Jean-Pierre Jolivet

{{Expand French|topic=bio|French article title|date=August 2025}} {{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1941)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} '''Jean-Pierre Jolivet''' (born August 23, 1941) was a politician in [[Quebec]], Canada. He served as [[Executive Council of Quebec|Cabinet Member]] and Member of the [[National Assembly of Quebec]].<ref>{{Quebec MNA biography|jolivet-jean-pierre-3733}}</ref>

==Early life==

He was born in 1941 in [[Montreal]] and grew up in the [[Mauricie]] area. He attended [[Séminaire Sainte-Marie]] and obtained an Education Degree from [[Université Laval]]. Prior to entering politics, Jolivet was a teacher and a union activist.

==Member of the legislature==

Jolivet ran as a [[Parti Québécois]] (PQ) candidate in the [[1973 Quebec general election|1973]] and [[1976 Quebec general election|1976 provincial elections]] in the district of [[Laviolette (electoral district)|Laviolette]]. He was elected on his second attempt and was re-elected in the [[1981 Quebec general election|1981 election]].

He served as [[Deputy Speaker]] from 1980 to 1984.

==Member of the Cabinet==

[[Premier of Quebec|Premier]] [[René Lévesque]] appointed him to the [[Executive Council of Quebec|Cabinet]] in 1984. Jolivet served as Minister for Forestry from 1984 until the [[1985 Quebec general election|1985 election]].

==Official Opposition==

[[Robert Bourassa]]'s [[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberals]] won the 1985 and [[1989 Quebec general election|1989 elections]] by substantial margins. During that time, Jolivet remained the only PQ member to represent a district from the Mauricie area.

==Political rise==

Jolivet was sent back to the legislature in the [[1994 Quebec general election|1994 election]] with a majority of his PQ colleagues. He served as his party's [[Whip (politics)|House Whip]] from 1994 to 1997. Jolivet also served as [[House Leader]], and as Minister for Electoral Reform, Regional Development and Forestry from 1997 to the [[1998 Quebec general election|1998 election]].

He was re-elected in 1998 and became Minister of Regions.

In March 2001 Jolivet retired from politics, after twenty-five years of service. Liberal [[Julie Boulet]] succeeded him as Member of the National Assembly.

==Footnotes== {{reflist}}

==See also== *[[Laviolette (electoral district)|Laviolette Provincial Electoral District]] *[[Mauricie]] *[[Shawinigan]]

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