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1984 Parti Québécois Crisis
The Parti Québécois Crisis of 1984 was one of the most severe internal party crises in Quebec politics. Origins In September 1984, Progressive Conservative politician Brian Mulroney became Prime Minister of Canada, with the backing of many Parti Québécois (PQ) supporters. Tensions erupted between the more radical supporters of the PQ–including most of the so-called '' purs et durs'', or hardliners–and the more moderate ones over Premier René Lévesque’s decisions to: * shift toward a more conciliatory approach with the federal government over constitutional issues (a policy known as beau risque); * put the promotion of sovereignty on the back burner. In November 1984, six PQ Members of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNAs) resigned from the Cabinet. They were soon followed by other legislators who crossed the floor to sit as Independents. Consequences The PQ’s majority in the National Assembly almost completely vanished. It had started the term with 80 MNAs. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Politics
The politics of Quebec are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces, namely a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital of Quebec is Quebec City, where the Lieutenant Governor, Premier, the legislature, and cabinet reside. The unicameral legislature — the National Assembly of Quebec — has 125 members. Government is conducted based on the Westminster model. Political system The British-type parliamentarism based on the Westminster system was introduced in the Province of Lower Canada in 1791. The diagram at right represents the political system of Québec since the 1968 reform. Prior to this reform, the Parliament of Québec was bicameral. Lieutenant Governor * asks the leader of the majority party to form a government in which he will serve as Premier * enacts the laws adopted by the National Assembly * has the power to veto. Premier * appoints the members of the Cabinet and the heads of public corporations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Asselin
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French language, French-speaking countries. It is a variation of the Greek language, Greek name ''Andreas'', a short form of any of various compound names derived from ''andr-'' 'man, warrior'. The name is popular in Norway and Sweden. Cognate names Cognate names are: * Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: Andrei, Andrey * Breton language, Breton : Andrev * Canada, Canadian: André * Catalan language, Catalan: Andreu * Cz ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Laurin
Camille Laurin (May 6, 1922 – March 11, 1999) was a psychiatrist and ''Parti Québécois'' (PQ) politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. A MNA member for the riding of Bourget, he is considered the father of Quebec's language law known informally as "Bill 101". Biography Born in Charlemagne, Quebec, Laurin obtained a degree in psychiatry from the Université de Montréal where he came under the influence of the Roman Catholic priest, Lionel Groulx. After earning his degree, Laurin went to Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States, where he worked at the Boston State Hospital. Following a stint in Paris in 1957, he returned to practice in Quebec. In 1961, he authored the preface of the book ''Les fous crient au secours'', which described the conditions of psychiatric hospitals of the time. He was one of the early founders of the Quebec sovereignty movement. As a senior cabinet minister in the first PQ government elected in the 1976 Quebec election, he was the gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maisonneuve (provincial Electoral District)
Maisonneuve was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal (region), Montreal region of Quebec, Canada. It was created for the 1912 Quebec general election, 1912 election from part of Hochelaga (provincial electoral district), Hochelaga electoral district. Its final election was in 1985 Quebec general election, 1985. It disappeared in the 1989 Quebec general election, 1989 election and its successor electoral district was Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (electoral district), Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. It was named after the founder of Ville-Marie (now Montreal), Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly * Jérémie-Louis Décarie, Quebec Liberal Party, Liberal (1912–1919) * Adélard Laurendeau, Parti ouvrier (1919–1923) * Jean-Marie Pellerin, Conservative Party of Quebec (historical), Conservative Party (1923–1927) * William Tremblay (politician), William Tremblay, Parti Ouvrier (1927–1931) * Charles-Joseph Arcand, Liberal (1931 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Harel
Louise Harel (born April 22, 1946) is a Quebec politician. In 2005 she served as interim leader of the Parti Québécois following the resignation of Bernard Landry. She was also interim leader of the opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec. She represented the riding of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the Montreal region, and its predecessors, from 1981 to 2008. She ran for Mayor of Montreal as the representative of the Vision Montreal municipal political party in the 2009 election, but was defeated by incumbent Gérald Tremblay. In the 2013 Montreal election, Harel supported federalist Marcel Côté for mayor but failed to be elected to her own council seat. Life and career Harel was born in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec. She graduated in 1977 from the Université de Montréal with a law degree and was admitted to the bar in 1978. She worked at the national secretariat, the Centre des services sociaux de Montréal and the Social Development Council of Metropolitan M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière-du-Loup (electoral District)
