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Gérald Godin (November 13 1938 - October 12 1994) was a Quebec poet and politician.
Born in Trois-Rivieres, he worked as a journalist at La Presse and other newspapers and magazines. He was among those arrested under the War Measures Act during the October Crisis.
In the 1976 Quebec election he won a seat as a candidate for the Parti Québécois, defeating incumbent premier Robert Bourassa in his own riding of Mercier. He served in various cabinet posts in the governments of René Lévesque and Pierre-Marc Johnson.
As a poet, he won the Québec-Paris prize for his 1987 work Ils ne demandaient qu'à brûler.
See also
- List of Mauriciens
- Politics of Quebec
- List of Quebec general elections
- History of Quebec
- Quebec sovereigntism
External links
- National Assembly biography (http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/g-i/GODIG.htm) (in French)