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Anne Casabonne
Anne Casabonne (born January 9, 1970) is a Canadian actress and politician known for her roles as Claude Milonga in ''La Galère'', Annie Surprenant in ''Unité 9'', and Hélène in ''Complexe G''. Early life and career Casabonne lost both her parents at an early age; her father at 15, and her mother at 21. She is the sister of multidisciplinary artist Jean-François Casabonne. Casabonne studied at the Université du Québec à Montréal in Interpretive Dramatic Arts between 1988 and 1991. She first entered the acting world in the 1990s in the show ''Les Zigotos'' where she played, among others, the role of Nadine Trudeau and M.twit. She then played the role of Cléo in the popular youth show ''Macaroni tout garni'' which was broadcast on Télé-Québec. She played the role of Claude in the series ''La Galère'', which was broadcast from 2007 to 2013 on Ici Radio-Canada Télé. From 2013 to 2019, she played in the drama TV series ''Unité 9'', and in 2015 hosted ''Déco Top C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party Of Quebec
The Conservative Party of Quebec (CPQ; french: Parti conservateur du Québec (PCQ)) is a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. It was authorized on 25 March 2009 by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec. The CPQ has gradually run more candidates in successive elections, with 27 in the 2012 general election and 125 (all seats contested) in 2022. The party has not won a seat in the National Assembly of Quebec; however, under leader Éric Duhaime the CPQ won about 12.9% of the popular vote in the 2022 election, a major increase from prior elections. Previously on June 18, 2021 Claire Samson crossed the floor to join the party after having won election in 2018 as a candidate of the governing Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ). For the 2014 provincial election, the party used the name "Équipe Adrien Pouliot – Parti conservateur du Québec" ( en, Team Adrien Pouliot – Conservative Party of Quebec). For the 2022 provincial election, the party used the name "Parti conservate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machine Gun Molly (film)
''Machine Gun Molly'' (french: Monica la mitraille) is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Pierre Houle and released in 2004. Based on the life of Monica Proietti, the film stars Céline Bonnier as Monique Sparvieri, a woman in Montreal who despite the odds turns to and excels in, the primarily male dominated field that is, the life of bank robbery. The film's cast also includes Roy Dupuis, Patrick Huard, Marc Labrèche, Isabelle Blais, Luc Roy, Louis-Philippe Dury and Rémy Girard Plot Monique Sparvieri, oldest daughter to an impoverished Montreal family vows to find a way out of the ghetto which she calls home. After the abandonment of Michael, the love of her life, Monique finds herself alone yet again, once her second husband, Gaston, is sentenced to ten months in prison. While other girls her age were still fantasizing about their Prince Charming, and being married off into a better life, Monique took matters into her own hands. Her and her new love, Gerald Simard, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Births
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Élections Québec
Élections Québec is the independent office of the National Assembly of Quebec that oversees the administration of the electoral and referendum system in Quebec, Canada. It is led by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (french: Directeur général des élections du Québec; DGEQ). Chief Electoral Officer The Chief Electoral Officer designates both a person and a position. The current DGEQ is Pierre Reid, who also simultaneously serves as the president of '' Commission de la représentation électorale'' (Commission of Electoral Representation). The DGEQ is also responsible for providing electors with information and ensuring transparency in the Quebec political financing system. A former Chief Electoral Officer, Pierre F. Côté, became well known in Quebec for his warnings and reports on alleged financing and voting irregularities during the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum. List of Chief Electoral Officers of Quebec # Pierre F. Côté (May 25, 1978 – July 16, 1997) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Tyrrell
Alex Tyrrell (born 23 March 1988) is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the Green Party of Quebec since 2013. Early life and education Born in 1988, Tyrrell grew up in Beaconsfield on the West Island of Montreal. Following his secondary education, Tyrrell enrolled in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program at Montreal's Dawson College. During his technical studies at the CEGEP, he worked on the issues of biofuels and became involved in an advocacy campaign to finance a project of design of electric vehicles for the students of his department. In 2011, Tyrrell enrolled in an environmental science program at Concordia University in Montreal, focusing his studies to better understand the problems of pollution, the impacts of climate change, and issues related to the environment. During the course of his degree, Tyrrell studied the negative environmental impact of mining and resource extraction in Quebec. He graduated in June 2017. Social activism In spri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martine Ouellet
