Jean-Hugues Boutin (born January 9, 1936) is a former

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politician, who served as mayor of Amos,

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from 1971 to 1974, and in the

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from 1973 to 1976.''Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec, 1792-1992''. PUL Diffusion, 1993. . p. 102. Born and raised in Amos, he was educated at the

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and Université Laval before joining his father's company, Jean B. Boutin Inc., in 1961. He was first elected to the city's municipal council in 1967, serving until his election as mayor in 1971. Elected to the National Assembly in the 1973 election as a

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, he served as a provincial legislator until his defeat by

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of the

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in the 1976 election. Following his defeat, he worked in an administrative capacity for the municipality of Baie-James, and later became a certified financial planner. He served on the board of directors of

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in 2005 and 2006.

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* 1936 births French Quebecers Living people Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Mayors of Amos, Quebec Businesspeople from Quebec {{Quebec-MNA-stub