Fernand Dubé

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name = Fernand G. Dubé


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birth_date = birth date|1928|12|29
birth_place = Edmundston, New Brunswick
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death_date = October, 1999
death_place = Campbellton, New Brunswick
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resting_place =
residence = Campbellton, New Brunswick
education = University of Ottawa
University of New Brunswick
occupation = Lawyer
party = Progressive Conservative
spouse = Monique Maltais
children = 4 children
parents = Paul Léon Dubé &
Lumina Lavoie
religion = Roman Catholic

Fernand G. Dubé (Q.C.) (December 29, 1928 - October, 1999) was a Canadian lawyer and politician in the Province of New Brunswick.

He graduated from the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario and obtained a law degree from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Dubé practised law in Campbellton, New Brunswick and in 1970-71 served as president of the Campbellton Tigers ice hockey club whose 1972 team would be inducted in the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame.

Fernand Dubé ran as the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in the Restigouche—Madawaska, New Brunswick riding in the 1965 federal election, losing to Liberal incumbent, Jean-Eudes Dubé. Following the resignation of Charles Van Horne, in a September 1974 provincial by-election Dubé was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as the Progressive Conservative member for the riding of Campbellton-Restigouche Centre and would be re-elected in 1978, and again in 1982.

On December 3, 1974 Premier Richard Hatfield appointed Fernand Dubé to his Cabinet. During the ensuing thirteen years he held every major Cabinet portfolio. Dubé first served as the Minister of Tourism and Minister of the Environment, then on February 22, 1978 became Minister of Finance with the additonal duty of Minister responsible for energy policy. After more than four and a half years in these portfolios, on October 30, 1982 he was appointed Minister of Justice then to his final Cabinet post on October 3, 1985 as the Minister of Commerce & Technology.

In the 1987 election, Fernand Dubé lost his seat to Liberal, Edmond Blanchard. On May 11, 1998, Dubé was elected Mayor of Campbellton. He died in October, of 1999. Campbellton's City Hall park was named in his memory. His son, Jean F. Dubé, was elected to the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.

References

* [http://www.gnb.ca/legis/leglibbib/FRENCH/Special_Projects/ministermast.pdf Government of New Brunswick, cabinet holders]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/nbvotes2006/riding/001/ CBC electoral riding profile]
* [http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/EditorialCartoons/ViewPersons.aspx?culture=en-CA Biography and cartoons at the Government of New Brunswick archives]