Jean-Paul Bordeleau

Jean-Paul Bordeleau (31 January 1943 – 29 January 2022) was a Canadian politician. He represented the constituency of Abitibi-Est in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1985 under the banner of the Parti Québécois.

Biography Bordeleau began his career as an architect, working from 1966 to 1976. He was elected for the first time in 1976 and re-elected in 1981 alongside Gilles Baril from Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue. During his mandate, he collaborated with Val-d'Or mayor André Pelletier to build a bypass around the city. and Chairman of the Committee on Economics and Labor prior to his defeat in 1985. Workers who had been laid off set up camp outside his office and condemned his absence in the drive to reopen the factory. After his departure from the National Assembly of Quebec, he was political attaché to André Pelletier from 1994 to 1999. He was also President of the Comité de toponymie de la Ville de Val-d'Or and President of the Association Québec-France pour l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue. He also sat on the omité de rétablissement du caribou de Val-d'Or.

Jean-Paul Bordeleau died in Abitibi-Témiscamingue on 29 January 2022, two days shy of his 79th birthday.