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Aimé Langlois
Joseph-Victor-Aimé Langlois (; 6 December 1880 – 24 March 1954) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Langlois was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Langlois was born in Varennes, Quebec. From 1904, Langlois served as secretary-treasurer of Varennes. From 1918 to 1925, he managed his community's branch of the Provincial Bank of Canada. He married Regina Massue, a granddaughter of House of Commons member Louis Huet Massue of the Richelieu riding. He was first elected to Parliament at the Chambly—Verchères riding in the 1925 general election and re-elected there in 1926 In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the .... After completing his second term, the 16th Canadian Parliament, Langlois left federal politics and did not seek re-election in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varennes, Quebec
Varennes () is an off-island suburb of Montréal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River in the Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality. The city is approximately from Downtown Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 20,994. In 2015, the population is listed at 24,000. History The history of Varennes starts with the arrival of the ''Régiment de Carignan-Salières'' in New France. René Gaultier, ''sieur de Varennes'', was given three concessions by intendant Jean Talon in 1672, le Tremblay, la Gabelle and Varennes. Jaques-René, one of his sons, was the second seigneur of Varennes. Five seignories later composed the Varennes parish. They were the seignories ''du Cap de Varennes, de l'île Sainte Thérèse, de Grand Maison, du Cap de la trinité'' and ''du Cap Saint-Michel''. The town was captured by the British in 1760 during the Montreal Campaign. It was part of the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), then of Lower Canada, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 Canadian Federal Election
The 1926 Canadian federal election was held on September 14, 1926, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 16th Canadian Parliament, 16th Parliament of Canada.Ray Argyle, . ''Turning Points : The Campaigns that Changed Canada: 2004 and before'' (2004online pp.181-208. /ref> The election was called after an event known as the King–Byng affair. In the 1925 Canadian federal election, 1925 federal election, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party of Canada had won fewer seats in the House of Commons of Canada than the Conservative Party of Canada (1867-1942), Conservatives of Arthur Meighen. King, however, was determined to continue to govern with the support of the Progressive Party of Canada, Progressive Party. The combined Liberal and Progressive caucuses gave Mackenzie King a plurality of seats in the House of Commons, and the ability to form a minority government. The agreement collapsed, however, after a scandal, and King approached the go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Varennes, Quebec
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Members Of The House Of Commons Of Canada From Quebec
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Liberal Party Of Canada MPs
Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * Generally, a supporter of the political philosophy liberalism. Liberals may be politically left or right but tend to be centrist. * An adherent of a Liberal Party (See also Liberal parties by country) * Classical liberalism * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and media * '' El Liberal'', a Spanish newspaper published 1879–1936 * '' The Liberal'', a British political magazine published 2004–2012 * ''Liberalism'' (book), a 1927 book by Ludwig von Mises * "Liberal", a song by Band-Maid from the 2019 album '' Conqueror'' Places in the United States * Liberal, Indiana * Liberal, Kansas * Liberal, Missouri * Liberal, Oregon Religion * Religious liberalism * Liberal Christianity * Liberalism and progressivism within Islam * Liberal Judaism (other) People * Julia Liberal Liberal (born 1967), Spanish politician See also * * * Liberal arts (disambigua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Deaths
Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM. * January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed. * January 12 – 1954 Blons avalanches, Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200. * January 15 – Mau Mau rebellion, Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya. * January 17 – In Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties. * January 20 – The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 member radio stations. * January 21 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the , is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1880 Births
Events January *January 27 – Thomas Edison is granted a patent for the incandescent light bulb. Edison filed for a US patent for an electric lamp using "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected ... to platina contact wires." granted 27 January 1880 Although the patent described several ways of creating the carbon filament ,including using "cotton and linen thread, wood splints, papers coiled in various ways," Edison and his team later discovered that a carbonized bamboo filament could last more than 1200 hours. * January **The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy. **The Gokstad ship is found in Norway, the first Viking ship burial to be excavated. February * February 2 ** The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana. ** The first successful shipment of frozen mutton from Australia arrives in London, aboard the SS ''Strathleven''. * February 4 – The Black Donnelly Massa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Canadian Federal Election
The 1930 Canadian federal election was held on July 28, 1930, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons of the 17th Canadian Parliament, 17th Parliament of Canada. R. B. Bennett, Richard Bedford Bennett's Conservative Party of Canada (1867-1942), Conservative Party won a majority government, defeating the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party led by Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. 3,922,481 votes were cast in this election. Background The first signs of the Great Depression were clearly evident by the 1930 election, and Conservative party leader Richard Bennett campaigned on a platform of aggressive measures in order to combat it. Part of the reason for Bennett's success lay in the Liberals' own handling of the rising unemployment of 1930. Touting the Liberal formula as the reason for the economic prosperity of the 1920s, for example, left the Liberals carrying much of the responsibility, whether deserved or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Canadian Parliament
The 16th Canadian Parliament was in session from 9 December 1926, until 30 May 1930. The membership was set by the 1926 federal election on 14 September 1926, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1930 election. It was controlled by a Liberal Party minority under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and the 14th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Conservative Party, led briefly by Hugh Guthrie, and then by Richard Bedford Bennett. The Speaker was Rodolphe Lemieux. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1924-1933 for a list of the ridings in this parliament. There were four sessions of the 16th Parliament: List of members Following is a full list of members of the sixteenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district. Party leaders are ''italicized''. Cabinet ministers are in boldface. The Prime Minister is ''both''. The Speaker is indicated by "()". El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 Canadian Federal Election
The 1925 Canadian federal election was held on October 29, 1925, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 15th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative party took the most seats in the House of Commons, although not a majority. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party was invited to form a minority government. Unlike the Conservative party, King's Liberals had the conditional support of the many Farmer/Progressive MPs. The government fell the following year. Governor General Baron Byng of Vimy offered the Conservatives under Meighen a chance to form government. This too fell in short order. Byng's action in refusing King's request became the main issue of the 1926 election under the name " King–Byng Affair". Background The previous federal election in 1921 had seen Mackenzie King's Liberals fall narrowly short of winning a parliamentary majority, with Arthur Meighen's Conservatives falling to being the third-largest party, and the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chambly (federal Electoral District)
Chambly may refer to: Places * Chambly, Quebec, a city in Quebec, Canada * Chambly (federal electoral district), a defunct federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, replaced by Chambly-Borduas * Chambly—Borduas, a defunct federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada * Chambly (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Quebec * Chambly, Oise Chambly () is a Communes of France, commune in the Oise Departments of France, department in northern France. Chambly station has rail connections to Beauvais and Paris. History The medieval lordship of Chambly () was held by members of the Hous ..., a commune in France * Bassin-de-Chambly (English: Chambly Basin), a waterbody formed by an enlargement of the Richelieu River in Montérégie, Quebec, Canada Schools * Chambly Academy, a former high school in Saint-Lambert, Quebec * Chambly County High School, a former high school in Saint-Lambert, Quebec {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richelieu (federal Electoral District)
Richelieu () was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935. It was created by the ''British North America Act'', 1867 and was amalgamated into the Richelieu—Verchères electoral district in 1933. In 1968, a new electoral district was created under the same name which is now known as Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results By-election: On Mr. McCarthy's death, 23 September 1870 By-election: On Mr. Labelle's death, 3 August 1887 By-election: On Mr. Langevin's resignation By-election: On Mr. Bruneau being appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, 29 January 1907 By-election: On election being declared void, 29 April 1912 By-election: On Mr. Cardin's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 30 January 1924 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
