Yves Duhaime

Yves Duhaime (born May 27, 1939) is a former politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Cabinet Member and Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.

Early life Duhaime was born in Chicoutimi, and grew up in Shawinigan.

In the 1960s, Duhaime was an officer with the 62nd (Shawinigan) Field Artillery Regiment. He reached the rank of Captain and served as Adjutant of the military unit; he also served as president of the Officers' Mess in 1964. Contemporary analyses noted that, prior to the reform, more than 1,200 clubs controlled about 65,000 square kilometres of territory. Duhaime has been described in later commentary as one of the “pères des zecs”.

He was re-elected in 1981; he served as Minister of Energy and Resources from 1981 to 1984 and Minister of Finance from 1984 to 1985. As Finance minister, he presented the provincial budget on April 23, 1985.

He did not run in 1985. He also ran as a BQ candidate in the district of Saint-Maurice against the incumbent Member of Parliament and Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Chrétien won re-election with 47 percent of the vote; Duhaime finished second with 44 percent.

Later career After leaving provincial politics, Duhaime returned to the private and public sectors. He was appointed to the board of directors of the Bank of Canada in September 1986, served as a consultant in the engineering and industrial sectors, sat on the board of Natrel in 1991 and served as its president and chief executive officer from April 1992 to October 1994; he later joined the board of Le Devoir and became its president in January 2002. He also served as president of Groupe Énergie Inc. from October 2001 to October 9, 2004. He finished second with 29% of the vote against organized labour activist Michel Angers (55%) and Ralliement Municipal candidate Claude Villemure (16%).

Personal life Duhaime is married to Lise Racine; they have two sons.