| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Laporte | |
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| In office 1981–2003 |
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| Preceded by | Pierre Marois |
| Succeeded by | Michel Audet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 1, 1936 Verdun, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Relations | Monique Landry, sister Jacques Miquelon, uncle |
André Bourbeau, CQ (born June 1, 1936) is a former Canadian politician.
Born in Verdun, Quebec, the son of Louis-Auguste Bourbeau and Antoinette Miquelon, Bourbeau studied at the Séminaire de Sherbrooke and the University of Montreal before receiving a Diploma in Law from McGill University in 1959. He became a notary in 1960 and practiced in Montreal from 1960 to 1981. From 1970 to 1978, he was a municipal counselor in the city of Saint-Lambert, Quebec. He was mayor from 1978 to 1981.[1]
In 1981, he was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec for Laporte. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1985, 1989, 1994, and 1998. He did not run in 2003. He held many different cabinet positions including Minister of Municipal Affairs, Responsible for Housing; Minister of Manpower, Income Security and Vocational Training; and Minister of Finance.[1]
He was the Chairman of the Board at Hydro-Québec from 2003 to 2005. From 1998 to 2003, he was Chairman of the Wilfrid Pelletier Foundation. As well, he was Chairman of the Jeunesses Musicales of Canada Foundation.[1]
In 2009, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.[1]
| 1985 Quebec provincial election : Laporte edit | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | ||
| Liberal | (x)André Bourbeau | 18,925 | 63.87 | |||
| Parti Québécois | Maurice Collette | 8,966 | 30.26 | |||
| New Democratic | Jean-François Fiset | 1,137 | 3.84 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Thérèse Michaud L'Écuyer | 387 | 1.31 | |||
| Commonwealth | Alain Gauthier | 87 | 0.29 | |||
| Christian Socialist | Nicole Séguin | 68 | 0.23 | |||
| Crédit social uni | Joseph Ranger | 62 | 0.21 | |||
| Total valid votes | 29,632 | 100.00 | ||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 531 | |||||
| Turnout | 30,163 | 77.26 | ||||
| Electors on the lists | 39,039 | |||||