Robert Lemieux

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Robert Félix Lemieux (1941–2008) was a Quebec lawyer who famously represented several of the defendants in the October Crisis. During the crisis itself he served as a go-between between the FLQ cells and Canadian authorities.

A firm supporter of the Quebec sovereignty movement, Lemieux's public statements in support of the FLQ and its members were a fixture during the political crisis and subsequent trials. He famously argued that the death of Pierre Laporte could be attributed in part to the invocation of the War Measures Act by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.^[1]

References

↑ "Lawyer Robert Lemieux defended FLQ terrorists". Montreal Gazette. January 22, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-05.

External links

Robert Lemieux - a man of his time, editorial from the Montreal Gazette

v t e The October Crisis of 1970

Front de libération du Québec Quebec sovereignty movement

Liberation Cell	Marc Carbonneau Jacques Cossette-Trudel Jacques Lanctôt Louise Lanctôt Yves Langlois (aka Pierre Seguin) Nigel Hamer

Chénier Cell	Bernard Lortie Paul Rose Jacques Rose Francis Simard

Victims	Pierre Laporte (murdered) James Cross (kidnapped)

Other figures	Pierre Trudeau Robert Bourassa Robert Lemieux Jean-Pierre Goyer

Related articles	Bibliography FLQ Manifesto War Measures Act Just watch me

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Name	Lemieux, Robert
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Date of birth	1941
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Date of death	2008
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