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1936 Quebec General Election
The 1936 Quebec general election was held on August 17, 1936, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The '' Union Nationale'', led by Maurice Duplessis, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Adélard Godbout. This marked the end of slightly more than 39 consecutive years in power for the Liberals, who had governed Quebec since the 1897 election. This 1936 election had been called less than one year after the 1935 election after Liberal premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau resigned because of a scandal. He was replaced by Godbout as Liberal leader and premier. This was Duplessis's first term in office. After losing the subsequent 1939 election, he later won four more general elections in a row, and became the dominant politician of his time. It was also the ''Union Nationales first election, having been formed from a merger between the ''Action libérale nationale'' and the Quebec Conservative Party. Campaign Result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Legislative Assembly Of Quebec
The 20th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from August 17, 1936, to October 25, 1939. The Union Nationale led by Maurice Duplessis was the governing party for the first time ever. Seats per political party * After the 1936 elections Member list This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1936 election: Other elected MLAs Other MLAs were elected during the term in by-elections * Joseph-Emile Perron, Union Nationale, Beauce, March 17, 1937 * Philippe Adam, Union Nationale, Bagot, February 16, 1938 * Antonio Talbot, Union Nationale, Chicoutimi, May 25, 1938 * Louis Fitch, Union Nationale, Montréal-Saint-Louis, November 2, 1938 * Henri Gérin, Union Nationale, Stanstead, November 2, 1938 Cabinet Ministers * Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Maurice Duplessis * Agriculture: Bona Dussault * Mines, Hunting and Fishing: Onésime Gagnon (1936) ** Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Gazette
''The Gazette'', also known as the ''Montreal Gazette'', is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper which is owned by Postmedia Network. It is published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the only English-language daily newspaper currently published in Montreal. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of the 20th century. It is one of the French-speaking province's last two English-language dailies; the other is the ''Sherbrooke Record'', which serves the anglophone community in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships southeast of Montreal. Founded in 1778 by Fleury Mesplet, ''The Gazette'' is Quebec's oldest daily newspaper and the oldest continuously published newspaper in Canada. The oldest newspaper overall is the English-language ''Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph'', which was established in 1764 and is published weekly. History Fleury Mesplet founded a French-language weekly newspaper called ''La Gazette du c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlevoix—Saguenay (provincial Electoral District)
Charlevoix-Saguenay () was a former provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. It was created for the 1912 election from parts of the Charlevoix and Chicoutimi-Saguenay districts. Its final election was in 1944. It disappeared in the 1948 election and its successor electoral districts were Charlevoix Charlevoix ( , ) is a cultural and natural region in Quebec, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River as well as in the Laurentian Mountains area of the Canadian Shield. This dramatic landscape includes rolling terrain, fjords, headlands ... and Saguenay. Members of the Legislative Assembly * Pierre D'Auteuil, Conservative Party (1912–1919) * Philippe Dufour, Liberal (1919–1927) * Edgar Rochette, Liberal (1927–1936) * Arthur Leclerc Union Nationale (1936–1939) * Edgar Rochette, Liberal (1939–1944) * Arthur Leclerc, Union Nationale (1944-1948) External links Election results(National Assembly) Election results(Quebecpolitique.c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champlain (provincial Electoral District)
Champlain () is a provincial electoral riding in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada, which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the eastern portions of the city of Trois-Rivières as well as Saint-Tite, Saint-Maurice, Quebec, Saint-Maurice and Sainte-Thècle. Its boundaries have remained the same since the 1973 Quebec general election, 1973 election. However, the boundaries changed for the 2018 Quebec general election, 2018 election as it gained Hérouxville, Lac-aux-Sables, Notre-Dame-de-Montauban, Saint-Adelphe, Sainte-Thècle, Quebec, Sainte-Thècle, Saint-Séverin, Mauricie, Quebec, Saint-Séverin and Saint-Tite from Laviolette (provincial electoral district), Laviolette. It is named after the founder of Quebec City in 1608, Samuel de Champlain. It was created for the 1867 Quebec general election, 1867 election, and an electoral district of that name existed even earlier: see Champlain (Lower Canada) and Champlain (Province of Canada elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chambly (provincial Electoral District)
Chambly () is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Chambly and other smaller municipalities. It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. The lower house consisted of e ...). In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville to the newly created Montarville electoral district. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly Election results ^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ. , Liberal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brome (provincial Electoral District)
