Robert Dutil | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Beauce-Sud | |
In office December 6, 2008 – September 22, 2015 |
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Preceded by | Claude Morin |
Succeeded by | Paul Busque |
In office December 2, 1985 – September 12, 1994 |
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Preceded by | Hermann Mathieu |
Succeeded by | Paul-Eugène Quirion |
Personal details | |
Born |
Saint-Georges, Quebec |
April 16, 1950
Political party | Quebec Liberal Party |
Cabinet | Minister of Public Safety |
Robert Dutil is a Canadian businessman and politician, who was a Quebec Liberal Party member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 1994 and from 2008 to 2015.
He was born in Saint-Georges, Quebec on April 16, 1950. He is the grandson of politician Édouard Lacroix and the brother of businessman Marcel Dutil.
Dutil obtained a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1973 and a master's degree in business administration in 1982 both from Laval University.
Dutil served in the Saint-Georges City Council as a city councillor from 1975 to 1979 and as mayor from 1979 to 1985. He was a prefect for the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality from 1982 to 1985.
He ran as a Liberal candidate in the provincial district of Beauce-Sud in the 1985 election and won. He was appointed to Premier Robert Bourassa's cabinet in 1985 and was in charge of different portfolios, including communications and supply and services. He was re-elected in the 1989 election, but did not run for re-election in the 1994 election.