Michel Dupuy

Michel Dupuy, PC (born in Paris, France on January 11, 1930) is a Canadian diplomat, journalist, academic and politician.

Dupuy was a long time diplomat in the Department of External Affairs. He served as Ambassador to the United Nations from 1980 to 1981, and Ambassador to France from 1981 to 1985.

He subsequently entered politics and was defeated in his attempt to win a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1988 election. He was elected on his second attempt in the 1993 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Laval West. He immediately joined the Cabinet, serving concurrently as Minister of Communications and Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship from 1993 until January 1996. During his tenure, the departments he oversaw were merged into the new Department of Canadian Heritage

Dupuy came under fire for "representing a constituency in a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) application" because he was the minister responsible for the agency, and was subsequently dropped from Cabinet.

He did not run in the 1997 election.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 1993: Laval West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Michel Dupuy	28,449	46.24	–	$60,506
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Leduc	26,460	43.01		$44,789
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Ricard	4,167	6.77		$59,586
	New Democratic Party	Marcella Tardif-Provencher	678	1.10		$2,926
	Libertarian	Rick Blatter	649	1.05		$4,038
	Natural Law	Eddy Gagné	546	0.89		$270
	National	Cyril G. MacNeil	280	0.46		$4,218
	Commonwealth	John Ajemian	187	0.30		$0
	Abolitionist	Georges Vaudrin	109	0.18		$0
Total valid votes			61,525	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,765
Turnout			63,290	79.62
Electors on the lists			79,486
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

References

26th Ministry – Cabinet of Jean Chrétien
Cabinet Posts (2)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Gerry Weiner	Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship 1993–1996 styled as Minister of Canadian Heritage	Sheila Copps
Monique Landry	Minister of Communications 1993–1996 styled as Minister of Canadian Heritage	Sheila Copps
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by William Hickson Barton	Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations April 1980 – May 1981	Succeeded by Gérard Pelletier