Roch Bolduc Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Roch Bolduc
Birth Date:10 September 1928
Birth Place:Saint-Raphaël, Quebec, Canada
Party:Progressive Conservative
Office:Senator for Gulf, Quebec
Term Start:September 26, 1988
Term End:September 10, 2003
Appointed:Brian Mulroney
Spouse:Gisèle Lacroix
Children:Louise, Jacques, Richard and André
Occupation:Administrator, public servant

Roch Bolduc (born September 10, 1928) is a former Canadian civil servant and Senator from the province of Quebec.

Born in Saint-Raphaël, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1948 and a Doctorate of Law degree in 1951 from Université Laval.

He was summoned to the Senate in 1988 on the advice of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and represented the senatorial division of Gulf, Quebec. He sat as a Progressive Conservative and retired in 2003. In 1984, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1998, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.

Personal life

He married Gisèle Lacroix in 1954. They have four children: Louise, Jacques, Richard and André. In fall 2012, he published his memoirs, Le Mandarin de l'ombre.

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