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Succeeded by
  
Henri-Paul Drouin

Name
  
Oscar Drouin


Role
  
Politician

Resigned
  
1944

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Preceded by
  
Louis-Alfred Letourneau

Born
  
September 29, 1890Quebec City, Quebec (
1890-09-29
)

Died
  
July 16, 1953, Quebec City, Canada

Political party
  
Quebec Liberal Party, Action liberale nationale, Union Nationale

Oscar Drouin (September 29, 1890 – July 16, 1953) was a politician in Quebec, Canada.

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Background

He was born on September 29, 1890 in Quebec City.

Member of the legislature

Drouin won a by-election in 1928 and became the Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the district of Québec-Est. He was re-elected in the 1931 general election.

He joined the newly formed Action libérale nationale (ALN) in 1934 and was re-elected as a candidate of that party in the 1935 election.

After the ALN merged with the Conservative Party to form the Union Nationale, Drouin became Maurice Duplessis's campaign manager. He won re-election in the 1936 election and Duplessis became Premier.

Mayoral candidate

Drouin was a mayoral candidate in Quebec City in 1934. He was defeated by Joseph-Ernest Grégoire.

Member of the Cabinet

Drouin was appointed to the Cabinet. He became the Minister of Lands and Forests, but resigned in 1937. He and colleagues René Chaloult, Joseph-Ernest Grégoire, Philippe Hamel and Adolphe Marcoux left the Union Nationale. Drouin eventually switched Liberal and was re-elected in the 1939 election. He served as Minister of Municipal Affairs in Premier Adélard Godbout's Cabinet.

Federal politics

Droin did not run for re-election in the 1944 election. He was succeeded by his brother Henri-Paul. He ran as an Independent candidate in the federal district of Matapédia—Matane in the 1945 federal election, but lost.

Death

Drouin died on July 16, 1953.

References

Oscar Drouin Wikipedia


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