Roch Bolduc (born September 10, 1928) is a former

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civil servant and

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from the

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. Born in

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, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1948 and a Doctorate of Law degree in 1951 from

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. He was summoned to the Senate in 1988 on the advice of

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and represented the

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of Gulf, Quebec. He sat as a Progressive Conservative and retired in 2003. In 1984, he was made an Officer of the

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. In 1998, he was made a Knight of the

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Personal life

He married Gisèle Lacroix in 1954. They have four children: Louise, Jacques, Richard and André. In fall 2012, he published his memoirs, Le Mandarin de l'ombre.

References

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