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Chicoutimi (provincial Electoral District)
Chicoutimi is a provincial electoral district in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located within the city of Saguenay and consists of part of the borough of Chicoutimi; it corresponds exactly to the territory of the former city of Chicoutimi prior to its February 18, 2002, amalgamation into the newly formed city of Saguenay. It was created for the 1912 election from a part of Chicoutimi-Saguenay electoral district. The riding has had the same boundaries since the 1988 redistribution. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly Election results , - , Liberal , Joan Simard , align="right", 12,128 , align="right", 41.61 , align="right", +4.63 , - , - , Liberal , André Harvey , align="right", 12,919 , align="right", 36.98 , align="right", , - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord
Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord (Saguenay and its Fjord) is a census division (CD) of Quebec, with geographical code 94. It consists of the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality and the territory equivalent to a regional county municipality An equivalent territory (french: territoire équivalent), formally known as territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (french: territoires équivalents à une MRC), is a territorial unit used by Statistics Canada and the Institut de la ... (TE) of Saguenay (which is a city and also a census subdivision). Prior to February 18, 2002, the separate municipalities that were amalgamated into the current city of Saguenay were all part of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality. The territory of the pre-2002 Le Fjord-du-Saguenay regional county municipality corresponded exactly to that of Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord census division. References Census divisions of Quebec {{Quebec-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Quebec General Election
The 2007 Quebec general election was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26, 2007 to elect members of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Premier Jean Charest managed to win a plurality of seats, but were reduced to a minority government, Quebec's first in 129 years, since the 1878 general election. The Action démocratique du Québec, in a major breakthrough, became the official opposition. The Parti Québécois was relegated to third-party status for the first time since the 1973 election. The Liberals won their lowest share of the popular vote since Confederation, and the PQ with their 28.35% of the votes cast won their lowest share since 1973 and their second lowest ever (ahead of only the 23.06% attained in their initial election campaign in 1970). Each of the three major parties won nearly one-third of the popular vote, the closest three-way split (in terms of popular vote) in Quebec electoral history until the 2012 election. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honoré Petit
Honoré Petit (January 26, 1847 – December 1, 1922) was a farmer, lumberman and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chicoutimi-Saguenay from 1892 to 1912 as a Conservative and Chicoutimi from 1912 to 1919 as a Liberal in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. He was born in Cap-Santé, Canada East, the son of Jean-Baptiste Petit and Marguerite Doré, and was educated at Cap-Santé, Neuville and Lévis. He worked for the Price lumber company for 26 years. Petit was mayor of Sainte-Anne-de-Chicoutimi and warden for Chicoutimi County. He was defeated by Onésime Côté when he ran for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1890. Petit was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1919. He died three years later in Chicoutimi Chicoutimi () is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and com ... at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustave Delisle
Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: *Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short cartoons * Gustav (''Zoids''), a transportation mecha in the ''Zoids'' fictional universe *Gustav, a character in ''Sesamstraße'' *Monsieur Gustav H., a leading character in ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' Weapons *Carl Gustav recoilless rifle, dubbed "the Gustav" by US soldiers *Schwerer Gustav, 800-mm German siege cannon used during World War II Other uses *Gustav (pigeon), a pigeon of the RAF pigeon service in WWII *Gustave (crocodile), a large male Nile crocodile in Burundi *Gustave, South Dakota *Hurricane Gustav (other), a name used for several tropical cyclones and storms *Gustav, a streetwear clothing brand See also *Gustav of Sweden (other) *Gustav Adolf (other) *Gustave Eiffel (other) * * *Gustavo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Larouche
Arthur Larouche (July 1, 1900 – July 10, 1968) was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA). Early life He was born on July 1, 1900, in Chicoutimi, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. Town politics Larouche served as a city councillor in Rivière-du-Moulin from 1932 to 1936. Member of the legislature He ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the district of Chicoutimi in the 1935 provincial election and won. Larouche joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. He resigned his seat and left provincial politics on April 13, 1938. He was succeeded by Antonio Talbot Antonio Talbot (May 29, 1900 – September 25, 1980) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. He once served as interim leader of the Union Nationale. Background He was born on May 29, 1900, in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec, near .... Mayor Larouche was the Mayor of Rivière-du-Moulin from 1952 to 1958. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Talbot
