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Jean-François Bertrand
Jean-François Bertrand is a former Canadians, Canadian politician in Quebec, Canada. Bertrand served in the National Assembly of Quebec. Background He was born on June 22, 1946, in Cowansville, Quebec, and has a degree in political science from Université Laval. He is the son of politicians Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Jean-Jacques and Gabrielle Bertrand. Political career Member of the legislature Bertrand became an executive member of the Parti Québécois in 1974 and was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 1976 Quebec general election, 1976 election. He served as parliamentary secretary, parliamentary assistant and Deputy House Leader from 1978 to the 1981 Quebec general election, 1981 election. He was re-elected in 1981 and was appointed to Premier of Quebec, Premier René Lévesque's Executive Council of Quebec, Cabinet. He served as Minister of Communications, until his defeat in the 1985 Quebec general election, 1985 election. He also was the government's H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity and Canadian values. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Quebec City, Quebec
The Mayor of Quebec City (French: ''Maire de Québec'') has been the highest elected official of the Quebec City government since the incorporation of the city in 1832. List The following is a list of the mayors of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. , - ! colspan=2 , Name !! From !! To !! Duration !! Political party , - , 1 , , Elzéar Bédard , , May 1, 1833 , , March 31, 1834 , , 10 months and 30 days , , N/A , - , 2 , , René-Édouard Caron , , March 31, 1834 , , April 9, 1836 , , 2 years and 9 days , , N/A , - , , , René-Édouard Caron , , August 15, 1840 , , February 9, 1846 , , 5 years and 179 days , , N/A , - , 3 , , George O'Kill Stuart , , February 9, 1846 , , February 11, 1850 , , 4 years and 2 days , , N/A , - , 4 , , Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau , , February 11, 1850 , , February 14, 1853 , , 3 years and 3 days , , N/A , - , 5 , , Ulric-Joseph Tessier , , February 14, 1853 , , February 13, 1854 , , 364 days , , N/A , - , 6 , , Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloc Québécois Candidates For The Canadian House Of Commons
Bloc may refer to: Government and politics * Political bloc, a coalition of political parties * Trade bloc, a type of intergovernmental agreement * Voting bloc, a group of voters voting together * Black bloc, a tactic used by protesters who wear black clothing to conceal identities by making it difficult to distinguish between participants Other uses * Bloc (code school), an educational website * Bloc Hotels, a British hotel chain See also * * * Block (other) * Bloc Party, a band * Bloc party, a political party that is a constituent member of an electoral bloc * Bloc Québécois, a political party in Canada * Block voting, or bloc voting, types of electoral systems * Eastern Bloc, a former group of communist states during the Cold War * Western Bloc The Western Bloc, also known as the Capitalist Bloc, the Freedom Bloc, the Free Bloc, and the American Bloc, was an unofficial coalition of countries that were officially allied with the United States during the Cold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parti Québécois MNAs
Parti may refer to: *Parti (service), an online video platform, web hosting, livestreaming, and cloud services business. *Parti (surname), a Hungarian surname, and a list of people with the name * ''Parti'' (architecture), the organizing concepts behind an architect's design * *, a lake in Russia See also *Partie (other) *Party (other) *Partial (other) *Partita Partita (also ''partie'', ''partia'', ''parthia'', or ''parthie'') closely resemble the dance suites of the Baroque music, Baroque Period (and are often used synonymously with Suite (music), suites) with the addition of a prelude movement at the ... (also partie, partia, parthia, or parthie), a single-instrumental piece of music, or dance suite * Parti-coloured bat {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Births
1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1940s decade. Events January * January 6 – The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies of World War II recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four Allied-occupied Austria, occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 – Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Guy Lemieux
Jean-Guy is a given name. Notable people with the name include: In politics *Jean-Guy Allard (1948–2016), 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 (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 (1931–2022), 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] |
Fernand Dufour
Fernand is a masculine given name of French origin. The feminine form is Fernande. Fernand may refer to: People Given name * Fernand Augereau (1882–1958), French cyclist * Fernand Auwera (1929–2015), Belgian writer * Fernand Baldet (1885–1964), French astronomer * Fernand Berckelaers (1901– 1999), Belgian artist * Fernand Besnier (1894–1977), French cyclist * Fernand Boden (born 1943), Luxembourg politician * Fernand Bouisson (1874–1959), French politician * Fernand Braudel (1902–1985), French historian * Fernand Brouez (1861–1900), Belgian publisher * Fernand Buyle (1918–1992), Belgian footballer * Fernand Canelle (1882–1951), French footballer * Fernand Charpin (1887–1944), French actor * Fernand Collin (1897–1990), Belgian businessman * Fernand Cormon (1845–1924), French painter * Fernand Crommelynck (1886–1970), Belgian dramatist * Fernand David (1869–1935), French Minister of Agriculture * Fernand Decanali (1925–2017), French cyclis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanier (provincial Electoral District)
Vanier is a former provincial electoral district located in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, which elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. As of its final election, it included mostly western and central portions of Quebec City west of Quebec Autoroute 73. It was created for the 1973 election from parts of the riding of Saint-Sauveur. Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral district was Vanier-Les Rivières. Members of the National Assembly Election results , - , Liberal , Patrick Huot Patrick Huot (born April 9, 1975) is a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of Vanier in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. He is a member of the Quebec Liberal P ... , align="right", 13,077 , align="right", 38.33 , align="right", +14.14 , - , Liberal , Jean-Claude L'Abbée , align="right", 9,7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Paradis
Denis Paradis (born 1 April 1949) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brome—Missisquoi from 2015 until 2019 and previously from 1995 to 2006. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, Paradis was Minister of State for Financial Institutions from 2003 to 2004. His brother, Pierre Paradis, is a member of the National Assembly of Quebec and a provincial cabinet minister. The Paradis brothers are political allies. Early life and private career Paradis was born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree (1970) and a Bachelor of Civil Law degree (1975) from the University of Ottawa and was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1976. In 1985, he co-authored the book ''Régles de procédure devant les tribunaux administratifs''. After working as a partner in the firm Paradis-Poulin, he became the president of the Quebec Bar Association in 1993. In June 1993, he criticized the overcrowded state of some prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada (LPC; , ) is a federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism,McCall, Christina; Stephen Clarkson"Liberal Party". ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. and generally sits at the Centrism, centre to Centre-left politics, centre-left of the Politics of Canada, Canadian political spectrum, with their main rival, the Conservative Party of Canada, Conservative Party, positioned to their Right-wing politics, right and the New Democratic Party positioned to their Left-wing politics, left. The party is described as "big tent",PDF copy at UBC Press. practising "brokerage politics", attracting support from a broad spectrum of voters. The Liberal Party is the longest-serving and oldest active federal political party in the country, and has dominated th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brome—Missisquoi (federal Electoral District)
Brome—Missisquoi (; formerly known as Missisquoi) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1925. The original electoral district of Missiquoi existed from 1867 to 1925. Geography This riding, in the south of the province, extends along the Canada–US border between Montreal and Sherbrooke, straddling the Quebec regions of Montérégie and Estrie. Its main towns are Cowansville, Magog, and Brome Lake. The district includes the Regional County Municipality of Brome-Missisquoi, the municipalities of Saint-Sébastien, Henryville, Noyan, Clarenceville, Venise-en-Québec, Bromont, and the Regional County Municipality of Memphrémagog except Stanstead, Ayer's Cliff, North Hatley, Ogden, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Hatley and Stanstead Canton. Its population in 2006 was 92,591 and the area is 3,045 km2. The neighbouring ridings are Saint-Jean, Shefford, Richmond—Arthabaska, and Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
