Yvon Lafrance (4 August 1944 – 30 September 2022)[1] was a Canadian politician in Quebec, and was the Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Iberville.
Lafrance was born in Iberville, Quebec on 4 August 1944. First elected in 1989 election, he served as a Liberal backbencher under Premier Robert Bourassa for most of the term. On 9 February 1994, he crossed the floor to sit as an Independent. On 2 March 1994, he joined the newly formed Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ),[2] six months before Mario Dumont was first elected to the National Assembly. Therefore, he became the first ADQ sitting MNA in history.
Lafrance did not run for re-election in the 1994 election.
References
- ↑ Décès de l'ancien député d'Iberville Daniel Yvon Lafrance (in French)
- ↑ "Jean Charest frappe un grand coup". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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