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Canadian politician
Francois Aquin
(March 6, 1929 ? November 23, 2017) was a
nationalist
politician in
Quebec
, Canada.
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Background
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Aquin was an attorney. He was born on March 6, 1929, in
Montreal
and died on November 23, 2017, in
Montreal
. He was a cousin of writer
Hubert Aquin
.
Liberal Activist
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Early on, Aquin was a supporter of the
Liberal Party of Quebec
. He was President of the party's Youth Commission from 1959 to 1963 and President of the party from 1963 to 1964.
Member of the legislature
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Aquin won a seat to the
Legislative Assembly of Quebec
in
1966
in the district of
Dorion
. In the aftermath of French President
Charles de Gaulle
's visit to Canada, Aquin declared himself in favor of the
political independence of Quebec
and left his party to sit as an Independent.
With Rene Levesque and other supporters, he co-founded the
Mouvement Souverainete?Association
in April 1968, which officially became the
Parti Quebecois
in October of that same year. In November 1968 though, Aquin resigned his seat.