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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Lapointe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Charles_Lapointe.jpg/220px-Charles_Lapointe.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Charles_Lapointe.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="273" data-file-height="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Parliament">Canadian Parliament</a></span><br />for <a href="/wiki/Charlevoix_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Charlevoix (federal electoral district)">Charlevoix</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1974–1984</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gilles_Caouette" title="Gilles Caouette">Gilles Caouette</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles-Andr%C3%A9_Hamelin" title="Charles-André Hamelin">Charles-André Hamelin</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1944-07-17</span>) </span>July 17, 1944<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 80)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Tadoussac,_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Tadoussac, Quebec">Tadoussac, Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Charles Lapointe</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Privy_Council_for_Canada" title="King's Privy Council for Canada">PC</a></span></span> (born July 17, 1944) is a Canadian businessman and former politician and public servant.<sup id="cite_ref-cuttape_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cuttape-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lapointe was first elected to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons of Canada</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1974_Canadian_federal_election" title="1974 Canadian federal election">1974 federal election</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)" title="Member of Parliament (Canada)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Charlevoix_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Charlevoix (federal electoral district)">Charlevoix</a>. He served as Canadian delegate to the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> in 1976, and <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_secretary" title="Parliamentary secretary">parliamentary secretary</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Transport_(Canada)" title="Minister of Transport (Canada)">Transport minister</a> from 1977 to 1979. </p><p>He was re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/1979_Canadian_federal_election" title="1979 Canadian federal election">1979 federal election</a> that defeated the Liberal government. When the Liberals returned to power in the <a href="/wiki/1980_Canadian_federal_election" title="1980 Canadian federal election">1980 election</a>, Lapointe was appointed by <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau" title="Pierre Trudeau">Trudeau</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Cabinet">cabinet</a> as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State (Canada)">Minister of State</a> for Small Businesses and Tourism.<sup id="cite_ref-cuttape_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cuttape-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1982, he became Minister of State for External Relations<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, in 1983, he was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Supply_and_Services_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Supply and Services (Canada)">Minister of Supply and Services</a> and <a href="/wiki/Receiver_General_for_Canada" title="Receiver General for Canada">Receiver-General</a>. </p><p>When <a href="/wiki/John_Turner" title="John Turner">John Turner</a> succeeded Trudeau as Liberal leader and prime minister in June 1984, he retained Lapointe as Minister of Supply and Services while giving him the additional portfolio of <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Public_Works_(Canada)" title="Minister of Public Works (Canada)">Minister of Public Works</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The added responsibility was short-lived, however, as both the Liberal government and Lapointe were defeated in the subsequent <a href="/wiki/1984_Canadian_federal_election" title="1984 Canadian federal election">fall federal election</a>. </p><p>Returning to private life, Lapointe became president of the International Aeroplane Company, and then vice-president of business development for <a href="/wiki/SNC_Lavalin" class="mw-redirect" title="SNC Lavalin">Lavalin</a>. In 1989, he became president and <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive officer</a> of the Greater Montreal Convention and Tourism Bureau (Tourisme Montréal), retaining the position until his retirement in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-monsieur_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monsieur-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2002, he also became chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Tourism_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Tourism Commission">Canadian Tourism Commission</a>. </p><p>In January 2007, as head of Tourism Montreal, he said the city was filthy and more should be done to make it tidy for visitors, leading Mayor <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rald_Tremblay" title="Gérald Tremblay">Gérald Tremblay</a> to ask for his resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Supported by many, Lapointe did not resign and continued in his position.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lapointe was openly gay among his caucus colleagues, but never publicly spoke about his sexuality to the media during his time in Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-monsieur_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monsieur-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With Tourisme Montréal, however, beginning in 1994 he created a then-innovative campaign to increase the city's visibility as a <a href="/wiki/Gay_tourism" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay tourism">gay tourism</a> destination, building civic partnerships with LGBT community events such as <a href="/wiki/Divers/Cit%C3%A9" title="Divers/Cité">Divers/Cité</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Black_and_Blue_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Black and Blue Festival">Black and Blue Festival</a>, and culminating in the city's hosting of the <a href="/wiki/World_Outgames" title="World Outgames">World Outgames</a> in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-monsieur_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monsieur-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, he received the Hanns Ebensten Hall of Fame Award from the <a href="/wiki/International_Gay_and_Lesbian_Travel_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association">International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-monsieur_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monsieur-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Lapointe&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 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