Florian Guay was a politician in
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
, Canada and a Member of the
National Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec (, ) is the Legislature, legislative body of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; ). The lieutenant governor of Que ...
(MNA).
Background
He was born in
Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec on November 23, 1941. Prior to running for office, he was a
Social Credit
Social credit is a distributive philosophy of political economy developed in the 1920s and 1930s by C. H. Douglas. Douglas attributed economic downturns to discrepancies between the cost of goods and the compensation of the workers who made t ...
activist and managed a furniture store.
Provincial politics
Guay ran as a candidate of the
Ralliement créditiste
There were a few political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement in Quebec. There were various parties at different times with different names at the provincial level, all broadly following the social credit philosophy; th ...
in the
1970 provincial election and won, becoming the Member of the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...
for the district of
Dorchester.
During his term of office, the party was plagued by internal divisions. While three MNAs remained loyal to Leader
Camil Samson
Camil Samson (January 3, 1935 - December 18, 2012) was a politician in Quebec, Canada, Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA), and leader of the Ralliement créditiste du Québec and other political parties.
Background and personal life ...
, Guay and the rest of the caucus withdrew their support and appointed
Armand Bois
Armand Bois (; 1920-2001) was a politician in Quebec, and a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA).
Background
He was born in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, on April 21, 1920, and served as a military officer during World War II. Subse ...
as temporary leader, until a leadership convention could determine a new leader.
Eventually, the Samson faction re-joined the party and
Yvon Dupuis
Yvon Dupuis, (October 11, 1926 – January 1, 2017) was a Canadian politician.
Political career
Born in Montreal, Dupuis was educated at Collège de Varennes in Longeuil, Quebec, and worked as an insurance agent and as the owner of two music st ...
was chosen as leader. Nonetheless, Guay was defeated and finished third in the district of
Beauce-Nord
Beauce-Nord () is a provincial electoral district in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes notably the municipalities of Sainte-Marie, Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon, Bea ...
in
1973
Events January
* January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
.
Town politics
Guay was City Councillor from 1974 to 1975 and Mayor from 1975 to 1979 in Saint-Léon-de-Standon.
Retirement
After leaving office, he worked as a building contractor.
See also
*
History of Quebec
Quebec was first called ''Canada'' between 1534 and 1763. It was the most developed colony of New France as well as New France's centre, responsible for a variety of dependencies (ex. Acadia, Plaisance, Louisiana, and the Pays d'en Haut). Co ...
Footnotes
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1941 births
Living people
20th-century mayors of places in Quebec
Ralliement créditiste du Québec MNAs
20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec