Jean-Noël_Tremblay
Jean-Noël Tremblay
Canadian politician (1926–2020)
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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | (1926-06-07)7 June 1926 Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 23 January 2020(2020-01-23) (aged 93) Quebec, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Other political affiliations | Union Nationale |
| Cabinet | Provincial: Minister of Cultural Affairs (1966-1970) |
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.
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.
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.
In 1990, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
- Jean-Noël Tremblay – Parliament of Canada biography
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
