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Charles-Antoine-Ernest Gagnon
Charles-Antoine-Ernest Gagnon (December 4, 1846 – June 11, 1901) was a notary, author and political figure in Québec. He represented Kamouraska in the Legislative Assembly of Québec from 1878 to 1890 as a Liberal. He was born in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East, the son of Antoine Gagnon and Julie-Adèle Pelletier, who was the sister of Charles-Alphonse-Pantaléon Pelletier. He was educated at the Polyvalente st-Jérôme and was licensed as a notary in 1869, setting up practice at Rivière-Ouelle and later at Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is t .... Gagnon also served as secretary-treasurer for the municipality and for the school board. Gagnon married RaoulGagnon in 1870. He helped found the Québec newspaper ''L'Électeur'' in 1880. His election in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of Quebec
The Legislative Assembly of Quebec (French: ''Assemblée législative du Québec'') was the name of the lower house of Quebec's legislature from 1867 to December 31, 1968, when it was renamed the National Assembly of Quebec. At the same time, the upper house of the legislature, the Legislative Council, was abolished. Both were initially created by the Constitution Act, 1867. It was the Union Nationale government of Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand that passed the "Bill 90" legislation to abolish the upper house, but earlier attempts had been made by earlier governments. The presiding officer of the Assembly was known in French as ''orateur'', a literal translation of the English term, ''speaker''. When the Assembly was renamed so too was the title of its presiding officer, becoming known as the President. Today, Quebec has a unicameral legislature, whose single house is the National Assembly. The large chamber that housed the assembly is also known as ''le salon bleu'' (the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |