Career
Dufour worked from 1977 to 1998 at Alcoa in Baie-Comeau and was the regional president of the trade union group the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear) for six years and the vice-president of the aluminum union group of Baie-Comeau. Dufour was elected in the 2003 election in the riding of René-Lévesque and was named the opposition critic for labour. He announced his resignation from the legislature, citing health reasons, in September 2015.