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Témiscouata (provincial Electoral District)
Témiscouata () was a provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent 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 final election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor electoral district was Kamouraska-Témiscouata. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly * Michel Guillaume Baby (1861-1863) * Élie Mailloux, Conservative Party (1867–1875) * Georges-Honoré Deschênes, Liberal – Conservative Party (1875–1890) * Charles-Eugène Pouliot, Liberal (1890–1892) * Napoléon Rioux, Conservative Party (1892–1897) * Félix-Alonzo Talbot, Liberal (1897–1900) * Napoléon Dion, Liberal (1900–1912) * Léo Bérubé, Conservative Party (1912–1916) * Louis-Eugène-Aduire Parrot, Liberal (1916–1921) * Eugène Godbout, Liberal (1921–1923) * Jules Langlais, Conservative Party (192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bas-Saint-Laurent
The Bas-Saint-Laurent (, 'Lower Saint-Lawrence) is an administrative region of Quebec located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The river widens at this place, later becoming a bay that discharges into the Atlantic Ocean and is often nicknamed ''"Bas-du-Fleuve"'' (Lower-River). The region is formed by eight regional county municipality, regional county municipalities and 114 types of municipalities in Quebec, municipalities. In the south, it borders Maine of the United States, and the Canadian New Brunswick and the regions of Chaudière-Appalaches and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine. It had a population of 199,039 and a land area of as of the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 census. The territory has evidence of human occupation since the Pleistocene by successive indigenous peoples. The historic First Nations in Canada, First Nations occupied it all until European colonisation started in the late 17th century; France made land concessions to settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix-Alonzo Talbot
Félix-Alonzo Talbot (January 9, 1860 – December 13, 1915) was a Canadian politician. Born in Cacouna, Canada East, Talbot studied in Cacouna, at the Laval Normal School in Quebec City, and at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean. He received a teaching certificate in 1884 and was a teacher in the Model School in Cacouna. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the authority, legal authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with th ... for Témiscouata in 1897. A Liberal, he did not run in 1900 and was defeated in the 1904 election. He died in Cacouna in 1915. References 1860 births 1915 deaths Politicians from Bas-Saint-Laurent Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Royal Military College Saint-Jean alumni 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec {{Liberal-Quebe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Raymond
Joseph-Antoine Raymond (September 22, 1902 – April 18, 1975) was a Canadian politician and a four-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. Background He was born on September 22, 1902, near Kamouraska, Bas-Saint-Laurent and became a physician. Mayor Raymond served as Mayor of Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! from 1947 to 1964. Member of the legislature He ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1952 election in the provincial district of Témiscouata and won. He was re-elected in the 1956, 1960 and 1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ... elections, but he did not run for re-election in the 1966 election. Death Raymond died on April 18, 1975. References 1902 births 1975 deaths 20th-century mayors of places in Quebec Union Nationale (Quebe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Pelletier (Quebec MLA) , Canadian actress
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André Pelletier or may refer to: * André Pelletier (Quebec MLA) (1898–1952), member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Témiscouata * André Pelletier (MNA) (born 1941), member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Abitibi-Est * André Pelletier (historian) (born 1937), French scholar of Roman history See also * Andrée Pelletier Andrée Pelletier (born August 24, 1951) is a Canadian actress, screenwriter and film director. As an actress, she is a five-time Canadian Film Award and Genie Award nominee, receiving nominations for Best Actress at the 29th Canadian Film Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Nationale (Quebec)
The Union nationale () was a conservatism, conservative and Nationalism, nationalist provincial political party in Quebec, Canada, that identified with Autonomism in Quebec, Québécois autonomism. It was created during the Great Depression and held power in Quebec from 1936 to 1939, 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 (historical), Conservative Party of Quebec. In the 1935 Quebec general election, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Casgrain
Léon Casgrain (August 13, 1892 – November 5, 1967) was a Canadian politician and jurist from Quebec. Biography He was born on August 13, 1892, in Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec, Rivière-Ouelle and was an attorney. He ran as a Liberal Party of Quebec, Liberal candidate in 1927 Quebec general election, 1927 for the district of Témiscouata (provincial electoral district), Témiscouata and won. He was re-elected in the district of Rivière-du-Loup (provincial electoral district), Rivière-du-Loup in 1931 Quebec general election, 1931, 1935 Quebec general election, 1935, 1936 Quebec general election, 1936, 1939 Quebec general election, 1939 (in Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup (provincial electoral district), Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup for that year only) and 1944 Quebec general election, 1944. Casgrain was defeated in 1948 Quebec general election, 1948 against Union Nationale (Quebec), Union Nationale candidate Roméo Gagné. He became Minister without Portfolio in 1939 Quebec g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Langlais
Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius" (e.g. Jules César, the French name for Julius Caesar). In the anglosphere, it is also used for females although it is still a predominantly masculine name.One of the few notable examples of a female fictional character with the name is Jules Lee from the American TV series Orphan Black: Echoes. It is the given name of: People with the name *Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer *Jules Abadie (1876–1953), French politician and surgeon *Jules Accorsi (born 1937), French football player and manager * Jules Adenis (1823–1900), French playwright and opera librettist *Jules Adler (1865–1952), French painter *Jules Asner (born 1968), American television personality *Jules Aimé Battandier (1848–1922), French botanist *Jules Bernard (born 2000), American basketball player *Jules Bianchi (1989–2015), French Formula One driver *Jules Breton (1827–1906), French Realist painter *Jules-André Bril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Godbout
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin". Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is or Eugenie. Other male foreign-language variants include: People Notable people with the given name Eugene or Eugène include:Christianity *Eugene or |
Louis-Eugène-Aduire Parrot
Louis-Eugène-Aduire Parrot (November 11, 1871 – November 18, 1948) was a Canadian physician and politician. Born in Sainte-Emmélie, near Lotbinière, Quebec, Parrot studied at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval. He became a physician in 1897 and practised general medicine in Deschaillons from 1897 to 1905. He did a surgery internship in Paris in 1905 and 1906. Returning to Quebec, he was a physician and surgeon in Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup) from 1907 to 1939. Parrot was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Témiscouata in 1916. A Liberal, he was acclaimed in 1919. He resigned in 1921. He was defeated as the Liberal candidate for the House of Commons of Canada in a 1924 by-election in Témiscouata losing to Jean-François Pouliot. He died in Quebec City Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
