Jacques Miquelon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Danville, Quebec, Canada
About Jacques Miquelon
- Jacques Miquelon (October 4, 1911 – June 16, 2004) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec.
- He represented Abitibi-Est in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1948 to 1960 as a member of the Union Nationale. He was born in Danville, Quebec, the son of Arsène-Cyr Miquelon and Éveline Picard who was the daughter of Jacques Picard.
- Miquelon was educated in Danville, at the Séminaire de Québec and at the Université Laval.
- He was called to the Quebec bar in 1934 and set up practice first at Quebec City and then, in 1937, at Malartic.
- Miquelon served as solicitor for the Department of the Attorney General and for the Liquor Commission at Amos.
- He was director for two mining companies and also was president of the Chamber of Commerce for Malartic.
- He married Suzanne Turcotte in 1938; he later married Germaine Voyer after his first wife's death.
- In 1946, he was named King's Counsel.
- Miquelon served in the Quebec cabinet as Minister of State from 1952 to 1959, Attorney General in 1959 and 1960 and Minister of Lands and Forests in 1960.
- He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1960 and 1962.
- In 1962, Miquelon returned to the practice of law in Montreal.
- From 1968 to 1978, he was judge in the Social Welfare Court at Montreal.
- He died in Montreal at the age of 92. His nephew André Bourbeau also served in the Quebec assembly.
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