Yvon Lafrance

Yvon Lafrance (4 August 1944 – 30 September 2022)[1] was a Canadian politician in Quebec, and was the Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Iberville.

Lafrance was born in Iberville, Quebec on 4 August 1944. First elected in 1989 election, he served as a Liberal backbencher under Premier Robert Bourassa for most of the term. On 9 February 1994, he crossed the floor to sit as an Independent. On 2 March 1994, he joined the newly formed Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ),[2] six months before Mario Dumont was first elected to the National Assembly. Therefore, he became the first ADQ sitting MNA in history.

Lafrance did not run for re-election in the 1994 election.

References

1. Décès de l'ancien député d'Iberville Daniel Yvon Lafrance (in French)
2. "Jean Charest frappe un grand coup". Le Devoir (in French). 24 October 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

External links

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

Preceded by Jacques Tremblay (Liberal)

MNA, District of Iberville 1989–1994

Succeeded by Richard Le Hir (PQ)