Jean Alfred, Ph.D. (March 10, 1940 – July 20, 2015) was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec as a member of the Parti Québécois from 1976 to 1981.
Jean Alfred | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Papineau | |
| In office 1976–1981 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Assad |
| Succeeded by | Mark Assad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 10, 1940 Ouanaminthe, Haiti |
| Died | July 20, 2015 (aged 75) Gatineau, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Parti Québécois |
Alfred was born in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, to Oracius Alfred and Prunelie Occean. He completed his college studies and some university courses at Port-au-Prince before moving to Ottawa, where he obtained a degree in philosophy from the University of Ottawa. He also received a master's degree in psycho-pedagogy as well as a Ph.D. in education.
Prior to his entry into politics, he taught for several years in Haiti and in the Outaouais region. He taught again after his political career and was a school board commissioner for the Commission Scolaire des Draveurs.
In 1975, he was elected as a councillor for Gatineau City Council and later entered provincial politics where he was elected in Papineau as a Parti Québécois candidate, becoming the first Black person to be elected to the National Assembly of Quebec. He served a full term as a PQ and Independent member but was defeated in the newly formed riding of Chapleau which portions were split from Gatineau and Papineau. He was a candidate again in 1989, but lost to the Liberal, John Kehoe. He made a brief attempt at federal politics but failed to become a Bloc Québécois prior to the 1997 elections.
Electoral record (partial)
edit| 1981 Quebec general election: Chapleau | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | John Kehoe | 15,364 | 53.44 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Jean Alfred | 12,880 | 44.80 | |||||
| Union Nationale | André Lortie | 413 | 1.44 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Christine Dandenault | 95 | 0.33 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 28,752 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 237 | |||||||
| Turnout | 28,989 | 76.41 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 37,937 | |||||||
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. | ||||||||
External links
edit- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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