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Union Nationale Leadership Elections
This page lists the results of leadership elections held by the Union Nationale. Before 1961 leaders were chosen by the caucus. Leadership 1936-1961 The Union Nationale (UN) was formed at a caucus of Conservative Party of Quebec and Action libérale nationale MLAs on June 20, 1936. Conservative leader Maurice Duplessis was chosen leader of this new party. Duplessis led the party until his death on September 7, 1959. On September 10 the caucus elected Paul Sauvé as leader and became premier the following day. Sauve in turn died on January 2, 1960. Antonio Barrette was elected by the caucus on January 7 as leader and became premier the next day. Following the UN's defeat in the 1960 general election Barette resigned as UN leader on September 15, 1960. The caucus elected Yves Prévost as interim leader the following day. He resigned on January 11, 1961, and was succeeded as interim leader by Antonio Talbot. 1961 leadership convention (Held September 23, 1961) *Daniel Johnso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leadership Convention
{{Politics of Canada In Canadian politics, a leadership convention is held by a political party when the party needs to choose a leader due to a vacancy or a challenge to the incumbent leader. Overview In Canada, leaders of a party generally remains that party's ''de facto'' candidate for Prime Minister until they die, resign, or are dismissed by the party. In the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) and some provincial NDPs, the position of party leader was treated as all other positions on the party's executive committee, and open for election at party conventions generally held every two years although incumbent leaders rarely face more than token opposition. Usually, outgoing leaders retains the party leadership until their successor is chosen at a leadership convention. However, in some circumstances, such as the death or immediate resignation of a leader, that is not possible, and an interim leader is appointed by the party for the duration of the leadership campaign. In a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Guy Cardinal
Jean-Guy Cardinal (March 10, 1925 – March 16, 1979) was Deputy Premier of Quebec, Canada. Early life He was born on March 10, 1925, in Montreal, Quebec. Union Nationale Cardinal was a supporter of the Union Nationale. He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec and to Daniel Johnson Sr.'s Cabinet in 1967 when became Minister of Education; in 1968, he became Deputy Premier. Less than a year later, Premier Johnson died. Cardinal won a by-election and took over Johnson's seat to the National Assembly of Quebec. However, he lost his bid to become his party's leader against Jean-Jacques Bertrand on June 21, 1969. Cardinal won re-election to the legislature in 1970, but did not run for re-election in 1973. Parti Québécois In the subsequent years, Cardinal joined the Parti Québécois and was joined by many of his former colleagues from the Union Nationale such as Antonio Flamand, Raynald Fréchette and Jérôme Proulx. In 1976, he was returned to the legislat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois (; ; PQ) is a sovereignist and social democratic provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. The PQ advocates national sovereignty for Quebec involving independence of the province of Quebec from Canada and establishing a sovereign state. The PQ has also promoted the possibility of maintaining a loose political and economic sovereignty-association between Quebec and Canada. The party traditionally has support from the labour movement, but unlike most other social democratic parties, its ties with organized labour are informal. Members and supporters of the PQ are nicknamed ''péquistes'' (), a French word derived from the pronunciation of the party's initials in Quebec French. The party is an associate member of COPPPAL. The party has strong informal ties to the Bloc Québécois (BQ, whose members are known as "Bloquistes"), the federal party that has also advocated for the secession of Quebec from Canada, but the two are not linked organizationally. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossed The Floor
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William Shaw (Quebec Politician)
Frederick William "Bill" Shaw (October 13, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. Background He was born on October 13, 1932 in Montreal and was a dentist. He served in the Canadian Army in the 1950s. He graduated as an oral surgeon from McGill University in 1958. Before he ran for office, he was a Progressive Conservative activist. He co-authored ''Partition, The Price of Quebec's Independence'' in 1980. He moved to Ontario in 2010 after retiring and died in Port Perry on May 26, 2018. Provincial politics Shaw unsuccessfully ran as a Union Nationale candidate to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 1970 election in the district of Robert-Baldwin, finishing a distant third. He was a leadership candidate to the party convention, held on May 22 and 23, 1976. He lost to Rodrigue Biron. Shaw ran again for a seat to the legislature and won in the 1976 election in the district of Pointe-Claire, with 45% of the vote. By February 18, 1978, he sat as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Guy Leboeuf
Jean-Guy is a given name. Notable people with the name include: In politics *Jean-Guy Allard (born 1948), Canadian journalist for ''Le Journal de Montréal'' and ''Le Journal de Québec'' *Jean-Guy Cardinal (1925–1979), nationalist politician in Quebec, Canada *Jean-Guy Carignan BA, MBA (born 1941), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 2000 to 2004 *Jean-Guy Chrétien (born 1946), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2000 *Jean-Guy Dagenais (born 1950), Canadian politician from Quebec * Jean-Guy Deschamps, former politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada * Jean-Guy Dubé, Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the 2008 Canadian federal election * Jean-Guy Dubois (born 1948), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons *Jean-Guy Guilbault (born 1931), member of the House of Commons of Canada * Jean-Guy Hudon (born 1941), Progressive Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons *Jean-Guy Laforest (born 1944), business owner and former politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Nepveu
