Victor Goldbloom
| Victor Goldbloom | |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for D'Arcy-McGee | |
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In office 1966–1979 |
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| Succeeded by | Herbert Marx |
| Minister of Municipal Affairs and the Environment |
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In office 1973–1976 |
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| Personal details | |
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Victor Charles Goldbloom July 31, 1923 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | February 15, 2016 (aged 92) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Sheila Barshay-Rothstein |
Victor Charles Goldbloom, CC OQ (July 31, 1923 – February 15, 2016) was a Canadian pediatrician, lecturer, and politician.
He was born in Montreal, the son of Alton Goldbloom and Annie Ballon. He studied at Selwyn House and Lower Canada College. He studied at McGill University receiving his BSc in 1944, his MD in 1945, his DipEd in 1950 and his DLitt in 1992. Dr. Goldbloom was assistant resident at the Babies' Hospital of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, in New York.
He was elected in 1966 as the MNA for the Montreal riding of D'Arcy-McGee. He was re-elected in 1970, 1973, and 1976. While Robert Bourassa was Premier of Quebec, Goldbloom was Minister of State responsible for Quality of Environment (1970–73). In 1973, he was appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs as well as Quebec's first Minister of the Environment, serving in both positions until the Liberal government's defeat in 1976. Goldbloom was in charge of the Olympic Installations Board for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal .
He was the first member of the Jewish community to become a cabinet minister in the Quebec government. He kept his seat in the 1976 provincial election that defeated the Liberal government and sat on the Opposition benches until he resigned his seat on October 16, 1979 after Claude Ryan became Liberal leader.
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