Jean-yves duclos biography

Jean-Yves Duclos

Canadian politician and economist

The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos PC MP FRSC
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Incumbent
Assumed office July 26,
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Helena Jaczek
In office October 26, &#;– July 26,
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Patty Hajdu
Succeeded by	Mark Holland
In office November 20, &#;– October 26,
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Joyce Murray
Succeeded by	Mona Fortier
In office November 4, &#;– November 20,
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Pierre Poilievre
Succeeded by	Ahmed Hussen
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19,
Preceded by	Annick Papillon
Born	() 13 June (age&#;59) Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Quebec City
Alma mater	University of Alberta (BA) London School of Economics (MA, PhD)
Profession	Economist, professor

Jean-Yves DuclosPC MP FRSC (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃ivdyklo]; born ) is a Canadian economist and politician who has served as Minister of Public Services and Procurement since July 26, He previously served as minister of Health from to A member of the Liberal Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Québec since

Early career and education

Duclos attended the University of Alberta, where he earned an undergraduate degree in economics, followed by graduate and doctoral studies in economics at the London School of Economics. His doctoral thesis in was titled "Progressivity, equity and the take-up of state benefits, with application to the British tax and benefit system".^[1] Prior to his election to the House of Commons, he headed the economics department at Université Laval and was the president-elect of the Canadian Economics Association. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in ^[2]

Tenure in Parliament

He was elected to represent the riding of Québec in the House of Commons in the general election as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.^[3] He was the first Liberal elected to represent this riding since Gilles Lamontagne, who left office in ^[4] He was appointed to the federal Cabinet, headed by Justin Trudeau, as Minister of Families, Children and Social Development.^[5] He was re-elected in the general election and sworn in as President of the Treasury Board.

On October 26, , Duclos succeeded Patty Hajdu due to appointed as Minister of Indigenous Services, and he was appointed Minister of Health. This made him a prominent figure in Canadian government response to COVID pandemic, which he supported an end to most generalized public health restrictions, such as face mask mandates until the emergence of fourth COVID wave due to the highly transmissible Deltacron hybrid variant, a pre-dominant strain in the country that is combined of Delta and Omicron variants, started from July to the end of April He also expanded the COVID vaccination program in Canada.^{[citation needed]}

On July 26, , Duclos resigned as Health Minister due to his appointment as Minister of Public Services and Procurement in Trudeau's cabinet reshuffle. He was succeeded by Mark Holland.^{[citation needed]}

Electoral record

Canadian federal election: Québec
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
Liberal	Jean-Yves Duclos	18,		+	$92,
Bloc Québécois	Louis Sansfaçon	14,			$32,
Conservative	Bianca Boutin	9,		+	$29,
New Democratic	Tommy Bureau	6,		+	$3,
Green	Patrick Kerr	1,			$1,
People's	Daniel Brisson			+	$1,
Free	Karine Simard			N/A	$
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,		–	$,
Total rejected ballots			1,
Turnout			52,
Eligible voters			77,
Liberalhold		Swing		+
Source: Elections Canada^[6]

Canadian federal election: Québec
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
Liberal	Jean-Yves Duclos	18,		+	$80,
Bloc Québécois	Christiane Gagnon	17,		+	none listed
Conservative	Bianca Boutin	8,			$38,
New Democratic	Tommy Bureau	6,			$6,
Green	Luc Joli-Coeur	2,		+	$9,
People's	Bruno Dabiré			&#;	none listed
Rhinoceros	Sébastien CoRhino			&#;	none listed
Pour l'Indépendance du Québec	Luc Paquin			&#;	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			54,		&#;
Total rejected ballots			1,
Turnout			55,
Eligible voters			78,
Liberalhold		Swing
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
Liberal	Jean-Yves Duclos	15,		+	$45,
New Democratic	Annick Papillon	14,			$33,
Conservative	Pierre-Thomas Asselin	11,		+	$17,
Bloc Québécois	Charles Mordret	10,			$41,
Green	Philippe Riboty	1,		+	$1,
Marxist–Leninist	Normand Fournier			&#;	&#;
Strength in Democracy	Danielle Provost			&#;	&#;
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,		&#;	$,
Total rejected ballots					&#;
Turnout			54,		&#;
Eligible voters			79,
Liberalgain from New Democratic		Swing		+
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

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