Jean-Yves Duclos

Jean-Yves Duclos PC MP FRSC (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ iv dyklo]; born 1965) is a Canadian economist and politician who has served as Minister of Public Services and Procurement since July 26, 2023. He previously served as minister of Health from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Québec since 2015.

The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos PC MP FRSC
Duclos in 2015
Minister of Public Services and Procurement Receiver General for Canada
Incumbent
Assumed office July 26, 2023
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Helena Jaczek
Minister of Health
In office October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Patty Hajdu
Succeeded by	Mark Holland
President of the Treasury Board
In office November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Joyce Murray
Succeeded by	Mona Fortier
Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
In office November 4, 2015 – November 20, 2019
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Pierre Poilievre
Succeeded by	Ahmed Hussen
Member of Parliament for Québec
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Annick Papillon
Personal details
Born	(1965-06-13) 13 June 1965 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Quebec City
Alma mater	University of Alberta (BA) London School of Economics (MA, PhD)
Profession	Economist, professor

Early career and education

Duclos attended the University of Alberta, where he earned an undergraduate degree in economics, followed by graduate and doctoral studies in economics at the London School of Economics. His doctoral thesis in 1992 was titled "Progressivity, equity and the take-up of state benefits, with application to the 1985 British tax and benefit system". Prior to his election to the House of Commons, he headed the economics department at Université Laval and was the president-elect of the Canadian Economics Association. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2014.

Tenure in Parliament

He was elected to represent the riding of Québec in the House of Commons in the 2015 general election as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He was the first Liberal elected to represent this riding since Gilles Lamontagne, who left office in 1984. He was appointed to the federal Cabinet, headed by Justin Trudeau, as Minister of Families, Children and Social Development. He was re-elected in the 2019 general election and sworn in as President of the Treasury Board.

On October 26, 2021, Duclos succeeded Patty Hajdu due to appointed as Minister of Indigenous Services, and he was appointed Minister of Health. This made him a prominent figure in Canadian government response to COVID-19 pandemic, which he supported an end to most generalized public health restrictions, such as face mask mandates until the emergence of fourth COVID-19 wave due to the highly transmissible Deltacron hybrid variant, a pre-dominant strain in the country that is combined of Delta and Omicron variants, started from July 2021 to the end of April 2022. He also expanded the COVID-19 vaccination program in Canada.

On July 26, 2023, Duclos resigned as Health Minister due to his appointment as Minister of Public Services and Procurement in Trudeau's cabinet reshuffle. He was succeeded by Mark Holland.

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election: Québec
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jean-Yves Duclos	18,132	35.4	+2.1	$92,776.01
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Sansfaçon	14,824	29.0	-3.7	$32,198.69
	Conservative	Bianca Boutin	9,239	18.0	+3.0	$29,033.90
	New Democratic	Tommy Bureau	6,652	13.0	+1.5	$3,937.02
	Green	Patrick Kerr	1,182	2.3	-3.1	$1,000.50
	People's	Daniel Brisson	855	1.7	+0.5	$1,276.16
	Free	Karine Simard	307	0.6	N/A	$421.51
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,191	98.0	–	$109,641.82
Total rejected ballots			1,026	2.0
Turnout			52,217	67.6
Eligible voters			77,298
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.9
Source: Elections Canada

2019 Canadian federal election: Québec
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jean-Yves Duclos	18,047	33.3	+4.4	$80,667.63
	Bloc Québécois	Christiane Gagnon	17,722	32.7	+13.85	none listed
	Conservative	Bianca Boutin	8,118	15.0	-6.79	$38,447.35
	New Democratic	Tommy Bureau	6,220	11.5	-15.54	$6,381.41
	Green	Luc Joli-Coeur	2,949	5.4	+2.49	$9,773.82
	People's	Bruno Dabiré	674	1.2	–	none listed
	Rhinoceros	Sébastien CoRhino	347	0.6	–	none listed
	Pour l'Indépendance du Québec	Luc Paquin	119	0.2	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			54,198	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,051
Turnout			55,249	70.0
Eligible voters			78,950
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.3
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jean-Yves Duclos	15,566	28.90	+19.88	$45,987.20
	New Democratic	Annick Papillon	14,566	27.04	-15.60	$33,392.85
	Conservative	Pierre-Thomas Asselin	11,737	21.79	+4.02	$17,402.72
	Bloc Québécois	Charles Mordret	10,153	18.85	-9.11	$41,425.08
	Green	Philippe Riboty	1,570	2.91	+0.74	$1,006.90
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Fournier	153	0.28	–	–
	Strength in Democracy	Danielle Provost	122	0.23	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,867	100.00		$214,308.69
Total rejected ballots			820	1.50	–
Turnout			54,687	69.09	–
Eligible voters			79,157
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+17.74
Source: Elections Canada

External links

• Media related to Jean-Yves Duclos at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Bio & mandate from the Prime Minister
• Jean-Yves Duclos – Parliament of Canada biography