Dupuis, Yvon, 1926-2017

LC control no.	n 2004025003
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Dupuis, Yvon, 1926-2017 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1926-10-11
Death date	2017-01-01
Place of birth	Montréal (Québec)
Place of death	Longueuil (Québec)
Affiliation	Parti libéral du Québec Liberal Party of Canada
Profession or occupation	Politicians Legislators Cabinet officers
Found in	Dupuis, Yvon. Des souvenirs-- et des regrets aussi, 2003-: t.p. (Yvon Dupuis) Can. CIP (Dupuis, Yvon, 1926- ) Wikipedia, viewed 13 February 2017: Yvon Dupuis (Yvon Dupuis, PC; Canadian politician; born October 11, 1926, in Montreal, Quebec; educated at Collège de Varennes in Longueuil; worked as an insurance agent and owned two music stores before running for office; elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in 1952 provincial election in the riding of Montréal-Sainte-Marie as a member of the Liberal Party of Quebec, being defeated in 1956; ran as an independent Liberal in Saint-Jean-Iberville-Napierville in 1957 federal election, and was elected in that riding as the Liberal Party of Canada candidate in the 1958 federal election, being re-elected in 1962 and 1963, before being defeated in 1965; appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State in May 1963, resigning from cabinet in January 1965 after being accussed of accepting a bribe (later being acquitted); elected leader of the provincial Ralliement créditiste du Québec in 1973, resigning in 1974 to found the Parti présidentiel before ending his career that year; worked as a radio announcer on various stations; died January 1, 2017, in Longueuil, Quebec) Amicus database, 13 February 2017 (authorized access point: Dupuis, Yvon, 1926- )