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Jean Alfred

1940–2015

Canada

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Jean Alfred, Ph.D. (March 10, 1940 – July 20, 2015) was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the first Black person to be elected to the National Assembly of Quebec as a member of the Parti Québécois from 1976 to 1981. Alfred was born in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, to Oracius Alfred and Prunelie Occean.

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