Martial Asselin

Martial Asselin, PC, PC, QC (born February 3, 1924) is a retired Canadian politician and the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1990–1996).

Born in La Malbaie, Quebec, the son of Ferdinand Asselin and Eugénie Tremblay, he was called to the Quebec Bar in 1951. He was created Queen's Counsel in 1967. From 1957 to 1963, he was the Mayor of La Malbaie, Quebec.

Asselin was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1958 election as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in the Diefenbaker sweep. He represented the riding of Charlevoix.

Asselin was defeated in the 1962 election. Despite no longer having a seat, he was appointed to the position of Minister of Forestry in Diefenbaker's pre-1963 election Canadian cabinet in the hope that he and the Tories would both win the upcoming election. He served for only a month until the defeat of the Conservatives and Asselin's failure to regain his seat.

He returned to the House of Commons in the 1965 election, and was re-elected in the 1968 election.

Prior to the 1972 election, he accepted an appointment to the Canadian Senate. He sat in the body until 1990 when he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Quebec by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. In 1996, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

In 1992, he was given the right to use the title "The Right Honourable" which is granted for life and to very few eminent Canadians.

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References

1. ^ Canadian Heraldic Authority (Volume II), Ottawa, 1992 

• "Table of titles to be used in Canada". http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/pe/titre_e.cfm. Retrieved February 7, 2006. 
• Biography at the official National Assembly of Quebec website (French)
• "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=arndt&t=73387&d=2569. Retrieved February 7, 2006. 

External links

• Martial Asselin - Parliament of Canada biography

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Auguste Maltais	Member of Parliament from Charlevoix 1958-1962	Succeeded by Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger
Preceded by Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger	Member of Parliament from Charlevoix 1965-1972	Succeeded by Gilles Caouette
Preceded by Jean-Marie Dessureault	Canadian senator for Stadacona senate division 1972-1990	Succeeded by Claude Castonguay
Political offices
Preceded by Hugh John Fleming	Minister of Forestry 1963	Succeeded by John Robert Nicholson
Preceded by Gildas Molgat	Speaker Pro Tempore of the Canadian senate 1984-1988	Succeeded by Gildas Molgat
Preceded by Gilles Lamontagne	Lieutenant Governor of Quebec 1990-1996	Succeeded by Jean-Louis Roux

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Name	Asselin, Martial
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Date of birth	February 3, 1924
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