Martine Ouellet (born April 8, 1969) is a Canadian politician who served as leader of the Bloc Québécois from 2017 to 2018. She was the Minister of Natural Resources in the Quebec government from 2012 to 2014. Ouellet was first elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on July 5, 2010, representing the electoral district of Vachon, standing as a candidate for Parti Québécois."Parti Quebecois holds on to a Montreal-area riding in Quebec byelection" '''', July 5, 2010. On May 14, 2021, Ouell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climat Québec
Climat Québec is a minor political party in the Canadian province of Quebec founded in 2021 by former Marois cabinet minister and leader of the Bloc Québécois Martine Ouellet Martine Ouellet (born April 8, 1969) is a Canadian politician who served as leader of the Bloc Québécois from 2017 to 2018. She was the Minister of Natural Resources in the Quebec government from 2012 to 2014. Ouellet was first elected to the .... The party contested the Marie-Victorin by-election in April 2022, triggered by the resignation of Catherine Fournier, with Ouellet as its candidate. She received 1.9% of the vote, earning 6th place of 12 candidates in the by-election. Ideology Similarly to the Parti Québécois, which Ouellet was once part of, and Québec solidaire, Climat Québec positions itself on the centre-left of the Canadian political spectrum but intends to focus on the climate crisis and secession of Quebec from Canada. References Secessionist organizations in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Nantel
Pierre Nantel (born June 10, 1963) is a Canadian politician and a former member of the House of Commons of Canada. First elected in the 2011 federal election as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), he succeeded Jean Dorion of the Bloc Québécois in the district of Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher;. in the 2015 election, he was reelected in the redistributed riding of Longueuil—Saint-Hubert. Prior to being elected, Nantel was a researcher and television commentator, including a stint at Radio-Canada television. On August 16, 2019, the NDP dropped Nantel from its caucus, and as a candidate in the upcoming 2019 Canadian federal election, following revelations that he had been in private talks to run for another political party in the 2019 federal election. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Dorismond
Shirley Dorismond is a Canadian politician and former union leader and nurse, who represents the electoral district of Marie-Victorin in the National Assembly of Quebec. She is a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), winning a 2022 by-election following the resignation of the former MNA Catherine Fournier. She is the first CAQ MNA for Marie-Victorin, as the district had been a Parti Québécois (PQ) stronghold since its creation in 1980, with only a one-year gap in 1984 when the Liberal party won a byelection, until Fournier left the PQ in 2019. She previously worked as a nurse, and served as the vice-president of the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ), a union Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ... representing nearly 75,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Fournier (Canadian Politician)
Catherine Fournier (born 7 April 1992) is a Canadian politician, who was elected as mayor of Longueuil on November 7, 2021. She is the third female mayor in the city's history. She was previously member of the National Assembly of Quebec, having been elected in a by-election on December 5, 2016. She represented the electoral district of Marie-Victorin. Fournier was the youngest member of the National Assembly, and the youngest woman ever elected to that body. Originally elected as a member of the Parti Québécois, Fournier won a full term in 2018 even amid the PQ's meltdown in Greater Montreal; she was the only surviving PQ member from the metro area. However, she quit the PQ on March 11, 2019 to sit as an independent MNA. She believed the party had lost its way ideologically, though she still considers herself a committed sovereigntist. Before her election to the National Assembly, Fournier ran for the Bloc Québécois in the 2015 federal election in the riding of Montarville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30 Vies
''30 vies'' is a French-language Canadian television series directed by Fabienne Larouche, produced by Aetios Productions and broadcast between 10 January 2011 and 14 April 2016 on ICI Radio-Canada Télé Ici Radio-Canada Télé (formerly known as Télévision de Radio-Canada) is a Canadian French-language free-to-air television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as Société Radio-Canada), the national pub ..., with 4 episodes per week. Artist sues after TV show films Montreal building that he had tagged with graffiti. Awards References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trauma (Canadian TV Series)
''Trauma'' is a Canadian French language television medical drama series, which premiered January 5, 2010 – April 2, 2014 on Ici Radio-Canada Télé. The series is set in the trauma unit of the fictional Hôpital Saint-Arsène in Montreal, Quebec. Cast * Isabel Richer : Julie Lemieux * Gilbert Sicotte : Antoine Légaré * Jean-François Pichette : Mathieu Darveau * James Hyndman : Pierre Meilleur * Christian Bégin : David Roche * Pascale Montpetit : Diane Hevey * Stéphane Demers : Julien Léveillée * Laurence Leboeuf : Sophie Léveillée * Yan England : Étienne Labrie * Catherine De Léan : Caroline Lemelin * Maxime Le Flaguais : Éric Lanoue * Isabelle Blais : Véronique Bilodeau * Madeleine Péloquin : Martine Laliberté * Cristina Rosato : Amaro Giulia * Alice Morel-Michaud : Julie Lemieux (as child in flashbacks) Music For each season, all soundtrack music for the series has been provided by a noted pop singer from Quebec, who has recorded cover versions of famous pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
