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Témiscouata (provincial Electoral District)
Témiscouata was a provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It was created for the 1867 Quebec general election, 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Its final election was in 1970 Quebec general election, 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 Quebec general election, 1973 election and its successor electoral district was Kamouraska-Témiscouata. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly * Michel Guillaume Baby (1861-1863) * Élie Mailloux, Conservative Party of Quebec (historical), Conservative Party (1867–1875) * Georges-Honoré Deschênes, Parti liberal du Quebec, Liberal – Conservative Party (1875–1890) * Charles-Eugène Pouliot, Liberal (1890–1892) * Napoléon Rioux, Conservative Party (1892–1897) * Félix-Alonzo Talbot, Liberal (1897–1900) * Napoléon Dion, Liberal (1900–1912) * Léo Bérubé, Conservative Party (1912–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bas-Saint-Laurent
The Bas-Saint-Laurent (Lower Saint-Lawrence), is an administrative region of Quebec located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The river widens at this place, later becoming a bay that discharges into the Atlantic Ocean and is often nicknamed ''"Bas-du-Fleuve"'' (Lower-River). The region is formed by eight regional county municipalities and 114 municipalities. In the south, it borders Maine of the United States, and the Canadian New Brunswick and the regions of Chaudière-Appalaches and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine. It had a population of 197,385 and a land area of as of the 2016 Census. The territory has evidence of human occupation since the Pleistocene by successive indigenous peoples. The historic First Nations occupied it all until European colonisation started in the late 17th century; France made land concessions to settlers under the Seigneurial system of New France to encourage colonization. However, development of this region was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix-Alonzo Talbot
Félix-Alonzo Talbot (January 9, 1860 – December 13, 1915) was a Canadian politician. Born in Cacouna, Canada East, Talbot studied in Cacouna, at the Laval Normal School in Quebec City, and at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean. He received a teaching certificate in 1884 and was a teacher in the Model School in Cacouna. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Témiscouata in 1897. A Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ..., he did not run in 1900 and was defeated in the 1904 election. He died in Cacouna in 1915. References 1860 births 1915 deaths People from Bas-Saint-Laurent Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Royal Military College Saint-Jean alumni {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Raymond
Joseph-Antoine Raymond (September 22, 1902 – April 18, 1975) was a Canadian politician and a four-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. Background He was born on September 22, 1902, near Kamouraska, Bas-Saint-Laurent and became a physician. Mayor Raymond served as Mayor of Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! from 1947 to 1964. Member of the legislature He ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1952 election in the provincial district of Témiscouata and won. He was re-elected in the 1956, 1960 and 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 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ... elections, but he did not run for re-election in the 1966 election. Death Raymond died on April 18, 1975. References 1902 births 1975 deaths Mayors of places in Quebec Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Pelletier (Quebec MLA) , Canadian actress
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André Pelletier or may refer to: * André Pelletier (Quebec MLA) (1898–1952), member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Témiscouata * André Pelletier (MNA) (born 1941), member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Abitibi-Est * André Pelletier (historian) (born 1937), French scholar of Roman history See also * Andrée Pelletier Andrée Pelletier (born August 24, 1951) is a Canadian actress, screenwriter and film director. As an actress, she is a five-time Canadian Film Award and Genie Award nominee, receiving nominations for Best Actress at the 29th Canadian Film Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Casgrain
Léon Casgrain (August 13, 1892 – November 5, 1967) was a Canadian politician and jurist from Quebec. Biography He was born on August 13, 1892 in Rivière-Ouelle and was an attorney. He ran as a Liberal candidate in 1927 for the district of Témiscouata and won. He was re-elected in the district of Rivière-du-Loup in 1931, 1935, 1936, 1939 (in Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup for that year only) and 1944. Casgrain was defeated in 1948 against Union Nationale candidate Roméo Gagné. He became Minister without Portfolio in 1939 and served as the province's Attorney General from 1942 to 1944. In 1948, he was appointed a puisne judge of the Superior Court of Quebec The Superior Court of Quebec (french: Cour supérieure du Québec) is a superior trial court in the Province of Quebec, in Canada. It consists of 157 judges who are appointed by the federal government. Appeals from this court are taken to the Qu ..., retiring in 1967. Casgrain died on November 5, 1967 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Langlais
Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius" (e.g. Jules César, the French name for Julius Caesar). It is the given name of: People with the name *Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer *Jules Abadie (1876–1953), French politician and surgeon *Jules Accorsi (born 1937), French football player and manager *Jules Adenis (1823–1900), French playwright and opera librettist *Jules Adler 1865–1952), French painter *Jules Asner (born 1968), American television personality *Jules Aimé Battandier (1848–1922), French botanist *Jules Bernard (born 2000), American basketball player *Jules Bianchi (1989–2015), French Formula One driver *Jules Breton (1827–1906), French Realist painter *Jules-André Brillant (1888–1973), Canadian entrepreneur *Jules Brunet (1838–1911), French Army general *Jules Charles-Roux (1841–1918), French businessman and politician *Jules Dewaquez (1899–1971), French footballer *Jules Marie Alphonse Jacques de Dixmu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Godbout
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin". Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is or Eugenie. , a common given name in parts of central and northern Europe, is also a variant of Eugene / Eugine. Other male foreign-language variants in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Eugène-Aduire Parrot
Louis-Eugène-Aduire Parrot (November 11, 1871 – November 18, 1948) was a Canadian physician and politician. Born in Sainte-Emmélie, near Lotbinière, Quebec, Parrot studied at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval. He became a physician in 1897 and practised general medicine in Deschaillons from 1897 to 1905. He did a surgery internship in Paris in 1905 and 1906. Returning to Quebec, he was a physician and surgeon in Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup) from 1907 to 1939. Parrot was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Témiscouata (provincial electoral district), Témiscouata in 1916. A Quebec Liberal Party, Liberal, he was acclaimed in 1919. He resigned in 1921. He was defeated as the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal candidate for the House of Commons of Canada in a 1924 by-election in Témiscouata (federal electoral district), Témiscouata losing to Jean-François Pouliot (politician), Jean-François Pouliot. He died in Quebec City in 1948. Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
