Michel Dupuy PC (January 11, 1930 – July 9, 2023) was a Canadian diplomat, journalist, academic and politician.[1][2]
Biography
Michel Dupuy was born in Paris, France, on January 11, 1930. His father, Pierre Dupuy, was also a Canadian diplomat.
Dupuy was a longtime diplomat in the Department of External Affairs. He served as Ambassador to the United Nations from 1980 to 1981 and Ambassador to France from 1981 to 1985.
Dupuy entered politics but was defeated in his attempt to win a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1988 election. He was elected on his second attempt in the 1993 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Laval West. He immediately joined the Cabinet and served concurrently as Minister of Communications and Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship from 1993 until January 1996. During his tenure, the departments that he oversaw were merged into the new Department of Canadian Heritage
Dupuy came under fire for "representing a constituency in a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) application" because he was the minister responsible for the agency and was dropped from the Cabinet.
Dupuy did not run in the 1997 election.
He died in Boucherville, Quebec, on July 9, 2023, at the age of 93.[3][4]
Electoral record
| 1993 Canadian federal election: Laval West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Michel Dupuy | 28,449 | 46.24 | – | $60,506 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Michel Leduc | 26,460 | 43.01 | $44,789 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Guy Ricard | 4,167 | 6.77 | $59,586 | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Marcella Tardif-Provencher | 678 | 1.10 | $2,926 | ||||
| Libertarian | Rick Blatter | 649 | 1.05 | $4,038 | ||||
| Natural Law | Eddy Gagné | 546 | 0.89 | $270 | ||||
| National | Cyril G. MacNeil | 280 | 0.46 | $4,218 | ||||
| Commonwealth | John Ajemian | 187 | 0.30 | $0 | ||||
| Abolitionist | Georges Vaudrin | 109 | 0.18 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 61,525 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,765 | |||||||
| Turnout | 63,290 | 79.62 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 79,486 | |||||||
| Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada. | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Canada wins new air routes to U.S. cities". Montreal Gazette. 11 September 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ "Canada Supports Israel In Un Vote On Occupied Territories". Ottawa Citizen. 30 July 1980. p. 64. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ "The Hon. Michel Dupuy, P.C., M.P." Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Former minister, ambassador Michel Dupuy dies at 93". Montreal Gazette. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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