1. Jean-Paul L'Allier practised law in the Ottawa and Outaouais regions in the 1960s.
10 Facts About Jean-Paul L'Allier
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Jean-Paul L'Allier worked for the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir in the 1980s.
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Jean-Paul L'Allier was a self-proclaimed Liberal, sovereigntist and social democrat.
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Jean-Paul L'Allier became a candidate to the National Assembly of Quebec in the district of Deux-Montagnes after Liberal candidate and mayor Guy Leveillee of Saint-Eustache, Laurentides dropped out of the race in the 1970 election.
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Jean-Paul L'Allier won the Liberal nomination against two other candidates and subsequently won the election.
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Jean-Paul L'Allier was appointed to the Cabinet in 1970 and served as Minister of Communications until 1975 and as Minister of Cultural Affairs from 1975 until 1976.
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Jean-Paul L'Allier was defeated against Parti Quebecois candidate Pierre de Bellefeuille in the 1976 election.
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Jean-Paul L'Allier voted "yes" in the Quebec referendum of 1980 and left the Liberals in the same year.
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Jean-Paul L'Allier ran as the Rassemblement populaire candidate for Mayor of Quebec City in 1989.
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Jean-Paul L'Allier co-founded the Renouveau municipal de Quebec and was re-elected as mayor in 2001 against Action civique de Quebec candidate and former anti-merger crusader Andree Boucher.