Roch Bolduc

{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1928)}}

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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Roch Bolduc

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1928|9|10}}

| birth_place = Saint-Raphaël, Quebec, Canada

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| party = Progressive Conservative

| office = Senator for Gulf, Quebec

| term_start = September 26, 1988

| term_end = September 10, 2003

| appointed = Brian Mulroney

| predecessor = Paul Lafond

| successor = Roméo Dallaire

| spouse = Gisèle Lacroix

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| children = Louise, Jacques, Richard and André

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| occupation = Administrator, public servant

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Roch Bolduc {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|CQ}} (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.

References

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/recherche_details.asp?id=165|title=Ordre national du Québec citation|language=fr}}
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  • {{cite web|url=http://utpress.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=bobye&t=58583&d=1315|title=Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Category:1928 births

Category:Living people

Category:Canadian civil servants

Category:Canadian senators from Quebec

Category:Knights of the National Order of Quebec

Category:Officers of the Order of Canada

Category:Politicians from Chaudière-Appalaches

Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Canada senators

Category:Université Laval alumni

Category:21st-century members of the Senate of Canada

Category:20th-century members of the Senate of Canada

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