Robert Dutil is a

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businessman and politician, who was a

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member of the

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from 1985 to 1994 and from 2008 to 2015.

Background

He was born in

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on April 16, 1950. He is the grandson of politician

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and the brother of businessman

Marcel Dutil Marcel Dutil (born 1942 in Saint-Georges, Quebec) is a Canadian businessman and the grandson of Édouard Lacroix. In 1961, he began working as a welder at Canam Steel Works, a company founded by his father, Roger Dutil, in 1960. In 1962, Dut ...

Education

Dutil obtained a

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in 1973 and a

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in business administration in 1982 both from

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Local politics

Dutil served in the Saint-Georges City Council as a city councillor from 1975 to 1979 and as mayor from 1979 to 1985. He was a prefect for the

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from 1982 to 1985.

Member of the provincial legislature

He ran as a

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candidate in the provincial district of

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in the

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election and won. He was appointed to

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in 1985 and was in charge of different portfolios, including communications and supply and services. He was re-elected in the

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election, but did not run for re-election in the

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election. In 2008, Dutil founded the Union du centre political party; however, later that year he was elected as the Liberal candidate in the

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in his old district of Beauce-Sud, and the Union du centre party later dissolved without ever running candidates for office. Dutil became revenue minister on December 18, 2008, replacing

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who did not seek a re-election. Following a 2010 cabinet shuffle, Dutil was named minister of public safety, replacing Jacques Dupuis. He announced his resignation from the legislature in September 2015."Robert Dutil announces he’s quitting politics"

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, September 22, 2015.

Business interests

Since 2002, Dutil has been vice-president of ''Structal-ponts'', a division of ''Canam Manac Group''. He was also in the 1970s and 1980s co-owner of several businesses mostly in the Saint-Georges area. He was also president or vice-president for several other small businesses from 1996 to 2008.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dutil, Robert 1950 births Living people Mayors of places in Quebec Members of the Executive Council of Quebec People from Saint-Georges, Quebec Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Université Laval alumni 21st-century Canadian politicians