Normand Jutras

{{Short description|Canadian lawyer and politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Normand Jutras | image = | alt = | order = | office = [[Member of the National Assembly|MNA]] | term_start = 1994 | term_end = 2007 | predecessor = [[Jean-Guy St-Roch]] | successor = [[Sébastien Schneeberger]] | constituency = [[Drummond (provincial electoral district)|Drummond]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|11|23}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Parti Québécois]] | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | profession = }} '''Normand Jutras''' (born 23 November 1948) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] lawyer and politician from [[Quebec]]. From 1994 to 2007 he was an [[Member of the National Assembly|MNA]] in the [[National Assembly of Quebec]], representing the provincial electoral district of [[Drummond (provincial electoral district)|Drummond]] as a member of the [[Parti Québécois]].

==Life and career== Jutras was born in [[Drummondville]]. He earned a Bachelor of Arts at L'Externat Classique Saint Raphaël de Drummondville. He earned his law degree from [[Université de Montréal]] in 1971. He was admitted to the [[Bar of Quebec]] in 1972. He practiced privately at Jutras and Associates from 1971 to 1994. He served as Chairman of the Disciplinary Tribunal at [[Drummondville Institution]] from 1984 to 1993. Jutras represented the [[Attorney General of Canada]] in cases of drugs, foods and drugs, and other statutory laws from 1984 to 1994.

Jutras was elected to the National Assembly for the first time in the [[1994 Quebec general election]]. He was re-elected in the [[1998 Quebec general election]] and in the [[2003 Quebec general election]]. Dion was defeated by [[Sébastien Schneeberger]] of [[Action démocratique du Québec|ADC]] in the [[2007 Quebec general election]]. Following his defeat, Jutras was involved in legal affairs for automotive companies with interests in India.<ref name="martin">Martin, Gérard (19 September 2007). [http://www.journalexpress.ca/Emploi/2007-09-19/article-1249289/Normand-Jutras-part-relever-un-nouveau-defi-en-Inde/1 Normand Jutras part relever un nouveau défi en Inde (French).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827075340/http://www.journalexpress.ca/Emploi/2007-09-19/article-1249289/Normand-Jutras-part-relever-un-nouveau-defi-en-Inde/1 |date=2011-08-27 }} ''[[L'Express]]''</ref>

Since March 6, 2013, Jutras has been the head of the Public Curator of Quebec, the government body charged with protecting incapacitated individuals.<ref name="Curateur public">Public Curator. [http://www.curateur.gouv.qc.ca/cura/en/curateur/editorial/index.html.] ''Curateur public''</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/deputes/jutras-normand-3769/biographie.html Normand Jutras] via [[National Assembly of Quebec]] (French)

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