Gérard Filion

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Gérard Filion, CC, GOQ (August 18, 1909 - March 26, 2005) was a Canadian businessman and journalist.

Born in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec, the youngest of 17 children, he received a Bachelor of Arts from Université Laval in 1931 and a diploma in 1934 from École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal. From 1935 until 1947 he worked for the l'Union catholique des cultivateurs, a group representing farmers. From 1947 until 1963 he was the publisher of Le Devoir, a French-language newspaper published in Montreal. He was one of the most vocal critics of Maurice Duplessis's government.

In 1970 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. In 1989 he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec.

He was married to Françoise Servêtre and had nine children.

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• GÉRARD FILION. Gouvernement du Québec. Retrieved on April 12, 2005.
• Gérard Filion, influential publisher who fought Duplessis, dies. CBC. Retrieved on April 12, 2005.