Jean-Louis Roux
Jean-Louis Roux, CC, CQ (born May 18, 1923) is a noted entertainer and playwright, senator, and briefly the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, Canada.
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Born in Montreal, Quebec, he originally studied medicine at the Université de Montréal, but gave it up to pursue acting. After travelling and performing in New York and Paris he returned to Montreal and helped create the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde and became a frequent actor in and director of its productions for the next several years. He also turned to writing and wrote successful plays, radio dramas, and television shows.
His greatest fame comes from his role on La famille Plouffe, a very successful Quebec situation comedy. In 1994 he was appointed to the Senate and remained there until resigning in 1996. A fierce anti-separatist, great controversy arose when he compared Quebec separatists to Nazis.
Upon leaving the Senate he was, at age 73, the oldest person ever appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec on August 8, 1996. Controversy reemerged when pictures were found showing Roux wearing a swastika on his lab coat in protest of the proposal to invoke conscription for service in World War II. Roux thus resigned his position on November 5, 1996. On May 31, 1997 Roux returned to public life when the government appointed him to be chair of the Canada Council.
In 1971 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1987. In 1989, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.
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| Preceded by Martial Asselin |
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec 1996-1997 |
Succeeded by Lise Thibault |
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- ^ Canadian Heraldic Authority (Volume IV), Ottawa, 2002
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