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Damase Masson
Damase is a personal name, the French-language counterpart of Damasus. Given name * Damase Boulanger, founder of the city of Alma, Quebec * Damase Bouvier (1929–1976), Canadian political figure *Damase Dufresne, Canadian politician * (1842–1904), founder of Val-Jalbert, Quebec * , French printer and publisher * Damase Parizeau (1841–1913), Quebec farmer, carpenter, lumber merchant and political figure * Damase Pierre-Louis (1894–1945), Haitian historian, statesman, author, journalist and diplomat * Damase Potvin, Quebec writer and journalist * Joseph-Damase Bégin (1900–1977), Quebec political figure * Damase Racine (1855–1921), Canadian merchant and political figure * Raymond Damase Ngollo (1936–2017), Congolese army officer Surname * (born 1930), French book publisher * Jean-Michel Damase (1928–2013), French classical composer See also * Pope Damasus I (305–384) * Pope Damasus II Pope Damasus II (; died 9 August 1048, born Poppo de' Curagnoni) was the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damasus (other)
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Damasus can refer to: * Pope Damasus I (330–384) or St. Damasus * Pope Damasus II (died 1048) * Damasus Scombrus, Greek orator from Tralles * ''Damasus'' (beetle), a genus of leaf beetle in the subfamily Eumolpinae * Damasus (canonist) (12th–13th centuries); see Bartholomew of Brescia * Damasus (mythology), a soldier on the Trojan side in the Trojan War * Damasus, king of Kourion on southern Cyprus in the 7th century BCE See also * Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma, Quebec
Alma (2021 Town population: 30,331; CA Population 33,018; UA Population 26,016) is a town in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Canadian province of Quebec. Geography Alma is located on the southeast coast of Lac Saint-Jean where it flows into the Saguenay River, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, approximately 175 km north of Quebec City. Alma is the seat of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality. Alma is the second city in population in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region after the city of Saguenay. Alma is the seat of the judicial district of Alma. History The present town of Alma was formed in 1962 from the merging of four villages: Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma. The oldest of the villages, St-Joseph-d'Alma, was founded in 1867 by Damase Boulanger. The area became an important industrial centre during the 1920s and 1930s with the construction of a hydro-electrical power station on the Grande-Décharge River, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damase Bouvier
Damase "Dan" David Bouvier (March 27, 1929 – July 7, 1976) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from singl ... from 1968 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in both government and opposition and also briefly as an Independent. References External linksLegislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs Independent Alberta MLAs 1929 births 1976 deaths Franco-Albertan people {{Alberta-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damase Dufresne
The Manitoba Social Credit Party ran 43 candidates in the 1953 Manitoba election, two of whom were elected. Some of these candidates are individual biography pages. Information about others may be found here. The 1953 Manitoba election was determined by instant-runoff voting in most constituencies. Three constituencies (Winnipeg Centre, Winnipeg North and Winnipeg South) returned four members by the single transferable vote (STV), with a 20% quota for election. St. Boniface elected two members by STV, with a 33% quota. The Social Credit campaign was organized by Orvis A. Kennedy and Peer Paynter, who had been responsible for the British Columbia Social Credit Party's upset victory in that province's 1952 election. While they managed to nominate a large number of candidates in Manitoba, they were unable to repeat their success. The party did not have an official leader. Eric Bailey was nominated as a Social Credit candidate in Virden, but withdrew before election day. Flor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val-Jalbert, Quebec
Val-Jalbert is a ghost town in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. It is located northwest of the town of Chambord. The village was founded in 1901 and soon saw success in the pulp mill created by Damase Jalbert at the base of the Ouiatchouan Falls. However, the success was fleeting as the abrupt closure of the mill in 1927 led the desertion of the entire village. It became a park in 1960. With over 70 original abandoned buildings, Val-Jalbert has been described as the best-preserved ghost town in Canada. Toponymy The village was founded by Damase Jalbert (1842–1904) which in 1901 also created the Ouiatchouan Pulp Company; that same year the village was first named Saint-Georges-de-Ouiatchouan, after the river that runs through it. It was later renamed Val-Jalbert in 1913 by the Chicoutimi Pulp Company in honour of its founder. History Company town Located between the borders of the municipalities of Chambord and Roberval, Val-Jalbert was founded i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damase Parizeau
Damase Parizeau (1841 – October 23, 1915) was a farmer, carpenter, lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Montréal division no. 3 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1892 to 1897 as a Conservative. His name also appears as Damase Dalpé dit Parizeau. He was born in Boucherville, Canada East, the son of Antoine Dalpé dit Parizeau and Aglaée Myette, and was educated there. In 1864, Parizeau married Marie-Geneviève Chartrand. He was president of the Workmen's Benefit Association. Parizeau helped found the Chambre de commerce in Montreal for French-speaking businessmen in the city in 1886 and served as its president. He also served as president of the agricultural society for Chambly County. He was defeated by Henri-Benjamin Rainville when he ran for reelection in 1897. He died in Montreal at the age of 74 and was buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery. Family Parizeau was the great-grandfather of Jacques Parizeau Jacques Parize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damase Pierre-Louis
Damase Pierre-Louis (1894–1945) was a Haitian historian, statesman, author, journalist and diplomat. Pierre-Louis was born in Borgne, northern Haiti. He worked as a teacher of English at the prestigious Collège Notre-Dame du Perpetuel Secours in Cap-Haitian, Haiti. He earned a law degree A law degree is an academic degree conferred for studies in law. Such degrees are generally preparation for legal careers. But while their curricula may be reviewed by legal authority, they do not confer a license themselves. A legal license is gra ... and was a lawyer as well. He also was a journalist and a diplomat, serving as the ambassador to France. He is best known for his political writing. He was candidate to senate for the department of North, Haiti in 1933. He died in prison in 1945. Selected works * Le President Borno et la Liberation du territoire (1924) * Les mensonges de notre democratie (1933) * Pouvoir et Politique (1934) References * Schutt-Ainé, Patricia; Staf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damase Potvin
Damase Potvin (born October 16, 1882 – 1964) was a writer and journalist born in Bagotville. He is the son of Charles Potvin and Julie Hudon. Biography He obtained his baccalauréat ès arts at the Séminaire de Chicoutimi where he contributed to the newspaper of the Institution L'Oiseau-Mouche, then enrolled, in 1894, in a business course. In 1903, he entered the White Fathers of Africa and unable to adapt to the climate of Algiers, he returned to the country in 1905. Subsequently, he opted for journalism and in 1905 founded the first newspaper in the Saguenay region, ''Le Travailleur''. He directed ''Le Progrès du Saguenay'' (1906) for a year. He will then move to Quebec where he will be assistant editor at ''La Semaine Commerciale'' and ''La Vérité'' then editor-in-chief at ''Quotidien'' in Lévis. He will then found ''Le Petit Québécois'' in which he will write controversial columns under the pseudonym of Jean Yves. In 1910, he moved to Montreal where he worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph-Damase Bégin
Joseph-Damase Bégin, also known as Jos-D. Bégin, was a Canadian politician and an eight-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. Background He was born on August 6, 1900 in Lac-Etchemin, Quebec and was a car dealer. Member of the legislature Bégin first won a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as an Action libérale nationale candidate in 1935 in the district of Dorchester. His party merged with the Conservative Party of Quebec to form the Union Nationale. Bégin won re-election in 1936, 1939, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956 and, with a substantially reduced margin, in 1960. Cabinet Member From 1940 to 1960, Bégin served as his party's campaign manager. He was appointed to Premier Maurice Duplessis's Cabinet in 1944. He did not run for re-election in 1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damase Racine
Damase Racine (May 28, 1855 – December 2, 1921) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Russell in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1905 to 1921. He was born in Crysler, Ontario North Stormont is a lower tier township in eastern Ontario, Canada in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. Communities The township of North Stormont comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communiti ... in 1855, the son of Jean-Baptiste Racine. He married Cora Benoit in 1899. He also served on the county council and as warden for Prescott and Russell Counties. Racine died in office in 1921. References * ''Histoire des Comtes Unis de Prescott et de Russell'', L. Brault (1963) * ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1919'', AJ Chambers External links * 1855 births 1921 deaths Franco-Ontarian people Ontario Liberal Party MPPs {{Liberal-Ontario-MPP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Damase Ngollo
Raymond Damase Ngollo (25 March 1936, in Ngabe – 9 August 2017) was a Congolese General. He was a member of the Military Committee of the Congolese Labour Party which briefly ruled the Republic of Congo between 18 March 1977 and 3 April 1977. Ngollo was a Minister of Defence and founded the Rally for Democracy and Republic Rally or rallye may refer to: Gatherings * Demonstration (political), a political rally, a political demonstration of support or protest, march, or parade * Pep rally, an event held at a United States school or college sporting event Sports ... (RDR).Lumumba-Kasongo, Tukumbi,Liberal democracy and its critics in Africa, Page 119 References 1936 births 2017 deaths Government ministers of the Republic of the Congo People from Pool Department Republic of the Congo military personnel {{Africa-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel Damase
Jean-Michel Damase (27 January 1928 – 21 April 2013) was a French pianist, conductor and composer of classical music. Career Damase was born in Bordeaux, the son of harpist Micheline Kahn. He was studying with Marcel Samuel-Rousseau at the age of five and composing by age nine.Greene, ''op. cit.'' He was admitted to the Conservatoire de Paris in 1940, studying with Alfred Cortot for piano, and won first prize for piano in 1943, afterwards studying with Henri Büsser, Marcel Dupré and Claude Delvincourt for composition – winning his first prize for composition in 1947, in which year he won the Grand Prix de Rome (In this year he wrote his trio for flute, viola and harp which has been recorded several times.) He made the first complete recording of Gabriel Fauré's nocturnes and barcarolles, for which he received the ''Grand Prix du Disque''. Selected compositions ;Orchestral *Symphony (1952)Lasser, *Serenade for strings (1959) ;Orchestrations *''La fille mal gardée'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
