Robert Dutil is aCanadian businessman and politician, who was aQuebec Liberal Party member of theNational Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 1994 and from 2008 to 2015.

He was born inSaint-Georges, Quebec on April 16, 1950. He is the grandson of politicianÉdouard Lacroix and the brother of businessmanMarcel Dutil.

Dutil obtained abachelor's degree inphysical education in 1973 and amaster's degree inbusiness administration in 1982 both fromLaval University.

Dutil served in theSaint-Georges City Council as a city councillor from 1975 to 1979 and as mayor from 1979 to 1985. He was a prefect for theBeauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality from 1982 to 1985.

He ran as aLiberal candidate in the provincial district ofBeauce-Sud in the1985 election and won. He was appointed toPremierRobert Bourassa'scabinet in 1985 and was in charge of different portfolios, including communications and supply and services. He was re-elected in the1989 election, but did not run for re-election in the1994 election.

In 2008, Dutil founded the Union du centre political party; however, later that year he was elected as the Liberal candidate in the2008 election in his old district of Beauce-Sud, and the Union du centre party later dissolved without ever running candidates for office.

Dutil became revenue minister on December 18, 2008, replacingJean-Marc Fournier who did not seek a re-election. Following a 2010 cabinet shuffle, Dutil was named minister of public safety, replacing Jacques Dupuis.

He announced his resignation from the legislature in September 2015.^[1]

Since 2002, Dutil has been vice-president ofStructal-ponts, a division ofCanam Manac Group. He was also in the 1970s and 1980s co-owner of several businesses mostly in theSaint-Georges area. He was also president or vice-president for several other small businesses from 1996 to 2008.

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