# Jacques Baril

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Jacques Baril Member of the Quebec National Assembly for Arthabaska 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 84) Princeville, Quebec Party Parti Québécois Occupation Farmer, mechanic

**Jacques Baril** (born February 6, 1942) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) former politician, cabinet minister and a five-term Member of the [National Assembly of Quebec](/source/National_Assembly_of_Quebec).[1]

## Early life

Jacques Baril was born in the town of [Princeville, Quebec](/source/Princeville%2C_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 the [Union of Agricultural Producers of Quebec](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_des_producteurs_agricoles_du_Qu%C3%A9bec) in 1974. He was also the founder of the local beef cooperative in the [Arthabaska region](/source/Arthabaska_Regional_County_Municipality).

Later he would shift his work toward municipal politics, becoming a municipal councillor in Princeville and organizing locally for the [Parti Québécois](/source/Parti_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois).

## Member of the National Assembly

Baril was elected in the [1976 election](/source/1976_Quebec_general_election), in which the [Parti Québécois](/source/Parti_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois) formed the government for the first time.[1] He was handily reelected four year later in the [1981 election](/source/1981_Quebec_general_election). During [his second term in office](/source/32nd_Quebec_Legislature), 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 the [L'Érable Regional County Municipality](/source/L'%C3%89rable_Regional_County_Municipality). It was also reported that he left provincial politics in protest of [Pierre-Marc Johnson](/source/Pierre-Marc_Johnson)'s ["National Affirmation"](/source/Pierre-Marc_Johnson#Premier_of_Quebec) policy.[2]

He returned to politics in the 1989 election, being re-elected in the 1994 and 1998 elections. During the [36th Quebec Legislature](/source/36th_Quebec_Legislature), Baril served in Cabinet, serving as [Minister of Transport](/source/Transports_Qu%C3%A9bec). In 2003, Baril announced he would retire from political life.[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Bio_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Bio_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Bio_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Bio_1-3) ["Biography"](http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/baril-jacques-1841/biographie.html). *Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours* (in French). [National Assembly of Quebec](/source/National_Assembly_of_Quebec).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-USB_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-USB_2-1) [Jacques Baril annonce son départ du Parti québécois](http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/23140.html), sur Bilan du siècle, Université de Sherbrooke

v t e Cabinet of Premier of Quebec Bernard Landry (2001–2003) Bernard Landry Maxime Arseneau Gilles Baril Jacques Baril Louise Beaudoin Stéphane Bédard Paul Bégin Roger Bertrand Rosaire Bertrand André Boisclair Claude Boucher André Boulerice Jocelyne Caron Jean-Pierre Charbonneau Solange Charest David Cliche Jacques Côté Rita Dionne-Marsolais Joseph Facal François Gendron Linda Goupil Guy Julien Normand Jutras François Legault Richard Legendre Nicole Léger Diane Lemieux Michel Létourneau Agnès Maltais Pauline Marois Serge Ménard Lucie Papineau Jean Rochon Jean-François Simard Sylvain Simard Rémy Trudel

v t e Cabinet of Premier of Quebec Lucien Bouchard (1996–2001) Lucien Bouchard Maxime Arseneau Gilles Baril Jacques Baril Louise Beaudoin Paul Bégin Pierre Bélanger Roger Bertrand Jacques Brassard André Boisclair Denise Carrier-Perreault Guy Chevrette David Cliche Rita Dionne-Marsolais Joseph Facal Linda Goupil Jean-Pierre Jolivet Guy Julien Bernard Landry Jacques Léonard François Legault Nicole Léger Diane Lemieux Agnès Maltais Pauline Marois Serge Ménard Robert Perreault Matthias Rioux Jean Rochon Sylvain Simard Rémy Trudel

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