Jules-André Brillant (30 June 1888 – 11 May 1973) was a French Canadian entrepreneur who was active in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec from 1920 to 1962.He founded an electrical power company in 1922, a telephone company in 1927 and a shipping company operating in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in 1929.He also owned a newspaper, two radio stations and a television broadcaster among other enterprises.He was active in politics, and openly admitted that this was a factor in his business success.After he retired his children took over the business empire, which soon fell apart, with the component companies sold to larger Canadian or American firms.