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Place of Birth: Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
About Gaston Blackburn
- Gaston Blackburn (born January 26, 1942) is a merchant, business owner and former political figure in Quebec.
- He represented Roberval in the Quebec National Assembly from 1988 to 1994 as a Liberal. He was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec, the son of Alfred Blackburn and Rita Harvey.
- He first worked in the family grocery business and then was a regional supervisor for Provigo from 1970 to 1973.
- Blackburn later became the owner of a number of supermarkets and a shopping centre.
- He was a member of the board of directors for Metro-Richelieu from 1984 to 1987.
- Blackburn served in the Quebec cabinet as Minister for the Environment, as Minister of Recreation, Hunting and Fisheries and as Minister of Transport.
- In 1990 he was responsible for ordering the demolition of the Collège St-Gabriel a St-Bruno-de-Montarville landmark.
- He retired from politics in 1994. His son Karl also served in the Quebec National Assembly.
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