Jacques P. Dupuis (born November 25, 1948) is a Canadian

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and

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. A member of the

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and former MNA for Saint-Laurent in the Montreal region, Dupuis is also a former Quebec

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and was Minister of Public Security until 2010. Born in

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, Dupuis has a

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degree from the

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and was named to the

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in 1974. and is a former

. He was a lawyer from 1974 to 1986 and from 1996 to 1997. He was also a designated teacher in

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a chief of staff for the Ministry of Workforce, Income Security and vocational training and for the Quebec Liberal Party and an

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. He was also the vice-president of Association of Criminal Defence Lawyers of Montreal and a member of the Administrative Law Society. He was first elected in the 1998 election in the riding of Saint-Laurent. In his first term, as an opposition member, he sat as critic to the Minister of Public Security from 1999 to 2003. He was re-elected in the 2003 election. In his second term he was named to the Cabinet, and also served as Minister of Reform of Democratic Institutions and Minister Responsible for the

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Region and the

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from 2003 to 2005. He was re-elected in

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, and was renamed the Minister of Public Security and was added the portfolio of

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but was no longer the Government House Leader and

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, positions that were given to

Jean-Marc Fournier Jean-Marc Fournier (born 7 October 1959) is a Quebec politician and a lawyer. He represented the riding of Saint-Laurent in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2010 to 2018, and previously represented the riding of Châteauguay from 1994 to 2 ...

and

Nathalie Normandeau Nathalie Normandeau (born May 8, 1968) is a Canadian politician from Quebec. She was MNA for the riding of Bonaventure in the Gaspésie region between 1998 and 2011. She was also Deputy Premier and a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. Bio ...

respectively. Following his re-election in

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, Dupuis kept his Public Safety Minister portfolio while adding the Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs and Democratic Institutions Reform but gave up the Justice portfolio to newcomer

Kathleen Weil Kathleen Weil is a Canadian politician and lawyer. Weil was elected to represent the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. She is a member of the Quebec Liberal Party and a former pro ...

. In addition, Dupuis was renamed the House Leader after Fournier did not run for re-election. On June 23, 2009, Dupuis gave up on request the portfolio of Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs to Claude Bechard during a cabinet shuffle. He announced he was resigning from the National Assembly on August 9, 2010.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dupuis, Jacques P. 1948 births Deputy premiers of Quebec Ministers of justice of Quebec Lawyers from Montreal Living people Members of the Executive Council of Quebec Politicians from Montreal Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Université de Montréal alumni 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec