Roland Giroux, (15 January 1913 – 4 November 1991) was from 1969 to 1977 the Chairman of the Quebec Hydro-Electric Commission (today known generally as

Hydro-Québec Hydro-Québec is a public utility that manages the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in the Canadian province of Quebec, as well as the export of power to portions of the Northeast United States. It was established by the ...

). He is a member of the

Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the ...

, first becoming an Officer in June 1972 then in July 1977 was promoted as a Companion, the highest rank within the order. Giroux died of a heart attack in Quebec at age 78 leaving his wife Yvette Blain and three children.

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University of Sherbrooke: List of Hydro-Québec presidents
1913 births 1991 deaths Companions of the Order of Canada {{Quebec-bio-stub