Jean-Eudes Dubé, (November 6, 1926 – January 5, 2019) was a
Canadian
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politician.
Dubé first ran for a seat in the
House of Commons of Canada
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as a
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in a 1961
by-election
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, but was defeated in the
New Brunswick
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riding of
Restigouche—Madawaska. He was elected from the same riding in the
1962 general election, and was subsequently re-elected on five occasions. (From 1968 on, he was elected from the riding of
Restigouche.)
Following the
1968 election, Dubé joined the
Cabinet
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of
Prime Minister
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Pierre Trudeau
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as
Minister of Veterans Affairs. In 1972, he was appointed
Minister of Public Works.
Dubé was dropped from Cabinet following the
1974 election, left
Parliament
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the following year, and was named as a judge to the Federal Court of Canada, a position he held until his retirement in 2001.
Dubé died from natural causes on January 5, 2019. He was 92.
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1926 births
2019 deaths
Acadian people
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick
Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada