Jacques Baril

Jacques Baril (born February 6, 1942) was a Canadian politician, cabinet minister and a five-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.

He was educated at l'École Sacré-Cœur de Princeville before working as a mechanic at a local garage.

During his second term in office, Baril served as Deputy Whip for the PQ, as well as Parliamentary Assistant for the Minister of Agriculture.

[1] Baril briefly retired in 1985, during which time he served as Mayor of Princeville from 1987 to 1989 and a member of the executive committee for the L'Érable Regional County Municipality.

It was also reported that he left provincial politics in protest of Pierre-Marc Johnson's "National Affirmation" policy.