Jean-Paul L'Allier
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Jean-Paul L'Allier was a Canadian politician, a two-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec
(MNA) and the 38th Mayor of Quebec City
.
, Montérégie
in 1938 and has a law degree from the University of Ottawa
. He practiced law in the Ottawa
and Outaouais regions in the 1960s. He also worked for the Montreal
newspaper Le Devoir
in the 1980s. He is a self-proclaimed Liberal, sovereigntist
and social democrat
.
in the district of Deux-Montagnes
after Liberal candidate and Mayor Guy Léveillée of Saint-Eustache
, Laurentides 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
.
in 1970 and served as Minister of Communications until 1975 and as Minister of Cultural Affairs from 1975 until 1976.
(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.
and was sworn in as the 38th Mayor of the city. He was re-elected in 1993 and 1997.
His accomplishments include:
L'Ancienne-Lorette and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures 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 5, 2004, he announced that he would not run for re-election in November 2005 and retired from politics.
National Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...
(MNA) and the 38th Mayor of Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
.
Background
He was born in HudsonHudson, Quebec
Hudson, Quebec, Canada, is a town with a population of 5,088 on the south-west bank of the lower Ottawa River, in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality. Situated about west of downtown Montreal, many residents commute to work on the Island of Montreal.- Location and...
, Montérégie
Montérégie
Montérégie is an administrative region in southwest Québec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Granby, Longueuil, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, Sorel-Tracy, and Vaudreuil-Dorion....
in 1938 and has a law degree from the University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
. He practiced law in the Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
and Outaouais regions in the 1960s. He also worked for the Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
newspaper Le Devoir
Le Devoir
Le Devoir is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and the rest of Canada. It was founded by journalist, politician, and nationalist Henri Bourassa in 1910....
in the 1980s. He is a self-proclaimed Liberal, sovereigntist
Sovereigntist
Sovereigntism may refer to:*Souverainism, a doctrine which supports acquiring or preserving political independence of a nation or a region*Quebec sovereignty movement...
and social democrat
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...
.
Member of the National Assembly
L'Allier became a candidate to the National Assembly of QuebecNational Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...
in the district of Deux-Montagnes
Deux-Montagnes (provincial electoral district)
Deux-Montagnes is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1853...
after Liberal candidate and Mayor Guy Léveillée of Saint-Eustache
Saint-Eustache, Quebec
Saint-Eustache is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada, west of Montreal on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles....
, Laurentides dropped out of the race in the 1970 election
Quebec general election, 1970
The Quebec general election of 1970 was held on April 29, 1970 to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The former Legislative Assembly had been renamed the "National Assembly" in 1968...
. He won the Liberal nomination against two other candidates and subsequently won the election. He was re-elected in the 1973 election
Quebec general election, 1973
The Quebec general election of 1973 was held on October 29, 1973 to elect members to National Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Robert Bourassa, won re-election, defeating the Parti Québécois, led by René Lévesque, and the Union Nationale .The Liberals won a...
.
Cabinet member
He was appointed to the CabinetExecutive Council of Quebec
The Executive Council of Quebec is the cabinet of the government of Quebec, Canada....
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 Parti QuébécoisParti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...
(PQ) candidate Pierre de Bellefeuille
Pierre de Bellefeuille
Pierre de Bellefeuille was a Canadian politician and a two-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.-Federal politics:De Bellefeuille ran as a New Democratic Party candidate in the 1974 election in the federal district of Ahuntsic...
in the 1976 election
Quebec general election, 1976
The Quebec general election of 1976 was held on November 15, 1976 to elect members to National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. It was one of the most significant elections in Quebec history, rivalled only by the 1960 general election, and caused major repercussions in the rest of Canada...
. 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 BertrandJean-François Bertrand
-Background:He was born on June 22, 1946 in Cowansville, Quebec and has a degree in political science from Université Laval. He is the son of politicians Jean-Jacques and Gabrielle Bertrand.-Member of the legislature:...
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 French President Charles de GaulleCharles de GaulleCharles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
's official visit to Quebec City in 1967; - The merger of the Quebec City government with twelve other surrounding municipalities, as a part of the municipal reorganization of 2001–02Municipal reorganization in QuebecThe most recent episode of municipal reorganization in Quebec, Canada, was undertaken in 2002 by the Parti Québécois Government of Quebec, headed by Premier Lucien Bouchard and his successor Bernard Landry....
.
L'Ancienne-Lorette and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures 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 5, 2004, he announced that he would not run for re-election in November 2005 and retired from politics.