Jacques-Yvan Morin

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Jacques-Yvan Morin
GOQ
Morin in 1995
Deputy Premier of Quebec
In office
November 25, 1976 – March 5, 1984
PremierRené Lévesque
Preceded byGérard D. Levesque
Succeeded byCamille Laurin
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Sauvé
In office
1973–1984
Preceded byElectoral district established
Succeeded byMarcel Parent
Personal details
Born(1931-07-15)July 15, 1931
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
DiedJuly 26, 2023(2023-07-26) (aged 92)
OccupationLaw professor, politician

Jacques-Yvan Morin GOQ (July 15, 1931 – July 26, 2023) was a Canadian law professor and politician in Quebec. Morin graduated from the McGill University Faculty of Law with a BCL in 1953, where he was the founder of the McGill Law Journal. He taught international and constitutional law at Université de Montréal from 1958 until 1973. He was deputy director of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law from 1963 to 1973 and founded the Quebec Journal of International Law in 1984.[1]

Career

From 1966 to 1969, Morin chaired the Estates General of French Canada and joined in 1970 the Quebec sovereignty movement.[2] He became president of the Mouvement national des Québécoises et des Québécois in 1971.[3] He failed to win a seat in Bourassa in the 1970 Quebec provincial election but won a seat in the riding of Sauvé in the 1973 election. After the latter election the Parti québécois became the official opposition since the former opposition party, the Union Nationale, had failed to win any seats. Since the party leader, René Lévesque, had not won a seat in the 1973 election, Morin became leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly until the 1976 election, which the Parti québécois won. As a member of Lévesque's government, Morin was appointed successively minister of education (1976–1981), cultural and scientific development (1981–1982) and intergovernmental affairs (1982–1984).[3] During those years, he also served as deputy premier of Quebec.[4]

Morin returned to teaching in 1984 at Université de Montréal,[5] where he became professor emeritus in 1997.[2]

Honors

In 2001, Morin was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec. Other honours include the Rights and Freedoms Prize of the Commission on Human Rights in Quebec (2000),[2] as well as the Prix René-Chaloult of the Association of Former Parliamentarians (2011).[6]

Death

Morin died on July 26, 2023, at the age of 92.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ha, Tu Thanh (November 28, 2020) [November 27, 2020]. "PQ justice minister Marc-André Bédard championed equality for women and gay people". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on October 2, 2025. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Former Parti Quebecois minister Jacques-Yvan Morin died in July". CTV News. The Canadian Press. August 12, 2023. Archived from the original on October 2, 2025. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Behiels, Michael D.; Ma, Clayton (September 13, 2023) [February 13, 2008]. "Jacques-Yvan Morin". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Archived from the original on October 2, 2025. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Former PQ minister Jacques-Yvan Morin dead at 92". CBC News. The Canadian Press. August 12, 2023. Archived from the original on October 2, 2025. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
  5. ↑ Fragasso-Marquis, Vicky (August 13, 2023) [August 12, 2023]. "Former PQ minister Jacques-Yvan Morin has died". The Gazette. The Canadian Press. Archived from the original on October 2, 2025. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Les prix du Cercle" [The Association of Former Parliamentarians's prizes]. Cercle des ex-parlementaires de l'Assemblée nationale du Québec (in French). National Assembly of Quebec. Archived from the original on October 2, 2025. Retrieved October 2, 2025.