Background
He was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec, the son of Alfred Blackburn and Rita Harvey.
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Gaston Blackburn
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Career
He represented Roberval in the Quebec National Assembly from 1988 to 1994 as a Liberal. He first worked in the family grocery business and then was a regional supervisor for Provigo from 1970 to 1973. Blackburn later became the owner of a number of supermarkets and a shopping centre.
Blackburn served in the Quebec cabinet as Minister for the Environment, as Minister of Recreation, Hunting and Fisheries and as Minister of Transport.
In 1990 he was responsible for ordering the demolition of the Collège Street-Gabriel a Street-Bruno-de-Montarville landmark. He retired from politics in 1994.
Membership
He was a member of the board of directors for Metro-Richelieu from 1984 to 1987.
