Jean-Noël Tremblay

Infobox Person


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name = Jean-Noël Tremblay
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birth_date = June 7, 1926
birth_place = St-André du Lac-St-Jean, Quebec
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known_for = Member of Progressive Conservative Party
occupation = Politician
nationality = Canadian

Jean-Noël Tremblay is a former Canadian politician, who made career at both the federal and the provincial levels.

Background

He was born on June 7, 1926 in St-André du Lac-St-Jean, Quebec.

Member of Parliament

Tremblay was elected to the Canadian House of Commons 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.

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.

Honors

In 1990, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=13550&s=M Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/FRA/membres/notices/t-u/TREMJN.htm Assemblée nationale du Québec profile] fr icon

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years=1966–1973