Antonio Talbot (May 29, 1900 – September 25, 1980) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. He once served as interim leader of the Union Nationale. Background He was born on May 29, 1900, in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec, near Montmagny, and was an attorney. Member of the legislature Talbot won a by-election in 1938 and became the Union Nationale member for the district of Chicoutimi. He was re-elected to seven straight terms in 1939, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1962. Cabinet Member He was also a Cabinet minister from 1944 to 1960 under former Premiers Maurice Duplessis, Paul Sauve and Antonio Barrette. Party Leader He replaced Yves Prévost as interim UN leader and leader of the Opposition after the latter had served in those capacities for a few months following the resignation of former Premier Antonio Barrette from the UN leadership. In September 1961, Daniel Johnson Sr. was elected as the new leader of the Union Nationale, thereby replaci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Noël Tremblay
Jean-Noël Tremblay, (7 June 1926 – 23 January 2020) was a Canadian politician, who made career at both the federal and the provincial levels. Member of Parliament Tremblay was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1958 Canadian federal election, 1958 election representing the Quebec riding of Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, Roberval and was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party. He lost re-election in 1962 Canadian federal election, 1962, when for the first time the Social Credit Party of Canada, Social Credit Party made a significant breakthrough in Quebec. Provincial politics He won a seat to the National Assembly of Quebec, representing Chicoutimi (provincial electoral district), Chicoutimi, in 1966 Quebec general election, 1966 and was a member of the Union Nationale (Canada), Union Nationale. From 1966 to 1970, Tremblay was the Minister of Cultural Affairs in the cabinets of Daniel Johnson, Sr and Jean-Jacques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Quebec Independence Referendum
The 1980 Quebec independence referendum was the first referendum in Quebec on the place of Quebec within Canada and whether Quebec should pursue a path toward sovereignty. The referendum was called by Quebec's Parti Québécois (PQ) government, which advocated secession from Canada. The province-wide referendum took place on May 20, and the proposal to pursue secession was defeated by a 59.56 percent to 40.44 percent margin. A second referendum on sovereignty, which was held in 1995, also rejected pursuing secession, albeit by a much smaller margin (50.58% to 49.42%). Background Quebec, a province in the Canadian Confederation since its foundation in 1867, has always been the sole majority French-speaking province. Long ruled by forces (such as the Union Nationale) that focused on affirmation of the province's French and Catholic identity within Canada, the province underwent a Quiet Revolution in the early 1960s. The Quiet Revolution was characterized by the effective secu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc-André Bédard (politician)
Marc-André Bédard (15 August 1935 – 25 November 2020) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Born in Lac-à-la-Croix, Quebec, Bédard served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1973 to 1985 and was Minister of Justice and Deputy Premier. Bédard was the father of politician Stéphane Bédard. Member of the legislature Bédard unsuccessfully ran as the Parti Québécois candidate to the National Assembly of Quebec in 1970 in the district of Chicoutimi, finishing a close third with 30% of the vote. He was elected in 1973 and was re-elected in 1976 and 1981. Cabinet member In 1976, Bédard was appointed to Premier René Lévesque's Cabinet. He was Quebec's longest-serving Minister of Justice from 26 November 1976 to 5 March 1984. From 1984 to 1985 he served as Deputy Premier of Quebec, and also as his party's House Leader. He did not run for re-election in 1985. As Minister of Justice, in 1981 Bédard ordered the inquest into the 1964 death of John Watkins, the Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parti Du Socialisme Chrétien
The Parti du socialisme chrétien (PSC) (known in English as the Christian Socialist Party) was a fringe political party in the Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. It fielded 103 candidates in the 1985 Quebec general election. Despite its name, the PSC had no connection with Canada's social democratic political tradition. It was established by Jacques Paquette, a former opioid use disorder, heroin addict who operated drug rehabilitation, drug treatment centres throughout Quebec in the 1980s. The party was primarily focused on drug issues, supporting both the legalization of cannabis (drug), cannabis and the introduction of the death penalty for traffickers in hard drugs. On one occasion, Paquette said that he would establish a leftist dictatorship in a "free Quebec" to remove heroin dealers from the province. He also promoted the use of handguns by citizen vigilantes to fight organized crime. Paquette ran in the 1985 election in Hull (provincial electoral district), Hull under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlottetown Accord
The Charlottetown Accord (french: Accord de Charlottetown) was a package of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada, proposed by the Canadian federal and provincial governments in 1992. It was submitted to a public referendum on October 26 and was defeated. Background The Statute of Westminster (1931) gave Canada legislative independence from the United Kingdom. Canada requested that the British North America Acts (the written portions of the Constitution of Canada) be exempted from the statute because the federal and provincial governments could not agree upon an amending formula for the acts. Negotiations between Ottawa and the provinces were finally successful in 1981, allowing Canada to patriate its constitution by passing the ''Canada Act 1982'', which included the ''Constitution Act, 1982'' and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and finally established an amending formula for the Canadian Constitution. These constitutional changes had the consent of all provincia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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