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are ''gari'' > ''ger-'' (meaning 'spear') and -''hard'' (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). Common forms of the name are Gerard (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Polish and Catalan); Gerrard (English, Scottish, Irish); Gerardo (Italian, and Spanish); Geraldo (Portuguese); Gherardo (Italian); Gherardi (Northern Italian, now only a surname); Gérard (variant forms ''Girard'' and ''Guérard'', now only surnames, French); Gearóid (Irish); Gerhardt and Gerhart/Gerhard/Gerhardus (German, Dutch, and Afrikaans); Gellért ( Hungarian); Gerardas (Lithuanian) and Gerards/Ģirts ( Latvian); Γεράρδης (Greece). A few abbreviated forms are Gerry and Jerry (English); Gerd (German) and Gert (Afrikaans and Dutch); Gerrit (Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Tétreault
Jacques Tétreault (8 April 1929 – 20 August 2018) was a Canadian politician and lawyer who was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. His background was in law. He was elected in the 1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 federal election at the Laval Centre, Laval-des-Rapides electoral district for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative party. He served in the 34th Canadian Parliament but did not seek another term in Parliament in the 1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 federal election. Tétrault had also previously served as mayor of Laval, Quebec, Laval between 1965 and 1973. He also was a leadership candidate for the Union Nationale (Quebec), Union Nationale in May 1976, but was defeated by Rodrigue Biron. A street near the Montmorency (Montreal Metro), Montmorency metro station in Laval is named after him. References * External links * 1929 births 2018 deaths French Quebecers Lawyers from Montreal M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigue Biron
Rodrigue Biron (born September 8, 1934) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was leader of the Union Nationale political party from 1976 to 1980, when he joined the Parti Québécois (PQ). He served as Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism in the PQ government. Background Biron was manager of his family’s sewer pipe factory in Sainte-Croix, Quebec. He and his wife Huguette Dionne have had three children. His father Paul ran as the Liberal candidate for Lotbinière in the 1958 federal election. Biron's late brother Paul Jr. (1933-2015) was a perennial candidate in provincial politics who has run under different labels including Parti Québécois in the Lévis in 1970 and Parti démocratie chrétienne du Québec, which was renamed Parti Unité Nationale in 2012. Prior to entering provincial politics, Rodrigue Biron had been a card-carrying supporter of the Liberal Party of Quebec. He also served as Chair of the federal Liberal Association for Lotbinière in 1962. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Bellemare
Maurice Bellemare, (8 June 1912 – 15 June 1989) was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was known as ''Le Vieux Lion de la Politique Québécoise'' (The Old Lion of Quebec Politics) because of his colourful style and his many years of public office. Bellemare was one of the last survivors of the Union Nationale party. Member of the legislature Born in Grand-Mère, Quebec, Bellemare served seven consecutive terms as Member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of Champlain in the Mauricie area. He was a member of the Union nationale and first was elected in the 1944 provincial election at the age of 32, when Maurice Duplessis was put back in office as Premier of Quebec. Gaining influence Bellemare served as the Deputy Government House Whip, from the 1948 provincial election to 1953, and as the Government House Whip, from 1953 to 1959. He also was the mayor of Saint-Jean-des-Piles, a small town in the Mauricie area, from 1954 to 1957. After the Duplessis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Sévigny (politician)
Joseph Pierre Albert Sévigny, PC, OC, CD, VM, ED (September 12, 1917 – March 20, 2004) was a Canadian soldier, author, politician, and academic. He is best known for his involvement in the Munsinger Affair. Life and career Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Albert Sévigny, the Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada in 1916, he graduated from Université Laval and Columbia University. He briefly attempted to pursue a career in acting, even being given a screen test by MGM in 1935, but instead returned to Canada to work in real estate, construction and in the import-export business. He also wrote fiction for ''The Saturday Evening Post'' under the pen name Peter Maple.Pierre Sévigny '' The Gazette'', Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Beaulieu (Canadian Senator)
Mario Beaulieu (February 1, 1930 – October 12, 1998) was a Canadian notary, politician and senator. Early life and career Born in Plantagenet, Ontario, the son of Henri de Montpellier Beaulieu and Berthe Lalonde, he was educated in Montreal and became a notary in 1956. He ran unsuccessfully for the National Assembly of Quebec as a Union Nationale candidate for the riding of Montréal-Laurier in 1962. In 1966, he was the President of the Union Nationale's electoral campaign and was the Chief of Staff to Premier Daniel Johnson and Deputy Minister of Executive Council from 1966 to 1968. In 1968, he was the General Director of the Union Nationale. He was elected in a March 1969 by-election in the riding of Dorion and was appointed Minister of Immigration in Jean-Jacques Bertrand's cabinet, in which he served until 1970. From 1969 to 1970, he was the Minister of Finance. He was defeated in the 1970 election. He ran unsuccessfully in 1971 for the leadership of the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
