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Born in La Malbaie, Quebec , the son of Ferdinand Asselin and Eugénie Tremblay, he was called to the Quebec Bar in 1951. He was created Queen's Counse l in 1967. From 1957 to 1963, he was the Mayor of La Malbaie, Quebec . Asselin was first elected to the Canadian House Of Commons in the 1958 Election as a Progressive Conservative Member Of Parliament (MP) in the Diefenbaker sweep. He represented the riding of Charlevoix . Asselin was defeated in the 1962 Election . Despite no longer having a Seat , he was appointed to the position of Minister of Forestry in Diefenbaker's pre- 1963 Election Canadian Cabinet in the hope that he and the Tories would both win the upcoming election. He served for only a month until the defeat of the Conservatives and Asselin's failure to regain his seat. He returned to the House of Commons in the 1965 Election , and was re-elected in the 1968 Election . Prior to the 1972 Election , he accepted an appointment to the Canadian Senate . He sat in the body until 1990 when he was appointed Lieutenant Governor Of Quebec by Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn , on the advice of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney . In 1996 , he was made an Officer of the Order Of Canada . In 1992, he was given the right to use the title " The Right Honourable " which is granted for life and to very few eminent Canadians. REFERENCES
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