Jean-A. Joly
- This page is about the politician. For the sculptor, please see Jean Joly (sculptor).
Jean-A. Joly (born August 29, 1939) is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He served as a Liberal member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 1994.
He should not be confused with a different Jean Joly who has been a municipal politician in Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot.
Early life and career
Joly was born in Montreal.[1] He was a technician in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1956 to 1959 and later worked as a life insurance sales manager.[2] Before running for office, he was known for his involvement in anti-drug campaigns.[3]
Legislator
Joly was first elected to the Quebec legislature in the 1985 provincial election, defeating Parti Québécois incumbent Michel Leduc in the Laval division of Fabre. The Liberals won a majority government in this election, and Joly entered the legislature as a backbench supporter of Robert Bourassa's government. In 1988, he was part of a group of Liberal legislators who pressured manpower and income security minister Pierre Paradis to remove the harsher aspects of a welfare reform bill.[4] Joly supported both a subway line and the extension of Highway 440 into Laval during the late 1980s.[5]
He was re-elected to a second term in the 1989 provincial election and supported Robert Bourassa's shift to Quebec nationalism in 1990 after the failure of the Meech Lake Accord on reforming the Canadian constitution.[6] He did not seek re-election in 1994.
Joly has served as president of the Fondation des parlementaires Québécois.[7]
Federal politics
Joly campaigned on behalf of Liberal Party of Canada candidate Michel Dupuy in the 1993 Canadian federal election.[8] The federal and provincial Liberal parties are not aligned in Quebec, and not all provincial Liberals support the federal party.
Electoral record
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References
- ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- ^ Aaron Derfel, "Anglos may hold key to victory; The race in Fabre," Montreal Gazette, 31 August 1989, A6.
- ^ Harvey Shepherd, "Laval: Two PQ cabinet ministers swamped by red tide," Montreal Gazette, 3 December 1985, C4.
- ^ Sarah Scott, "Liberal backbenchers, youth wing teaming up to battle welfare plan," Montreal Gazette, 3 June 1988, A4.
- ^ Catherine Buckie, "Laval politicians drum up support for Metro," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1988, A3;
- ^ Philip Authier, "Bourassa slams door on constitution talks," Montreal Gazette, 24 June 1990, A1.
- ^ Fondation des parlementaires Québécois: Cultures à partager, accessed 28 March 2011.
- ^ Geoff Baker, "BQ juggernaut takes 2 seats in Laval, Liberals salvage 1," Montreal Gazette, 26 October 1993, B9.