Guy Bisaillon
| Guy Bisaillon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 21, 1939 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | March 21, 2017 (aged 77) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal |
| Occupation | Teacher, Politician, Administrator |
Guy Bisaillon (July 21, 1939 - March 21, 2017) was a Canadian politician. Bisaillon served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1985, initially as a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ) and later as an independent.
Bisaillon was born in Montreal and studied at the Collège Saint-Paul, the École normale Jacques-Cartier, and the Université de Montréal. He has a teaching diploma and a master's degree in public administration from the École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP). He worked as a teacher for seven years and, during this time, became an active member of the labour movement. From 1971 to 1973, he was an administrator with the Centrale d'enseignement du Québec (CEQ).
In August 1976, Bisaillon led a high-profile campaign in support of the Gens de l'Air du Québec, an organization of francophone air traffic controllers who were fighting a federal regulation restricting the use of French in their workplace.
Bisaillon became politically active as a member of the radical Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale (RIN), a precursor to the Parti Québécois. He later became a prominent figure on the PQ's indépendantiste left-wing and often quarreled with its more moderate and gradualist leadership. He first ran for office in the 1973 Quebec provincial election in the division of Taillon, where he was narrowly defeated by Liberal incumbent Guy Leduc.
Bisaillon agreed to stand aside to permit PQ leader René Lévesque to run in Taillon in the 1976 provincial election. Running instead in Sainte-Marie, he was elected with a convincing victory over Liberal incumbent Jean-Claude Malépart. There was some speculation that Lévesque might appoint Bisaillon to cabinet as a means of restricting his political independence, though ultimately this did not occur.
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