Roch Boivin was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician and a two-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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Background

He was born on October 14, 1912 in Chicoutimi, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean is a region in Quebec, Canada. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region...

 and became an physician

Physician

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Member of the legislature

He ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1966 election

Quebec general election, 1966

The Quebec general election of 1966 was held on June 5, 1966, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The Union Nationale , led by Daniel Johnson, Sr, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Lesage....

 in the provincial district of Dubuc and won. He was re-elected 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...

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Cabinet Member

He was appointed to the Cabinet

Executive Council of Quebec

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 in 1966 and served as Minister without Portfolio

Minister without Portfolio

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 assigned to Health until 1970. Boivin lost 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...

 against Liberal candidate Ghislain Harvey

Ghislain Harvey

Ghislain Harvey was a member of the Quebec Provincial Parliament from 1973 to 1976. In 1973, Harvey was a candidate for the Liberal Party of Quebec in Dubuc and defeated Parti Québécois candidate André Desgagné and Union Nationale incumbent Roch Boivin...

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