Antoine Drolet

Antoine Drolet was a politician in Quebec, Canada and a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA).[1]

Background

He was born in Donnacona, Quebec on March 26, 1940 and was a Social Credit activist in the 1960s.

Political career

Drolet ran as a Ralliement national candidate in 1966 and finished third in the provincial district of Portneuf.

He ran as a candidate of the Ralliement créditiste in 1970 and won.

During his term of office, the party was plagued by internal divisions. While three MNAs remained loyal to Leader Camil Samson, Drolet and the rest of the caucus withdrew their support and appointed Armand Bois as temporary leader, until a leadership convention could determine a new leader.

Eventually, the Samson faction re-joined the party and Yvon Dupuis was chosen as leader. Drolet succeeded Aurèle Audet as House Whip.

He lost re-election in 1973 against Liberal candidate Michel Pagé.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

See also

National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by
Marcel-Rosaire Plamondon (Union Nationale)		 MNA for Portneuf
1970–1973 		Succeeded by
Michel Pagé (Liberal)
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