Jean-Paul L'Allier (August 12, 1938 – January 5, 2016) was a Quebec politician, a two-term Member of the

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(MNA) and the 38th

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Background

L'Allier was born in Hudson,

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in 1938 and received a law degree from the

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. He practised law in the

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and

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regions in the 1960s. He worked for the

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newspaper

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in the 1980s. He was a self-proclaimed Liberal,

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and

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Member of the National Assembly

L'Allier became a candidate to the

in the district of Deux-Montagnes after Liberal candidate and mayor Guy Léveillée of Saint-Eustache,

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dropped out of the race in the 1970 election. He won the Liberal nomination against two other candidates and subsequently won the election. He was re-elected in the 1973 election.

Cabinet member

L'Allier was appointed to the

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in 1970 and served as Minister of Communications until 1975 and as Minister of Cultural Affairs from 1975 until 1976.

Political defeat

L'Allier was defeated against

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(PQ) candidate Pierre de Bellefeuille in the 1976 election. L'Allier voted "yes" in the Quebec referendum of 1980 and left the Liberals in the same year.

Mayor of Quebec City

L'Allier ran as the ''Rassemblement populaire'' candidate for Mayor of Quebec City in 1989. He won against ''Progrès civique de Québec'' candidate Jean-François Bertrand and was sworn in as the 38th Mayor of the city. He was re-elected in 1993 and 1997. His accomplishments include: * The revitalization of the Saint-Roch neighborhood; * The erection of a monument that commemorates the 30th anniversary of

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Charles de Gaulle's official visit to Quebec City in 1967;Malack, Dominique-Valérie, Identités, mémoires et constructions nationales; la commémoration extérieure à Québec, 1889–2001, Université Laval, 2003
* The merger of the Quebec City government with twelve other surrounding municipalities, as a part of the municipal reorganization of 2001–02.

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and

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eventually demerged. L'Allier co-founded the ''Renouveau municipal de Québec'' and was re-elected as mayor in 2001 against ''Action civique de Québec'' candidate and former anti-merger crusader Andrée Boucher. On July 13, 2004, he announced that he would not run for re-election in November 2005 and retired from politics.

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:L'Allier, Jean-Paul 1938 births 2016 deaths Mayors of Quebec City People from Montérégie Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Lawyers in Quebec University of Ottawa alumni Recipients of the Legion of Honour Officers of the National Order of Quebec University of Ottawa Faculty of Law alumni Université Laval faculty