Hon. Eugene Aubrey Pyfrom DupuchCBEQC (7 December 1912 - 23 September 1981) was a Bahamian journalist, lawyer, Member of Parliament, and Cabinet Minister.
Early life and education
Dupuch was the son of Leon Dupuch, founder of the Tribune newspaper, and his second wife, Mary Ethelinda Pyfrom. Eugene had four older half-siblings from his father's first marriage, including Sir Etienne Dupuch.
He became an assistant editor at the Tribune and married Gladys Black, a staff reporter at paper.[2] However, she died nine months after their marriage.[3][4]
In 1943, he famously covered the Sir Harry Oakes murder trial, his report later being turned into a book.
Law career
In 1944, ten years after obtaining his bachelor's, Dupuch enrolled in law school at University of Toronto, Ontario. In 1948, he was called to the English Bar at Lincoln's Inn.[5] He became a member of the Bahamas Bar in January 1949.[6]
He was at various times, Acting Attorney-General,[9] Minister of Welfare,[10] one of the delegates to the first constitutional conference in 1963, Acting Premier,[11] Minister without Portfolio,[12] and Opposition Leader in the Senate of the Bahamas.
^"Three called to English Bar". The Miami Times. 4 December 1948. p. 9. Retrieved 25 August 2023. Three Bahamians were called to the English Bar in London on November 17... Mr Eugene Dupuch to Lincoln's Inn.
^"News from Nassau". The Miami Times. 22 January 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 25 August 2023. The Bahamas Bar is richer by two barristers admitted on January 12 [1949] at the opening of the January sessions of the Supreme Court. They are Mr. Eugene Dupuch BA LL.B and Mr. Harry Sands. Mr Dupuch, a former member of the staff of the Nassau Tribune, was called to the English Bar at Lincoln's Inn on November 17, 1948.
^"Symonette Names 14 Ministers for Bahamas Cabinet". The Miami Herald. 13 October 1963. p. 37. Retrieved 26 August 2023. Three ministers without portfolio, G. A. D. Johnstone, Joseph Albury, and Eugene Dupuch, have been named but their assignments not yet determined.
