Jean-Noël Tremblay, (7 June 1926 – 23 January 2020) was a Canadian politician, who made career at both the federal and the provincial levels.

Member of Parliament

Tremblay was elected to the

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in the 1958 election representing the Quebec riding of Roberval and was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. He lost re-election in

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, when for the first time the Social Credit Party made a significant breakthrough in Quebec.

Provincial politics

He won a seat to the

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, representing

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, in

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and was a member of the Union Nationale. From 1966 to 1970, Tremblay was the Minister of Cultural Affairs in the cabinets of

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and

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. He was known in this period as a vocal

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.''Winnipeg Free Press'', 5 February 1969, p. 1. Tremblay supported

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over

during the party's leadership convention, held on June 21, 1969. He was re-elected to the legislature in

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, but was defeated in

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Personal life

Tremblay was born in June 1926 in

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. He died in January 2020 at the age of 93 in

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Honors

In 1990, he was made a Member of the

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References

1926 births 2020 deaths French Quebecers Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Members of the Order of Canada Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs {{ProgressiveConservative-Quebec-MP-stub