Lucien Dubuc

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Lucien Dubuc (November 29, 1877 – March 5, 1956) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and briefly a politician in Alberta. He was born in Saint Boniface, Manitoba, the son of Joseph Dubuc, a prominent politician and pioneer lawyer.

In 1905, Dubuc ran as an Independent for the Peace River seat in the Alberta Legislature. He defeated Liberal candidate James Cornwall, but the election was later overturned due to irregularities and questions about whether the vote was held. Dubuc took the matter to court to have the government recognize the result and avoid a new election. The court ruled they had no jurisdiction, so the dispute ended without a ruling on the outcome.

In 1912 he built a house in Edmonton and moved there, starting a legal practice. He was appointed to the district court bench in 1920 and, in 1924, became Chief Justice of Northern Alberta. He died in Edmonton on March 5, 1956; his obituary appeared in The Edmonton Journal on March 6, 1956. He had a son named André. A bust of Dubuc by Danek Mozdzenski stands on Edmonton's Victoria Promenade.