Jean-Paul L'Allier
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Jean-Paul L'Allier | |
|---|---|
 Jean-Paul L'Allier in 2013 | |
| 38th Mayor of Quebec City | |
| In office November 5, 1989 – November 19, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Jean Pelletier |
| Succeeded by | Andrée Boucher |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Deux-Montagnes | |
| In office 1970–1976 | |
| Preceded by | Gaston Binette |
| Succeeded by | Pierre de Bellefeuille |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 12, 1938 Hudson, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | January 5, 2016 (aged 77) Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
Jean-Paul L'Allier (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃pɔl lalje]; August 12, 1938 – January 5, 2016) was a Canadian politician, a two-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) and the 38th mayor of Quebec City from 1989 to 2005.[1][2]
L'Allier was born in Hudson, Montérégie in 1938 and received a law degree from the University of Ottawa. He practised law in the Ottawa and Outaouais regions in the 1960s. He worked for the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir in the 1980s. He was a self-proclaimed Liberal, sovereigntist and social democrat.[3]
Member of the National Assembly
L'Allier became a candidate to the National Assembly of Quebec in the district of Deux-Montagnes after Liberal candidate and mayor Guy Léveillée of Saint-Eustache, Laurentides dropped out of the race in the 1970 election. He won the Liberal nomination against two other candidates and subsequently won the election. He was re-elected in the 1973 election.
Cabinet member
L'Allier was appointed to the Cabinet in 1970 and served as Minister of Communications until 1975 and as Minister of Cultural Affairs from 1975 until 1976.
