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Preceded by
  
riding created

Party
  
Liberal Party of Canada

Name
  
Alfred Dubuc

Succeeded by
  
Paul-Edmond Gagnon

Role
  
Member of Parliament

Resigned
  
April 1945

Spouse
  
Anne Palardy (m. 1893)


Alfred Dubuc

Full Name
  
Julien-Edouard-Alfred Dubuc

Born
  
1 January 1871 Saint-Hugues, Quebec (
1871-01-01
)

Political party
  
Independent Liberal Liberal

Profession
  
bank manager, director, manufacturer

Died
  
October 27, 1947, Laterriere, Canada

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Julien-Édouard-Alfred Dubuc (1 January 1871 – 27 October 1947) was an Independent Liberal and Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Saint-Hugues, Quebec, educated at Sherbrooke, and became a bank manager, a director of various companies and a manufacturer.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Chicoutimi riding in the 1925 general election as an Independent Liberal and re-elected on that basis in 1926 federal election. By the 1930 election, he became a member of the Liberal party and was re-elected at Chicoutimi in 1935 and 1940. Dubuc did not seek re-election in 1945 and left Parliament after completing his term in the 19th Canadian Parliament.

Dubuc promoted various projects in the Chicoutimi region including a rail link between Baie-des-Ha!-Ha! and Chicoutimi, and paper mills at Chandler and La Baie. The Dubuc Bridge (Pont Dubuc) across ths Saguenay River at Chicoutimi was named in his honour.

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