Paul Lucier
{{Short description|Canadian businessman and politician}}
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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Paul Lucier
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| office = Senator for Yukon
| appointed = Pierre Trudeau
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| successor = Ione Christensen
| term_start = 1975
| term_end = 1999
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|07|29}}
| birth_place = LaSalle, Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|07|23|1930|07|29}}
| death_place = Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
| office2 = Mayor of Whitehorse
| term_start2 = 1974
| term_end2 = 1976
| predecessor2 = Bert Wybrew
| successor2 = Ione Christensen
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Paul Lucier (July 29, 1930 – July 23, 1999) was a Canadian businessman and Senator.
Born in LaSalle, Ontario,"Whitehorse mayor first Yukon senator". The Globe and Mail, October 14, 1975. the son of Adolph Lucier and Claire Laframboise, he was appointed by Pierre Trudeau the first Senator representing the senatorial division of Yukon in 1975. Sitting as a Liberal, he served until his death in 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/yukon-s-first-senator-paul-lucier-dies-1.183579|title=Yukon's first senator, Paul Lucier, dies|publisher=CBC News|date=July 25, 1999}}
On arrival in the Yukon, he served as a deckhand on the SS Klondike, one of the few still operating river steamers. He later also served as a city councillor for Whitehorse City Council in Whitehorse, Yukon for several years, including serving as mayor in 1974–75.
He died in Penticton, British Columbia in 1999.
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External links
- {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=15154}}
{{Mayors of Whitehorse}}
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Category:Liberal Party of Canada senators
Category:Canadian senators from Yukon
Category:Yukon Liberal Party politicians
Category:Franco-Ontarian people
Category:Franco-Yukonnais people
Category:20th-century mayors of places in Yukon
Category:20th-century members of the Senate of Canada
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