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Jacques Léonard

Jacques Léonard
President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for Administration and the Public Service
Also styled as Minister of State for Administration and the Public Service after December 15, 1998.
In office
November 3, 1995 – March 8, 2001
Preceded by Pauline Marois
Succeeded by Sylvain Simard
Minister of Transport
In office
March 5, 1984 – November 22, 1984
Preceded by Michel Clair
Succeeded by Guy Tardif
In office
September 26, 1994 – November 3, 1995
Preceded by Normand Cherry
Succeeded by Jean Campeau
Vice-President of the Treasury Board
In office
March 2, 1978 – November 6, 1980
Preceded by Denis de Belleval
Succeeded by Denis Vaugeois
In office
September 26, 1994 – November 3, 1995
Preceded by Jean Leclerc
Succeeded by Jacques Brassard
Minister responsible for the Laurentides
In office
January 29, 1996 – March 8, 2001
Preceded by Hélène Robert
Succeeded by François Legault
Minister of Municipal Affairs
In office
November 6, 1980 – March 5, 1984
Preceded by Guy Tardif
Succeeded by Alain Marcoux
Minister of State for Planning
In office
November 26, 1976 – November 6, 1980
Preceded by position created
Succeeded by Guy Tardif
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Labelle
(known as Laurentides-Labelle before 1981)
In office
1976 – May 23, 1985
Preceded by Roger Lapointe
Succeeded by Damien Hétu
In office
1989 – March 8, 2001
Preceded by Damien Hétu
Succeeded by Sylvain Pagé
Personal details
Born (1936-12-02) December 2, 1936 (age 80)
Saint-Jovite, Quebec, Canada
Political party Parti Québécois
Alma mater Université Laval

Jacques Léonard (born December 2, 1936) is a Canadian accountant, educator, and politician in the province of Quebec. He served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1985 and again from 1989 to 2001 and was a cabinet minister in the governments of René Lévesque, Jacques Parizeau, and Lucien Bouchard. Léonard is a Quebec sovereigntist and a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ) and Bloc Québécois (BQ).

Léonard was born in Saint-Jovite, in the Laurentides region of Quebec. He received a diploma in accountacy in 1959 and a master's degree in commercial sciences from the Université Laval in 1962. After working for two years in the Montreal firm of Clarkson and Gordon, he continued his studies in Paris, France, from 1964 to 1966. Léonard taught at the École des hautes études commerciales and the Université national du Rwanda from 1966 to 1968, at which time he returned to Quebec. From 1968 to 1976, he was a professor and vice-dean of education at the Université de Montréal.

Léonard became a member of the sovereigntist Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale (RIN) in 1962 and joined the Parti Québécois after the RIN party wound down in 1968. He ran unsuccessfully as a PQ candidate in Labelle in the 1970 and 1973 provincial elections. The PQ won a historic majority government in the 1976 provincial election, and Léonard was elected on his third attempt in Labelle over one-term Liberal incumbent Roger Lapointe.


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