Jules Boucher was a

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politician and a two-term Member of the

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Background

He was born on June 8, 1933, in

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. He became a social worker in Riviere-du-Loup.

Political career

Boucher ran as a

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candidate in the 1976 election against

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incumbent

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in the provincial district of

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and won. He was re-elected in the 1981 election. He served as Deputy House Leader from 1983 to 1984 and as

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from 1984 to 1985. During the Parti Québécois Crisis of 1984, Boucher

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. He sat as an

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by January 28, 1985. He did not run for re-election in the 1985 election.

Death

Boucher died on December 31, 1999.

Footnotes

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