Julien-Édouard-Alfred Dubuc (21 January 1871 – 27 October 1947) was a

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businessman and politician. Dubuc was an

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and

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member of the

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. He was born in Saint-Hugues, Quebec, educated at

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, and became a bank manager, a director of various companies and a manufacturer. He was first elected to Parliament at the

Chicoutimi Chicoutimi ( , ) is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and ...

riding in the 1925 general election as an Independent Liberal and re-elected on that basis in 1926 federal election. By the 1930 election, he became a member of the

and was re-elected at Chicoutimi in

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and

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. Dubuc did not seek re-election in

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and left Parliament after completing his term in the

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. Dubuc promoted various projects in the Chicoutimi region including a rail link between Baie-des-Ha!-Ha! and Chicoutimi, and paper mills at Chandler and

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. The Dubuc Bridge ('' Pont Dubuc'') across the

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at Chicoutimi was named in his honour.

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* * 1871 births 1947 deaths Businesspeople from Quebec Independent Liberal MPs in Canada Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Montérégie 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub