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Québec-Comté (provincial Electoral District)
Québec-Comté (or Quebec County) was a former provincial electoral district in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. It was located in the general area of Quebec County, one of the historic counties of Quebec. It elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. It was created for the 1867 election. Its final election was in 1962. It disappeared in the 1966 election and its successor electoral district was Chauveau. Members of the Legislative Assembly * Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Conservative Party (1867–1873) * Pierre Garneau, Conservative Party (1873–1878) * David Alexander Ross, Liberal (1878–1881) * Pierre Garneau, Conservative Party (1881–1886) * Thomas Chase Casgrain, Conservative Party (1886–1890) * Charles Fitzpatrick, Liberal (1890–1896) * Némèse Garneau, Liberal (1897–1901) * Cyril Fraser Delâge, Liberal (1901–1916) * Aurèle Leclerc, Liberal (1916–1923) * Ludger Bastien, Conservative Party (1924–1927) * Jose ...
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Capitale-Nationale
Capitale-Nationale (; en, National Capital region) is one of the 17 List of Quebec regions, administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's Communauté métropolitaine de Québec, metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,797.45 km2. It reported a total resident population of 729,997 as of the Canada 2016 Census, with Quebec City having 73.7 percent of the total. Prior to January 2000, it was known as the Québec administrative region. Administrative divisions Regional county municipalities Equivalent territory Independent parish municipality * Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Quebec, Notre-Dame-des-Anges Native People's Reserve * Wendake, Quebec, Wendake Major communities *Baie-Saint-Paul *Boischatel, Quebec, Boischatel *Donnacona, Quebec, Donnacona *L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, L'Ancienne-Lorette *La Malbaie *Lac-Beauport, Quebec, Lac-Beauport *Pont-Rouge *Quebec City (Quebec City, Ville de ...
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Charles Fitzpatrick
Sir Charles Fitzpatrick (December 19, 1851 – June 17, 1942) was a Canadian lawyer and politician, who served as the fifth Chief Justice of Canada. He was born in Quebec City, Canada East, to John Fitzpatrick and Mary Connolly. He studied at Laval University, earning his B.A. degree (1873) and LL.B degree (1876), earning the Dufferin Silver Medal.History of the Administration of the Earl of Dufferin in Canada'' by William Leggo, Toronto: Lovell Printing and Publishing Company (1878), pg. 877 Called to the bar of Quebec in 1876, he established his practice in Quebec City and later founded the law firm of Fitzpatrick & Taschereau. In 1885, he acted as chief counsel to Louis Riel who was on trial for leading the North-West Rebellion. Riel was found guilty and sentenced to death. Fitzpatrick entered politics in 1890, winning election to the Quebec Legislative Assembly in Québec-Comté electoral district. He was re-elected in 1892, but resigned in June 1896 to enter feder ...
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Action Libérale Nationale
The Action libérale nationale (ALN)('National Liberal Action') was a short-lived provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. It was founded during the Great Depression and led by Paul Gouin. The ALN played an important role in the foundation of the Union Nationale. Origin and beliefs The party was created in 1934 by dissidents from the Liberal Party of Quebec. It soon received the support of French Canadian nationalists as federal Liberal Member of Parliament Édouard Lacroix, Liberal Members of the Legislature Oscar Drouin and Philippe Hamel, and Québec City mayor Joseph-Ernest Grégoire. The ALN promoted social justice, nationalism and was not affiliated to any federal party. Its platform included the following proposals: * Farm credit; * Voluntary migration from cities to rural areas; * Rural electrification; * Nationalization of electricity; * Corporativism; * Electoral reform; Its ideology was influenced by the social doctrine of the Catholic Church promote ...
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Émilien Rochette
Émilien is a French masculine given name and may refer to: *Émilien of Nantes (died c. 725), French religious leader canonized as a saint *Émilien Allard (1915–1977), Canadian carillonneur, pianist, clarinetist, and composer *Émilien Amaury (1909-1977), French publishing magnate * Émilien-Benoît Bergès (born 1983), French road racing cyclist * Émilien Dumas (1804–1873), French scholar, paleontologist, and geologist *Émilien Jacquelin (born 1995), French biathlete * Émilien Lafrance (1911–1977), Canadian politician * Émilien Morissette (born 1927), Canadian politician *Émilien de Nieuwerkerke (1811–1892), French sculptor *Émilien Pelletier Émilien Pelletier (born September 13, 1945) is a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec. Pelletier was elected to represent the riding of Saint-Hyacinthe in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. He is a member ... (born 1945), Canadian politician * Émilien Viennet (born 1992), Frenc ...
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Jean-Jacques Bédard
Jean-Jacques is a French name, equivalent to "John James" in English. Since the second half of 18th century, Jean Jacques Rousseau was widely known as Jean Jacques. Notable people bearing this name include: Given name * Jean-Jacques Annaud (born 1943), French film director, screenwriter and producer * John James Audubon, born Jean-Jacques Rabin (1785–1851), American ornithologist and painter from Breton origin * Jean-Jacques Bertrand (1916–1973), Premier of Quebec, Canada * Jean-Jacques Burnel (born 1952), Franco-English musician, bassist * Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel (1811–1893), member of the Swiss Federal Council * Jean-Jacques Colin (1784-1865), French chemist * Jean-Jacques Conceição (born 1964), Angolan basketball player * Jean-Jacques De Gucht (born 1983), Flemish politician and member of Open VLD * Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758–1806), a leader of the Haïtian Revolution * Jean-Jacques Domoraud (born 1981), Côte d'Ivoire footballer * Jean-Jacques Goldman (born 1951), ...