Rivière-du-Loup is a former provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, which elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created for the 1931 Quebec general election, 1931 election from a portion of the electoral district of Témiscouata (provincial electoral district), Témiscouata. It disappeared in the 1939 Quebec general election, 1939 election and its successor electoral district was Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup; however, it was re-created for the 1944 Quebec general election, 1944 election. Its final general election was in 2008 Quebec general election, 2008; there was a by-election in 2009. It disappeared in the 2012 Quebec general election, 2012 election and the successor electoral district was Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly #Léon Casgrain, Quebec Liberal Party, Liberal (1931–1939) # did not exist (1939–1944), see Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup #Léon Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Boucher
Jules Boucher was a Canadian politician and a two-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec. Background He was born on June 8, 1933, in Sayabec, Bas-Saint-Laurent. He became a social worker in Riviere-du-Loup. Political career Boucher ran as a Parti Québécois candidate in the 1976 election against Liberal incumbent Paul Lafrance in the provincial district of Rivière-du-Loup and won. He was re-elected in the 1981 election. He served as Deputy House Leader from 1983 to 1984 and as parliamentary assistant from 1984 to 1985. During the Parti Québécois Crisis of 1984, Boucher crossed the floor. He sat as an Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ... by January 28, 1985. He did not run for re-election in the 1985 election. Death Boucher died o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parti Indépendantiste (1985)
The Parti indépendantiste (English: Independentist Party) was a provincial party which advocated Quebec sovereignty in Québec, Canada in the second half of the 1980s. Denis Monière Founded by Denis Monière in 1985, the party was established to promote the separation of Québec from Canada. It attracted a number of purs et durs supporters of the Parti Québécois (PQ), who believed the party was not taking a strong enough position in promoting the cause of Québec independence. Monière had previously been interim leader of the Parti nationaliste du Québec, a federal political party, following the resignation of the party’s founder. Monière was defeated in the 1984 Canadian election that brought Brian Mulroney to power. Under Monière's leadership, the ''Parti indépendantistes influence failed to gain momentum. The party received less than one percent of the vote in the 1985 election. Gilles Rhéaume Gilles Rhéaume became party leader in 1987. During his tenure, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deux-Montagnes (provincial Electoral District)
Deux-Montagnes is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It consists of the cities of Deux-Montagnes and Saint-Eustache. It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly Linguistic demographics *Francophone: 89.7% *Anglophone: 8.3% *Allophone: 2% Electoral results ^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ. , - , Liberal , Marie-France D'Aoust , align="right", 8,980 , align="right", 32.39 , align="right", +8.45 , - , - , - , - , Liberal , Paule Fortier , align="right", 8,183 , align="right", 23.94 , align="right", -14.05 , - , - , Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre De Bellefeuille
Pierre de Bellefeuille, OC (May 12, 1923 – September 30, 2015) was a Canadian politician and a two-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec. Background He was born on May 12, 1923, in Ottawa, Ontario. He became an accountant. Federal politics De Bellefeuille ran as a New Democratic Party candidate in the 1972 election in the federal district of Ahuntsic. He finished second against Liberal candidate Jeanne Sauvé. Member of the National Assembly He ran as a Parti Québécois candidate in the 1976 election against Liberal incumbent Jean-Paul L'Allier in the provincial district of Deux-Montagnes and won. He served as a parliamentary assistant from 1976 to 1984. He was re-elected in the 1981 election, but he crossed the floor during the Parti Québécois Crisis of 1984. He sat as an Independent by November 20, 1984, and became the only sitting Member of the Parti indépendantiste Parti may refer to: *Parti (surname), a Hungarian surname, and a list of people with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Parizeau
Jacques Parizeau (; August 9, 1930June 1, 2015) was a Canadian politician and Québécois economist who was a noted Quebec sovereigntist and the 26th premier of Quebec from September 26, 1994, to January 29, 1996. Early life and career Parizeau was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Germaine (née Biron) and Gérard Parizeau, from a family of wealth and privilege. Gérard Parizeau built one of Quebec’s great fortunes and one of the province’s largest financial firms from a brokerage he established in the 1930s. Jacques' great-grandfather was a founder of the Montreal ''Chambre de Commerce'' and his grandfather was a doctor of renown and a ''Chevalier'' of the ''Légion d’honneur.'' As a teenager, Parizeau had radical views and distributed leaflets for Communist Fred Rose's election campaigns. While sympathetic to the Labor-Progressive Party he never joined. His parents supported bilingualism and sent him to English summer camp. He attended Collège Stanislas, a Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Quebec General Election
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spain reopen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
