Denis Lazure (born October 12, 1925 in Napierville, Quebec is a former Quebec politician and psychiatrist. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1984 and from 1989 to 1996. , Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Official languages French Government - Lieutenant-Governor Pierre Duchesne - Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 75 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area  Ranked 2nd - Total 1,542,056 km² (595... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental and emotional disorders (see mental illness). ... The Quebec Parliament Building at night The National Assembly of Quebec (French: Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the name for the legislative body of the province of Quebec, Canada which was defined in the Canadian constitution as the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (lassemblée législative de...

Lazure attended Université de Montréal and was a doctorate in medicine. He also attended the University of Pennsylvania in psychiatry as well as the University of Toronto in which he was bachelor in hospital administration. The Université de Montréal (UdeM) (translated into English commonly as (the) University of Montreal) is one of six universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... medicines, see Medication. ... This article is about the private Ivy League university in Philadelphia. ... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine dealing with the prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of the mind and mental illness. ... The University of Toronto (U of T) is a public research university in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Lazure was the founder of the infant psychiatry department of Saint-Justine Hospital in 1957. He was also the director of this hospital as well as those of Riviere-des-Prairies and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine all in the Montreal region. He would later be the director in 1974 of the first psychiatric hospital in Haiti. He was also a teacher at Université de Montréal and was the President of the Canadian Association of Psychiatrists. The Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine (CHU Sainte-Justine) or Sainte-Justine University Health Center is a pediatric university health centre affiliated with the Université de Montréal. ... Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3]  - City 365. ...

Before being a Quebec MNA, Lazure ran twice for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate for the New Democratic Party, in a by-election in 1967 and in the 1968 federal elections. He was first elected in Quebec in the Chambly riding as a member of the Parti Québécois in the 1976 elections and was re-elected in 1981 in Bertrand (now Marguerite-D'Youville). During his first mandate he was named by René Lévesque the Minister of Social Affairs and after his re-election, he was named State Minister of Social Development until he resigned in 1984, when the Parti Quebecois' support dropped after measures implied in the public sector in order to alleviate the negative effects of the 1980s recession on the Quebec economy. The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ... This article is about the Canadian political party. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... In the Canadian federal election of June 25, 1968, the Liberal Party won a majority government under its new leader, Pierre Trudeau. ... The Parti Québécois (PQ) is a political party that advocates national sovereignty for the Canadian province of Quebec and secession from Canada, as well as social democratic policies and has traditionally had support from the labour movement. ... The Quebec general election of 1976 was held on November 15, 1976 to elect members to National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ... In the Quebec general election on April 13, 1981, the incumbent Parti Québécois under René Lévesque won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party under Claude Ryan. ... Saint Marie-Marguerite dYouville (née Marie-Marguerite Dufrost de Lajemmerais) (October 15, 1701 – December 23, 1771) was born at Varennes, near Montreal, Canada. ... René Lévesque (pronounced ) (August 24, 1922 – November 1, 1987) was a reporter, a minister of the government of Quebec, Canada, (1960 – 1966), the founder of the Parti Québécois political party, and 23rd Premier of Quebec (November 25, 1976 – October 3, 1985). ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. ... The recession of the early 1980s was caused by the combination of 1) tight monetary policy, 2) the Reagan tax cut, 3) increased government spending [citation needed]. The causing aggregate demand to increase, while at the same time constraining the money supply resulted in very high interest rates, which caused...

He would become a psychiatrist at the Greenfield hospital until he ran again in 1989, where he was elected in La Prairie. He was re-elected in 1994 but resigned in 1996. He returned to his professional career after. His work contribution was rewarded with an award given by the Psychiatric Doctors Association of Quebec in 2004. Greenfield Park is a borough of Longueuil. ... In the Quebec general election on September 25, 1989, the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party under Robert Bourassa won re-election, defeating the Parti Québécois under Jacques Parizeau. ... La Prairie is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. ... Categories: Stub | Quebec general elections ...

See also

• Parti Québécois Crisis, 1984

External link

• Biography of Denis Lazure (French)