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L'Islet (provincial Electoral District)
L'Islet was a provincial electoral district in the province 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 and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada). Its final election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor electoral district was Montmagny-L'Islet. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly * Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault, Conservative Party (1867–1878) * Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis, Liberal (1878–1881) * Charles Marcotte, Conservative Party (1881–1886) * François-Gilbert Miville Dechene, Liberal (1886–1902) * Joseph-Édouard Caron, Liberal (1902–1912) * Joseph-Octave Morin, Conservative Party (1912–1916) * Élisée Theriault, Liberal (1916–1929) * Adélard Godbout, Liberal (1929–1936) * Joseph Bilodeau, Union Nationale (1936–1939) * Adélard Godbout, Liberal (1939–1948) * Fernand Lizot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area and the second-largest by Population of Canada by province and territory, population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois people, Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York (state), New York in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Marcotte
Charles Marcotte (November 1, 1844 – September 20, 1901) was a notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Islet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1881 to 1886 as a Conservative. He was born in Cap-Santé, Canada East, the son of Félix Marcotte and Marie Delage. Marcotte was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and qualified as a notary in 1865, setting up practice at L'Islet and then Deschambault. He was secretary for the school board at L'Islet from 1870 to 1882. Marcotte was mayor of Deschambault from 1876 to 1879. p. 57 He was married twice: to Céline Frenette in 1875 and later to Élise Matte. Marcotte was an unsuccessful candidate for L'Islet in the Quebe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Rousseau
André Rousseau, (January 12, 1911 – September 17, 2002), was an entrepreneur and politician in Quebec. He was the first to occupy the position of Minister of Industry and Commerce from July 5, 1960, to December 5, 1962, under the first Government of Jean Lesage. In 1950, Rousseau also founded Rousseau Metal inc., a Quebec company that is specialized in the manufacturing of storage systems. Biography The son of Lacasse Rousseau and Gabrielle Fafard, André Rousseau was born on January 12, 1911, in Saint-Lambert Quebec, on the South Shore (Montreal). He was the seventh child in a family of 14 (12 boys and 2 girls). He studied at the Soeurs de la Providence and at the Notre-Dame-du-Saint-Rosaire school in Montreal, the Sacre-CÅ“ur college in Montmagny and the Seminaire de Québec. His first wife was Cécile Collin, deceased in 1957, with whom he had 6 daughters and one adopted son. In 1959, he married Simone Ouellet who already had 4 children. At the young age of 16, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernand Lizotte
Fernand Lizotte (March 4, 1904 – August 28, 1996) was a Canadian politician and a five-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. Background He was born on March 4, 1904, in Lévis, Chaudière-Appalaches and became a physician. He was an Action libérale nationale activist in the 1930s. Federal politics He ran as a Reconstruction candidate in the federal district of Montmagny—L'Islet in the 1935 election and finished a distant third. Member of the provincial legislature Lizotte ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1948 election in the provincial district of L'Islet and defeated Liberal incumbent and Premier Adélard Godbout. He was re-elected in the 1952 and 1956 elections. He did not run for re-election in the 1960 election. He ran in the 1962 election and won against Liberal incumbent André Rousseau. He served as Deputy House Whip from 1963 to 1966. Lizotte was re-elected in the 1966 election. Cabinet Member He was appointed to the Cab ... [...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 be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Bilodeau
Joseph Bilodeau (August 9, 1900 РOctober 25, 1976) was a Canadian politician and a one-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. Background He was born on August 9, 1900, in Saint-Pamphile, Chaudi̬re-Appalaches and had a career as an attorney. Political career Bilodeau ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1936 election in the provincial district of L'Islet and defeated Liberal incumbent and Premier Ad̩lard Godbout. He was appointed to Premier Maurice Duplessis's Cabinet in 1936. He served as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Minister of Industry and Trade. He was defeated in the 1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to ... and 1944 elections. Death Bilodeau died on October 25, 1976. References 1900 births 1976 deaths Union Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adélard Godbout
Joseph-Adélard Godbout (September 24, 1892 – September 18, 1956) was a Canadian agronomist and politician. He served as the 15th premier of Quebec briefly in 1936, and again from 1939 to 1944. He served as leader of the Parti Libéral du Québec (PLQ). Youth and early career Adélard Godbout was born in Saint-Éloi. He was the son of Eugène Godbout, agriculturalist and Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 1921 to 1923, and Marie-Louise Duret. He studied at the Séminaire de Rimouski, the agricultural school of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and the Massachusetts Agricultural College, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. He then became teacher at the Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière agricultural school from 1918 to 1930. He was an agronomist for the Ministry of Agriculture from 1922 to 1925. Political career Member of the legislature Godbout became a Member of the legislature for the district of L'Islet in the Chaudière-Appalaches area, after he won a by-e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élisée Theriault
Élisée or Elisée is a masculine given name of French origin which may refer to: * Élisée Dionne (1828–1892), Canadian politician * Élisée Maclet (1881–1962), French Impressionist painter * Élisée Reclus (1830–1905), French geographer, writer and anarchist * Elisée Reverchon (1834–1914), French botanical collector * Eliseé Sou (born 1999), Burkinabé footballer * Élisée Thériault Élisée Thériault (January 11, 1884 – July 30, 1958) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Islet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1916 to 1929 as a Liberal. He was born in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamourask ... (1884–1958), Canadian lawyer and politician in Quebec See also * Élysée (other) {{given name French masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph-Édouard Caron
Joseph-Édouard Caron (10 January 1866 – 16 July 1930) was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th 16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. 16 is a composite number, and a square number, being 42 = 4 × 4. It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, its proper divisors being , , and . In English speech, ..., and 17th Legislative Assembly of Quebec representing the ridings of L'Islet and ÃŽles-de-la-Madeleine. From 1909 to 1929, he was the Minister of Agriculture. References * * 1866 births 1930 deaths Quebec Liberal Party MLCs Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Members of the Executive Council of Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Liberal Party
The Quebec Liberal Party (QLP; french: Parti libéral du Québec, PLQ) is a provincial political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955. The QLP has always been associated with the colour red; each of their main opponents in different eras have been generally associated with the colour blue. The QLP has traditionally supported a form of Quebec federalist ideology with nuanced Canadian nationalist tones that supports Quebec remaining within the Canadian federation, while also supporting reforms that would allow substantial autonomism in Quebec. In the context of federal Canadian politics,Haddow and Klassen 2006 ''Partisanship, Globalization, and Canadian Labour Market Policy''. University of Toronto Press. it is a more centrist party when compared to Conservative and Liberal parties in other provinces, such as the British Columbia Liberal Party. History Pre-Confederation The Liberal Party is descended from the Parti can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
