Lise Bacon, former minister and former deputy premier of Quebec, has passed away.

She was 91 years old.

Her death was confirmed on the National Assembly website.

Born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield in 1934, Bacon became the second woman to be elected to the National Assembly after Claire Kirkland-Casgrain in 1973, having served as president of the Quebec Liberal Party (QLP) from 1970 to 1973.

She immediately took up ministerial duties in Robert Bourassa’s cabinet, first becoming Minister of State for Social Affairs before holding various ministerial positions until her defeat in the 1976 elections.

She was re-elected in 1981, then in 1985 and 1989. In 1985, she became Quebec’s first female deputy premier, a position she held until 1994. During this period, she successively held the posit

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