Martial Asselin
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The Right Honourable Martial Asselin PC OC QC |
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| 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec | |
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In office August 9, 1990 – August 8, 1996 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Ray Hnatyshyn Roméo LeBlanc |
| Premier |
Robert Bourassa Daniel Johnson, Jr. Jacques Parizeau Lucien Bouchard |
| Preceded by | Gilles Lamontagne |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Louis Roux |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Charlevoix |
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In office March 31, 1958 – June 18, 1962 |
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| Preceded by | Auguste Maltais |
| Succeeded by | Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger |
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In office November 8, 1965 – October 30, 1972 |
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| Preceded by | Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger |
| Succeeded by | Gilles Caouette |
| Senator for Stadacona, Quebec | |
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In office September 1, 1972 – August 9, 1990 |
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| Appointed by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Jean-Marie Dessureault |
| Succeeded by | Claude Castonguay |
| Personal details | |
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February 3, 1924 La Malbaie, Quebec |
| Died | January 25, 2013 (aged 88) Quebec City, Quebec |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Martial Asselin, PC OC QC (February 3, 1924 – January 25, 2013) was a Canadian politician and the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1990–1996).
Born in La Malbaie, Quebec, the son of Ferdinand Asselin and Eugénie Tremblay, he was called to the Quebec Bar in 1951. He was created Queen's Counsel in 1967. From 1957 to 1963, he was the Mayor of La Malbaie, Quebec.
Asselin was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1958 election as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in the Diefenbaker sweep. He represented the riding of Charlevoix.
Asselin was defeated in the 1962 election. Despite no longer having a seat, he was appointed to the position of Minister of Forestry in Diefenbaker's pre-1963 election Canadian cabinet in the hope that he and the Tories would both win the upcoming election. He served for only a month until the defeat of the Conservatives and Asselin's failure to regain his seat.
He returned to the House of Commons in the 1965 election, and was re-elected in the 1968 election.
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