Brome was a provincial electoral district in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Its last election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 and its successor electoral district was Brome-Missisquoi. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly * Christopher Dunkin, Conservative Party (1867–1871) * William Warren Lynch, Conservative Party (1871–1889) * Rufus Nelson England, Conservative Party (1889–1897) * Henry Thomas Duffy, Liberal (1897–1903) * John Charles James Sarsfield McCorkill John Charles James Sarsfield McCorkill (31 August 1854 – 10 March 1920) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician. Born in Farnham, Quebec, the son of Robert McCorkill and Margaret Meighen, McCorkill was educated in Farnham and Saint-J ..., Liberal (1903–1906) * William Frederick Vilas, Liberal (1906–1917) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonaventure (provincial Electoral District)
Bonaventure () is a provincial electoral district in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located on the southern shore of the Gaspé Peninsula and encompasses several towns along the Baie des Chaleurs and the New Brunswick border. It notably includes the municipalities of Chandler, Carleton-sur-Mer, New Richmond, Paspébiac, Maria and Bonaventure. It was originally created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada). In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained Chandler from Gaspé electoral district. Linguistic demographics *Francophone: 84.4% *Anglophone: 13.8% *Allophone In phonology, an allophone (; from the Greek , , 'other' and , , 'voice, sound') is one of multiple possible spoken soundsor '' phones''used to pronounce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berthier (provincial Electoral District)
Berthier () is a provincial electoral district in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the municipalities of Lavaltrie, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Lanoraie, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Berthierville, Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Saint-Gabriel and Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon. It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada). In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Sainte-Mélanie to the Joliette Joliette () is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of G ... electoral district but gained Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare from that same electoral district. Membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellechasse (provincial Electoral District)
Bellechasse is a provincial electoral riding in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes a section of the city of Lévis as well as Saint-Henri, Saint-Anselme, Lac-Etchemin, Sainte-Claire, Beaumont, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Saint-Raphaël and Saint-Gervais. It was created for the 1867 election, and electoral districts of that name existed even earlier: see Bellechasse (Province of Canada) and Bellechasse (Lower Canada). In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained part of the Desjardins borough of the city of Lévis, namely the portion south of Quebec Autoroute 20 Autoroute 20 is a Quebec Autoroutes of Quebec, Autoroute, following the Saint Lawrence River through one of the more densely populated parts of Canada, with its central section forming the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway from the Quebec .... Members of the Legislative Assembly / Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauharnois (provincial Electoral District)
Beauharnois () is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district notably include the city of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. It was created in 2001 from parts of Beauharnois-Huntingdon, Châteauguay and Salaberry-Soulanges. In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged. An earlier version of the Beauharnois electoral district had been created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada). Its last election was in 1985. It disappeared in the 1989 election and its successor electoral district was Beauharnois-Huntingdon. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly Election results * Result compared to Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauce (provincial Electoral District)
Beauce () was a former provincial electoral district in the Chaudière-Appalaches and Estrie regions of Quebec, Canada. It elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec (earlier known as the Legislative Assembly of Quebec). It was created for the 1867 election, and electoral districts of that name existed even earlier: see Beauce (Province of Canada electoral district) and Beauce (Lower Canada). Its final election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor electoral districts were Beauce-Nord and Beauce-Sud. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly * Christian Henry Pozer, Liberal (1867–1874) * François-Xavier Dulac, Conservative Party (1874–1878) * Joseph Poirier, Liberal (1878–1881) * Jean Blanchet, Conservative Party (1881–1892) * Joseph Poirier, Conservative Party (1892–1897) * Henri Sévérin Béland, Liberal (1897–1902) * Arthur Godbout, Liberal (1902–1921) * Joseph-Hughes Fortier, Liberal (1921–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagot (provincial Electoral District)
Bagot was a former provincial electoral district in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec (earlier known as the Legislative Assembly of Quebec). It was created for the 1867 election, and an electoral district of that name existed even earlier: see Bagot (Province of Canada). Its final election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor electoral district was Johnson. Bagot was named in honour of British diplomat and former governor general of the United Province of Canada The Province of Canada (or the United Province of Canada or the United Canadas) was a British colony in British North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, in the Re ... from 1841 to 1843 Charles Bagot. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly * Pierre-Samuel Gendron, Conservative Party (1867–1876) * Flavien Dupont, Conservat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
