Jean-A. Joly

{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1939)}} {{about|the politician|the sculptor|Jean Joly (sculptor)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} '''Jean-A. Joly''' (born August 29, 1939) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician from [[Quebec]]. He served as a [[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal]] member of the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] from 1985 to 1994.

He should not be confused with a different Jean Joly who has been a municipal politician in [[Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, Quebec|Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot]].

==Early life and career==

Joly was born in [[Montreal]].<ref>{{Quebec MNA biography|joly-jean-a-3735}}</ref> He was a technician in the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] from 1956 to 1959 and later worked as a life insurance sales manager.<ref>Aaron Derfel, "Anglos may hold key to victory; The race in Fabre," ''Montreal Gazette'', 31 August 1989, A6.</ref> Before running for office, he was known for his involvement in anti-drug campaigns.<ref>Harvey Shepherd, "Laval: Two PQ cabinet ministers swamped by red tide," ''Montreal Gazette'', 3 December 1985, C4.</ref>

==Legislator== Joly was first elected to the Quebec legislature in the [[1985 Quebec general election|1985 provincial election]], defeating [[Parti Québécois]] incumbent [[Michel Leduc]] in the [[Laval, Quebec|Laval]] division of [[Fabre (electoral district)|Fabre]]. The Liberals won a [[majority government]] in this election, and Joly entered the legislature as a [[backbench]] supporter of [[Robert Bourassa]]'s government. In 1988, he was part of a group of Liberal legislators who pressured [[Minister of Manpower and Income Security (Quebec)|manpower and income security minister]] [[Pierre Paradis]] to remove the harsher aspects of a welfare reform bill.<ref>Sarah Scott, "Liberal backbenchers, youth wing teaming up to battle welfare plan," ''Montreal Gazette'', 3 June 1988, A4.</ref> Joly supported both a subway line and the extension of [[Highway 440]] into Laval during the late 1980s.<ref>Catherine Buckie, "Laval politicians drum up support for Metro," ''Montreal Gazette'', 8 November 1988, A3;</ref>

He was re-elected to a second term in the [[1989 Quebec general election|1989 provincial election]] and supported Robert Bourassa's shift to [[Quebec nationalism]] in 1990 after the failure of the [[Meech Lake Accord]] on reforming the [[Canadian constitution]].<ref>Philip Authier, "Bourassa slams door on constitution talks," ''Montreal Gazette'', 24 June 1990, A1.</ref> He did not seek re-election in [[1994 Quebec general election|1994]].

Joly has served as president of the [[Fondation des parlementaires Québécois]].<ref>[http://www.culturesapartager.org/39.0.html Fondation des parlementaires Québécois: Cultures à partager] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407083203/http://www.culturesapartager.org/39.0.html |date=2011-04-07 }}, accessed 28 March 2011.</ref>

==Federal politics== {{Infobox coat of arms |image = Jean André Joly Achievement.png |shield = Or a chain palewise Gules between two swords erect points upwards blades Argent enflamed Gules hilts and pommels Azure.| |crest = Issuant from a coronet rim Or heightened with maple leaves Gules alternating with fleurs-de-lis Azure a demi pegasus Argent crined unguled and queued Or displaying on the shoulder a cog wheel Gules charged with a bezant. |motto = TÉNACITÉ · ENGAGEMENT · RESPECT <ref>{{cite web|url=https://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project-pic.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=1766&ProjectElementID=5939 |title=Jean André JOLY |publisher=Canadian Heraldry Authority |accessdate=29 May 2020}}</ref>}} Joly campaigned on behalf of [[Liberal Party of Canada]] candidate [[Michel Dupuy]] in the [[1993 Canadian federal election]].<ref>Geoff Baker, "BQ juggernaut takes 2 seats in Laval, Liberals salvage 1," ''Montreal Gazette'', 26 October 1993, B9.</ref> The federal and provincial Liberal parties are not aligned in Quebec, and not all provincial Liberals support the federal party.

==Electoral record== {{1989 Quebec general election/Fabre}}

==References== <references/>

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