Jacques Baril | |
|---|---|
| Member of theQuebec National Assembly forArthabaska | |
| In office 1976–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Gilles Massé |
| Succeeded by | Laurier Gardner |
| In office 1989–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Laurier Gardner |
| Succeeded by | Claude Bachand |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1942-02-06)February 6, 1942 (age 83) Princeville, Quebec |
| Political party | Parti Québécois |
| Occupation | Farmer, mechanic |
Jacques Baril (born February 6, 1942) was aCanadian politician, cabinet minister and a five-term Member of theNational Assembly of Quebec.[1]
Jacques Baril was born in the town ofPrinceville, Quebec in 1942. He was educated at l'École Sacré-Cœur de Princeville before working as a mechanic at a local garage.[1] In 1966, he began working as a dairy farmer. It was his work as a farmer that opened the door to his political activities. Baril became the director of theUnion of Agricultural Producers of Quebec in 1974. He was also the founder of the local beef cooperative in theArthabaska region.
Later he would shift his work toward municipal politics, becoming a municipal councilor in Princeville and organizing locally for theParti Québécois.
Baril was elected in the1976 election, in which theParti Québécois formed the government for the first time.[1] He was handily reelected four year later in the1981 election. Duringhis second term in office, Baril served as Deputy Whip for the PQ, as well as Parliamentary Assistant for the Minister of Agriculture.[1]
Baril briefly retired in 1985, during which time he served as Mayor of Princeville from 1987 to 1989 and a member of the executive committee for theL'Érable Regional County Municipality. It was also reported that he left provincial politics in protest ofPierre-Marc Johnson's"National Affirmation" policy.[2]
He returned to politics in the 1989 election, being re-elected in the 1994 and 1998 elections. During the36th Quebec Legislature, Baril served in Cabinet, serving asMinister of Transport. In 2003, Baril announced he would retire from political life.[2]
