Jean-Eudes Dubé Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Jean-Eudes Dubé
Riding:Restigouche
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:District created
Successor:Maurice Harquail
Term Start:June 25, 1968
Term End:April 8, 1975
Riding1:Restigouche—Madawaska
Parliament1:Canadian
Predecessor1:Edgar Fournier
Successor1:District abolished
Term Start1:June 18, 1962
Term End1:June 24, 1968
Birth Date:6 November 1926
Birth Place:Matapédia, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Cabinet:Minister of Veterans Affairs (1968–1972)
Minister of Public Works (1972–1974)
Minister of National Defence (Acting) (1972)
Committees:Chair, Standing Committee on External Affairs (1966–1968)

Jean-Eudes Dubé (November 6, 1926 – January 5, 2019) was a Canadian politician.

Dubé first ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal in a 1961 by-election, but was defeated in the New Brunswick riding of Restigouche—Madawaska. He was elected from the same riding in the 1962 general election, and was subsequently re-elected on five occasions. (From 1968 on, he was elected from the riding of Restigouche.)

Following the 1968 election, Dubé joined the Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as Minister of Veterans Affairs. In 1972, he was appointed Minister of Public Works.

Dubé was dropped from Cabinet following the 1974 election, left Parliament the following year, and was named as a judge to the Federal Court of Canada, a position he held until his retirement in 2001.

Dubé died from natural causes on January 5, 2019. He was 92.[1]

References

  1. News: Remembering: Jean-Eudes Dubé. January 12, 2019. Obituaries. Ottawa Citizen.