Gérald Godin

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 1938.11.13 - Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada.

DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH: 1994.10.12 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

OCCUPATION: Journalist. Poet. College Professor. Quebec Separatist Activist.

POLITICAL PARTY: Parti Québécois (PQ).

QUEBEC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (Député):
1994 - Retired - Did not seek re-election.
1989.09.25 - Mercier - Re-Elected.
1985.12.02 - Mercier - Re-Elected.
1981.04.13 - Mercier - Re-Elected.
1976.11.15 - Mercier - Elected

SENIOR QUEBEC PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT:
Minister of Cultural Affairs (1985.10.16 - 1985.12.12).
Minister responsible for Linguistic Affairs (1984.09.25 - 1984.12.20).
Interim Minister of State for Cultural and Scientific Development (1982.02.17 - 1982.09.09).
Minister of Cultural Communities (1981.04.30 - 1985.10.16).
Minister of Immigration (1980.11.06 - 1985.10.16).

MISCELLANEOUS:
Arrested and jailed under the War Measures Act during the October Crisis, 1970. Released without any charges laid against him.
Secretary-General, Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal, 1975-76.
Winner, Québec-Paris Prize for Poetry, 1987.

WEBSITES: Assemblée nationale du Québec: Gérald Godin and CBC Archives: Gérald Godin