Hon. Eugene Aubrey Pyfrom Dupuch, CBE, QC (7 December 1912 - 23 September 1981) was a Bahamian journalist, lawyer, Member of Parliament, and Cabinet Minister.
Dupuch was the son of Leon Dupuch, founder of the Tribune newspaper, and his second wife, Mary Ethelinda Pyfrom. Leon Dupuch's first wife died in childbirth and Eugene had four older half-siblings, including Sir Etienne Dupuch.
Eugene attended Queens College and graduated from Saint John's University (Minnesota) in BA in 1934. [1]
He became an assistant editor at the Tribune and married Gladys Black, a staff reporter at paper. [2] However, she died nine months after their marriage. [3] [4]
In 1943, he famously covered the Sir Harry Oakes murder trial, his report later being turned into a book.
In 1944, Dupuch enrolled in law school at University of Toronto, Ontario.
In 1948, he was called to the English Bar at Lincoln's Inn [5] and became a member of the Bahamas Bar in January 1949. [6]
Dupuch and future Governor-General of the Bahamas Orville Turnquest were partners in the law firm, Dupuch and Turnquest. [7]
In 1964, Dupuch was appointed one of Her Majesty’s Counsel (QC) [8] and acted as a judge of the Supreme Court of the Bahamas in 1976. He also served as president of the Bar Association and chairman of the Bar Council.
Dupuch served for more than 15 years in the House of Assembly and on the Executive Council from 1952 to 1964.
He was at various times, Acting Attorney-General, [9] Minister of Welfare, [10] one of the delegates to the first constitutional conference in 1963, Acting Premier, [11] Minister without Portfolio, [12] and Opposition Leader in the Senate of the Bahamas from 1967 to 1968.
In 1957, Dupuch was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. [13] In 1964, Dupuch was appointed Queen's Counsel. [8]
On 23 September 1981, Dupuch died of a heart attack. He was 68. He was survived by his second wife, Dorothea, and son Peter.
In September 1998, the Eugene Dupuch Law School was named after him.
Smoky Joe Says
Johnnie Fight Song, St John's University's fight song (1932) [14]
Three Bahamians were called to the English Bar in London on November 17... Mr Eugene Dupuch to Lincoln's Inn.
The Bahamas Bar is richer by two barristers admitted on January 12 [1949] at the opening of the January sessions of the Supreme Court. They are Mr. Eugene Dupuch BA LL.B and Mr. Harry Sands. Mr Dupuch, a former member of the staff of the Nassau Tribune, was called to the English Bar at Lincoln's Inn on November 17, 1948.
Eugene Dupuch, who was Minister for Welfare in the last Government
Three ministers without portfolio, G. A. D. Johnstone, Joseph Albury, and Eugene Dupuch, have been named but their assignments not yet determined.
Hon. Eugene Aubrey Pyfrom Dupuch, CBE, QC (7 December 1912 - 23 September 1981) was a Bahamian journalist, lawyer, Member of Parliament, and Cabinet Minister.
Dupuch was the son of Leon Dupuch, founder of the Tribune newspaper, and his second wife, Mary Ethelinda Pyfrom. Leon Dupuch's first wife died in childbirth and Eugene had four older half-siblings, including Sir Etienne Dupuch.
Eugene attended Queens College and graduated from Saint John's University (Minnesota) in BA in 1934. [1]
He became an assistant editor at the Tribune and married Gladys Black, a staff reporter at paper. [2] However, she died nine months after their marriage. [3] [4]
In 1943, he famously covered the Sir Harry Oakes murder trial, his report later being turned into a book.
In 1944, Dupuch enrolled in law school at University of Toronto, Ontario.
In 1948, he was called to the English Bar at Lincoln's Inn [5] and became a member of the Bahamas Bar in January 1949. [6]
Dupuch and future Governor-General of the Bahamas Orville Turnquest were partners in the law firm, Dupuch and Turnquest. [7]
In 1964, Dupuch was appointed one of Her Majesty’s Counsel (QC) [8] and acted as a judge of the Supreme Court of the Bahamas in 1976. He also served as president of the Bar Association and chairman of the Bar Council.
Dupuch served for more than 15 years in the House of Assembly and on the Executive Council from 1952 to 1964.
He was at various times, Acting Attorney-General, [9] Minister of Welfare, [10] one of the delegates to the first constitutional conference in 1963, Acting Premier, [11] Minister without Portfolio, [12] and Opposition Leader in the Senate of the Bahamas from 1967 to 1968.
In 1957, Dupuch was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. [13] In 1964, Dupuch was appointed Queen's Counsel. [8]
On 23 September 1981, Dupuch died of a heart attack. He was 68. He was survived by his second wife, Dorothea, and son Peter.
In September 1998, the Eugene Dupuch Law School was named after him.
Smoky Joe Says
Johnnie Fight Song, St John's University's fight song (1932) [14]
Three Bahamians were called to the English Bar in London on November 17... Mr Eugene Dupuch to Lincoln's Inn.
The Bahamas Bar is richer by two barristers admitted on January 12 [1949] at the opening of the January sessions of the Supreme Court. They are Mr. Eugene Dupuch BA LL.B and Mr. Harry Sands. Mr Dupuch, a former member of the staff of the Nassau Tribune, was called to the English Bar at Lincoln's Inn on November 17, 1948.
Eugene Dupuch, who was Minister for Welfare in the last Government
Three ministers without portfolio, G. A. D. Johnstone, Joseph Albury, and Eugene Dupuch, have been named but their assignments not yet determined.