawinigan, Quebec