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Camille Laurin

Canadian politician
Camille Laurin
Canadian politician

May 6, 1922

Charlemagne, Canada


March 11, 1999

Montreal, Canada

Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist-turned-politician who was the guiding force behind Quebec’s Bill 101, which required that French be the official language of the province; all business was thereafter to be conducted in French, and immigrants had to attend French schools (b. May 6, 1922, Charlemagne, Que.—d. March 11, 1999, Montreal, Que.).

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