Oscar Drouin
Oscar Drouin | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Québec-Est | |
In office 1928–1944 | |
Preceded by | Louis-Alfred Létourneau |
Succeeded by | Henri-Paul Drouin |
Personal details | |
Born | Quebec City, Quebec | September 29, 1890
Died | July 16, 1953 Quebec City, Quebec | (aged 62)
Nationality | French Canadian |
Political party | Liberal Action libérale nationale Union Nationale |
Oscar Drouin (September 29, 1890 – July 16, 1953) was a politician in Quebec, Canada.[1]
Background
[edit]He was born on September 29, 1890, in Quebec City.
Member of the legislature
[edit]Drouin won a by-election in 1928 and became the Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the district of Québec-Est. He was re-elected in the 1931 general election.
He joined the newly formed Action libérale nationale (ALN) in 1934 and was re-elected as a candidate of that party in the 1935 election.
After the ALN merged with the Conservative Party to form the Union Nationale, Drouin became Maurice Duplessis's campaign manager. He won re-election in the 1936 election and Duplessis became Premier.
Mayoral candidate
[edit]Drouin was a mayoral candidate in Quebec City in 1934. He was defeated by Joseph-Ernest Grégoire.
Member of the Cabinet
[edit]Drouin was appointed to the Cabinet. He became the Minister of Lands and Forests, but resigned in 1937. He and colleagues René Chaloult, Joseph-Ernest Grégoire, Philippe Hamel and Adolphe Marcoux left the Union Nationale.[2] Drouin eventually switched Liberal and was re-elected in the 1939 election. He served as Minister of Municipal Affairs in Premier Adélard Godbout's Cabinet.
Federal politics
[edit]Drouin did not run for re-election in the 1944 election. He was succeeded by his brother Henri-Paul. He ran as an Independent candidate in the federal district of Matapédia—Matane in the 1945 federal election, but lost.
Death
[edit]Drouin died on July 16, 1953.
References
[edit]- ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- ^ Chronologie parlementaire depuis 1791 (1937-1939)
- 1890 births
- 1953 deaths
- Action libérale nationale MNAs
- Independent candidates in the 1945 Canadian federal election
- Politicians from Quebec City
- Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
- Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs
- Université Laval alumni
- 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec
- Liberal Party, Quebec MNA stubs