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René Chaloult
René Chaloult (January 26, 1901 – December 20, 1978) was a nationalist politician in Quebec, Canada. Background He was born on January 26, 1901, in Quebec City. Political career Chaloult first won a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1936 election in the district of Kamouraska. In 1937, he and colleagues Oscar Drouin, Joseph-Ernest Grégoire, Philippe Hamel and Adolphe Marcoux left the Union Nationale. Chaloult joined the Liberals and won re-election in the 1939 election as the Member for the district of Lotbinière. During World War II, Chaloult opposed conscription. He won re-election as an Independent in Québec-Comté electoral district in the 1944 and 1948 elections, but was defeated in the 1952 election and in the district of Jonquière-Kénogami in the 1956 election. Chaloult retired to live at his summer home in Kamouraska. Each year on July 1, he would fly the Quebec flag outside his summer home at ...
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François-Xavier Bouchard
François-Xavier is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * François-Xavier Archambault (1841–1893), a lawyer and political figure in Quebec * François-Xavier Audouin (1765–1837), a French clergyman and politician during the French Revolution * François-Xavier Babineau (1825–1890), a Canadian Catholic priest * François-Xavier Bélanger (1833–1882), a French-Canadian naturalist and museum curator * François-Xavier Bellamy (born 1985), French philosopher and politician * François-Xavier Brunet (1868–1922), a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec * François-Xavier Cloutier (1848–1934), a Canadian Roman Catholic Bishop * François-Xavier de Donnea (born 1941), a Belgian politician * François-Xavier de Feller (1735–1802), a Belgian author * François-Xavier de Peretti, a French politician * François-Xavier Dulac (1841–1890), a farmer, merchant and political figure in Quebec * François-Xavier Dumorti ...
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Union Nationale (Quebec)
The Union nationale () was a conservative and nationalist provincial political party in Quebec, Canada, that identified with Québécois autonomism. It was created during the Great Depression and held power in Quebec from 1936 to 1939, and from 1944 to 1960 and from 1966 to 1970. The party was founded by Maurice Duplessis, who led it until his death in 1959. The party was often referred to in English as the National Union, especially when it was still an electoral force, by both the media and, at times, the party. History Origin The party started when the Action libérale nationale, a group of dissidents from the Quebec Liberal Party, formed a loose coalition with the Conservative Party of Quebec. In the 1935 Quebec election the two parties agreed to run only one candidate of either party in each riding. The Action libérale nationale (ALN) elected 26 out of 57 candidates and the Conservatives won 16 seats out of 33 districts. Conservative leader Maurice Duplessis became ...
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Adolphe Marcoux
Adolphe Marcoux (October 29, 1884 – September 10, 1951) was a physician and a nationalist politician in Quebec, Canada. Born in Beauport, Quebec, Marcoux won a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1936 election in the district of Québec-Comté. In 1937, he and colleagues René Chaloult, Oscar Drouin, Joseph-Ernest Grégoire and Philippe Hamel Philippe Hamel (October 12, 1884 – January 22, 1954) was a Quebec nationalism, nationalist and Progressivism, progressive politician in Quebec, Canada. Background He was born on October 12, 1884, in Quebec City. His father was Charles-Ant ... left the Union Nationale. Marcoux did not run for re-election in the 1939 election. References 1884 births 1951 deaths Politicians from Quebec City Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs {{Union-Nationale-Quebec-MNA-stub ...
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Francis Byrne (politician)
Francis Byrne (December 7, 1877 – March 28, 1938) was a politician in Quebec, serving as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. He was mayor of Charlesbourg, Quebec (today part of Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...) from 1921 to 1932, and mayor of Québec Ouest from 1932 to 1936. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in Québec-Comté electoral district in the 1935 election but lost in the 1936 election. External links * Quebec Liberal Party MNAs 1877 births 1938 deaths {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub ...
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Ludger Bastien
Ludger Bastien (October 18, 1879 - September 18, 1948) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Québec-Comté in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1924 to 1927. He was a member of the Conservative Party of Quebec. Born at Loretteville, Quebec, he was a member of the Wendat Nation from the neighbouring First Nations reserve at Wendake."Choice for Senate May Fall on Indian". ''The Globe and Mail'', December 28, 1933. Prior to his election to the legislature, he was president of the companies Bastien et Bastien and Bastien, Gagnon et Cloutier, and served as chief of Wendake from 1904 to 1917. He won the seat of Québec-Comté in a by-election in 1924, following the resignation from the legislature of Aurèle Leclerc, and was the first First Nations MLA ever elected to the provincial legislature. He served until 1927, when he was defeated in the 1927 provincial election. He ran for election to the legislature two more times, as a Conservative in ...
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