Jean Leclercq (2 June 1925, in

Tournai Tournai or Tournay ( ; ; nl, Doornik ; pcd, Tornai; wa, Tornè ; la, Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Tournai is part of Euromet ...

– 24 December 1970, in Tournai) was a Belgian politician and Walloon militant. Jean Lerclercq was a member of the Conseil économique wallon when it joined the

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in 1968 with the foundation of the local plan. He became a popular voice, and was elected in the elections of 31 March 1968. He was one of the first of the Walloon Rally to be elected to Parliament. He became a member of the Agricultural and Family Commission but he died at Christmas 1970. Paul Van Damme succeeded him. At the Walloon Rally Congress of 22 and 23 March 1969, he insisted that Mouscron and Comines were 100% French, and for stronger relations between the Walloons and

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. At the communal elections of Tournai in October 1970, he opposed others in his party, and founded his own list, named ''Rénovation tournaisienne''. He was

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communal councillor, but died before he could take up his seat.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leclercq, Jean 1925 births 1970 deaths Politicians from Tournai Walloon movement activists