| Jacques P. Dupuis | |
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| MNA for Saint-Laurent | |
| In office November 30, 1998 – August 9, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Normand Cherry |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Marc Fournier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 25, 1948 Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Quebec Liberal Party |
| Profession | lawyer |
| Cabinet | Minister of Public Safety Government House Leader |
Jacques P. Dupuis (born November 25, 1948 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician and lawyer. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party and former MNA for Saint-Laurent in the Montreal region, Dupuis is also a former Quebec Minister of Justice and was Minister of Public Security until 2010.
Dupuis has a law degree from the Université de Montréal and was named to the Barreau du Québec in 1974. and is a former lawyer. He was a lawyer from 1974 to 1986 and from 1996 to 1997. He was also a designated teacher in Halifax, Nova Scotia a chief of staff for the Ministry of Workforce, Income Security and vocational training and for the Quebec Liberal Party and an Attorney General. He was also the vice-president of Association of Criminal Defence Lawyers of Montreal and a member of the Administrative Law Society.
He was first elected in the 1998 election in the riding of Saint-Laurent. In his first term, as an opposition member, he sat as critic to the Minister of Public Security from 1999 to 2003. He was re-elected in the 2003 election. In his second term he was named to the Cabinet, and also served as Minister of Reform of Democratic Institutions and Minister Responsible for the Laurentides Region and the Lanaudière from 2003 to 2005.
He was re-elected in 2007, and was re-named the Minister of Public Security and was added the portfolio of Justice but was no longer the Government House Leader and Deputy Premier, positions that were given to Jean-Marc Fournier and Nathalie Normandeau respectively.
Following his re-election in 2008, Dupuis kept his Public Safety Minister portfolio while adding the Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs and Democratic Institutions Reform but gave up the Justice portfolio to newcomer Kathleen Weil. In addition, Dupuis was renamed the House Leader after Fournier did not run for re-election. On June 23, 2009, Dupuis gave up on request the portfolio of Canadian Intergovermental Affairs to Claude Bechard during a cabinet shuffle.[1]
He announced he was resigning from the National Assembly on August 9, 2010.[2]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Monique Gagnon-Tremblay |
Deputy Premier of Quebec 2005–2007 |
Succeeded by Nathalie Normandeau |
| Preceded by Andre Boisclair |
Government House Leader (1st time) 2003–2007 |
Succeeded by Jean-Marc Fournier |
| Preceded by Jean-Marc Fournier |
Government House Leader (2nd time) 2008–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by Jacques Chagnon |
Minister of Public Security (Québec) 2005 to present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Marc Bellemare |
Minister of Justice (Quebec) (1st time) 2004–2005 |
Succeeded by Yvon Marcoux |
| Preceded by Yvon Marcoux |
Minister of Justice (Quebec) (2nd time) 2007–2008 |
Succeeded by Kathleen Weil |
| Preceded by Benoit Pelletier |
Minister of Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs & Democratic Institutions Reform 2008–2009 |
Succeeded by Claude Bechard |