Jean-Eudes Dubé, PC

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 (born November 6, 1926) is a former Canadian

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 politician.

Dubé first ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons

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 as a Liberal

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 in a 1961 by-election

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, but was defeated in the New Brunswick

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 riding

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 of Restigouche—Madawaska

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. He was elected from the same riding in the 1962 general election

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, and was subsequently re-elected on five occasions. (From 1968 on, he was elected from the riding of Restigouche

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.)

Following the 1968 election

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, Dubé joined the Cabinet of Prime Minister

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 Pierre Trudeau

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 as Minister of Veterans Affairs

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. In 1972 he was appointed Minister of Public Works

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.

Dubé was dropped from Cabinet following the 1974 election

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, and retired from Parliament

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the next year.