Claude Morin, architect of Quebec’s Quiet Revolution and RCMP informant, dead at 96
The former Parti Québécois minister shaped the party’s referendum strategy, while later revelations showed he had been a paid RCMP source.
- Claude Morin, architect of the Quiet Revolution and former Parti Québécois minister, died Tuesday in Quebec City at 96, with his death confirmed to The Gazette by one of his children.
- Born in 1929 near Montmorency, Morin studied economics at Laval University and Columbia University before writing speeches for Premier Jean Lesage, then joining the Parti Québécois in 1972.
- As intergovernmental affairs minister, Morin orchestrated the 1980 sovereignty referendum, which voters rejected 59.56 per cent voting No; the following year's Night of the Long Knives constitutional negotiations excluded Quebec entirely.
- Morin resigned in December 1981, but journalist Normand Lester exposed in May 1992 that he had been a paid Royal Canadian Mounted Police informant since 1975, becoming a political outcast.
- Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette praised Morin as an intellectual force behind major reforms, while Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon acknowledged his "indelible mark" on Quebec society yet noted shadows remain regarding his legacy.
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Claude Morin, architect of Quebec's Quiet Revolution and RCMP informant, dead at 96
MONTREAL — Claude Morin, architect of the Quiet Revolution who helped shape modern Quebec but whose political career unravelled in controversy, has died at 96. A former Parti Québécois minister, Morin played a central role in Quebec’s transformation during the 1960s, helping engineer the PQ’s historic 1976 election victory and shaping the party’s referendum strategy […]
Claude Morin, key architect of Quebec's Quiet Revolution, dies at 96
Claude Morin, a central but controversial architect of Quebec’s Quiet Revolution who served five premiers and later became a senior figure in the Parti Québécois, died Tuesday in Quebec City. He was 96. His death was confirmed to The Gazette by one of his children. A former professor, essayist and politician, Morin helped shape Quebec’s modern state as the province was redefining its identity and institutions. Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette …
He was going to be 97 on May 16, but Claude Morin died slowly in Quebec City on Tuesday.
Claude Morin, who was in turn professor, chief state clerk, minister in René Lévesque's government and author of several essays on Quebec politics and Québec-Canada relations, has left us. He would have been 97 years old on 16 May.
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