Jacques Miquelon - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Oct 04, 1911 Danville, Quebec, Canada Died on 16 Jun 2004 (aged 92)

Canadian politician

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About Jacques Miquelon

  • Jacques Miquelon (October 4, 1911 – June 16, 2004) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec.
  • He represented Abitibi-Est in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1948 to 1960 as a member of the Union Nationale. He was born in Danville, Quebec, the son of Arsène-Cyr Miquelon and Éveline Picard who was the daughter of Jacques Picard.
  • Miquelon was educated in Danville, at the Séminaire de Québec and at the Université Laval.
  • He was called to the Quebec bar in 1934 and set up practice first at Quebec City and then, in 1937, at Malartic.
  • Miquelon served as solicitor for the Department of the Attorney General and for the Liquor Commission at Amos.
  • He was director for two mining companies and also was president of the Chamber of Commerce for Malartic.
  • He married Suzanne Turcotte in 1938; he later married Germaine Voyer after his first wife's death.
  • In 1946, he was named King's Counsel.
  • Miquelon served in the Quebec cabinet as Minister of State from 1952 to 1959, Attorney General in 1959 and 1960 and Minister of Lands and Forests in 1960.
  • He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1960 and 1962.
  • In 1962, Miquelon returned to the practice of law in Montreal.
  • From 1968 to 1978, he was judge in the Social Welfare Court at Montreal.
  • He died in Montreal at the age of 92. His nephew André Bourbeau also served in the Quebec assembly.

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