Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish-Canadian politician,Catholic spokesman,journalist,poet,and a Father of Canadian Confederation. The young McGee was an Irish Catholic who opposed British rule in Ireland,and was part of the Young Ireland attempts to overthrow British rule and create an independent Irish Republic. He escaped arrest and fled to the United States in 1848,where he reversed his political beliefs. He became disgusted with American republicanism,Anti-Catholicism,and Classical Liberalism. McGee became intensely conservative in his political beliefs and in his religious support for the embattled Pope Pius IX. He moved to the Province of Canada in 1857 and worked hard to convince the Irish Catholics to cooperate with the Protestant British in forming a Confederation that would make for a self-governing Canada within the British Empire. His passion for Confederation garnered him the title:'Canada's first nationalist'. McGee denounced the Fenian Brotherhood in both Canada and the United States,which was a secret society of exiled Irish Republicans,who resembled his younger self politically. McGee succeeded in helping create the Canadian Confederation in 1867,but was assassinated,allegedly by Patrick J. Whelan,in 1868.
Jean Lesage was a Canadian lawyer and politician from Quebec. He served as the 19th premier of Quebec from 22 June 1960 to 16 June 1966. Alongside Georges-Émile Lapalme,RenéLévesque and others,he is often viewed as the father of the Quiet Revolution. Quebec City International Airport was officially named in his honour on 31 March 1994,and a provincial electoral district,Jean-Lesage,was named for him,as well.
Daniel Johnson Jr. is a former Canadian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Quebec and was the 25th premier of Quebec for nine months in 1994 until his party's defeat in the provincial general election.
Francis Scarpaleggia is a Canadian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for the riding of Lac-Saint-Louis,which encompasses the west of the island of Montreal,Quebec. Scarpaleggia was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2004 federal election,and was re-elected in 2006,2008,2011,2015,2019,and 2021. He is chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development and previously served on a variety of House of Commons committees;namely,the committees on Public Safety,Canadian Heritage,Transport,and Government Operations and Estimates. He was also chair of the House of Commons Special Committee on Electoral Reform,a committee created pursuant to a 2015 Liberal election platform commitment on electoral reform. From 2011 to 2021 he served as the chair of the National Liberal Caucus,an eventful period in Canadian politics that saw the Liberal Party of Canada move from third party status in the House of Commons to forming government in one election cycle under the leadership of Justin Trudeau.
Anthony Housefather is a Canadian Member of Parliament representing the riding of Mount Royal on the island of Montreal. From 2015 to 2019,Housefather served as the Chair of the Justice and Human Rights Committee. Following the 2019 election,he was named the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour. Following the 2021 federal election,Housefather was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement.
Lawrence S. Bergman is a Canadian politician in Quebec,Canada. He was a minister of the government of Quebec from 2003 to 2007,the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of D'Arcy-McGee in Montreal's west end from 1994 to 2014,and Chairperson of the Government Caucus in the parliamentary office of Quebec.
Robert Libman is a Canadian politician and architect.
Russell Copeman is a Canadian politician. He was a Montreal City Councillor and was the borough mayor for Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace from November 14,2013 to November 16,2017. He also sat on the Montreal Executive Committee,and was responsible for housing,urban planning,buildings,real estate transactions and strategies,and the Office of Public Consultation.
Michael Patrick Ryan was an Irish-born Quebec businessman and political figure. He represented Montreal West in the 1st Canadian Parliament and Montreal Centre in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1874 and from 1879 to 1882 as a Liberal-Conservative member.
François Legault is a Canadian politician serving as the 32nd premier of Quebec since 2018. A member of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ),he has led the party since its founding in 2011. Legault sits as a member of the National Assembly (MNA) for the Lanaudière region riding of L'Assomption. Prior to entering politics,he was the co-founder of the Canadian airline Air Transat.
D'Arcy-McGee is a provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of the province of Quebec,Canada,that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It consists of the cities of Côte-Saint-Luc and Hampstead and part of the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough of the city of Montreal. It is the only provincial electoral district in Quebec with a Jewish plurality. It is considered to be one of the safest districts in Quebec for the Liberals;in the 2014 provincial election the Liberals garnered 92% of the vote,making it the most secure seat in the province.
Line Beauchamp is a Canadian politician. She served as the Liberal Member of the National Assembly (MNA) for the Sauvériding,and for Bourassa-Sauvéat the Quebec National Assembly from November 30,1998 to May 14,2012. She also served as Minister of Culture and Communications from April 29,2003 to April 18,2007,Minister of Sustainable Development,Environment and Parks from April 18,2007 to August 12,2012,and served as Minister of Education,Recreation,and Sports from August 11,2010,and as Deputy Premier of Quebec from September 7,2011,until she resigned on May 14,2012 as a result of the 2012 Quebec student strike.
Stéphane Bédard is a Canadian lawyer and politician. Bédard was interim leader of the Parti Québécois from 2014 to 2015. He was the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the provincial riding of Chicoutimi. He was chosen as interim parliamentary leader by the PQ caucus on April 10,2014,following the PQ government's defeat in the 2014 general election and the resignation of Pauline Marois and officially became Leader of the Opposition when the legislature resumed on April 23,2014. He officially became acting leader of the party on June 7,2014 when Marois' resignation took effect at Parti Québécois Council of Presidents. He held the position until Pierre Karl Péladeau was elected party leader in the Parti Québécois leadership election held on May 15,2015. He resigned from the legislature and the Parti Québécois on October 22,2015.
Henri-François Gautrin is a Quebec politician,professor and physicist. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Verdun in the Montreal region. He represented the Quebec Liberal Party and was the former Minister of Governmental Services from February 2006 to February 2007.
Gerry Sklavounos,B.C.L.,LL.B.,is a former Quebec politician. He was the Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Laurier-Dorion. He is currently an international public affairs and business development consultant at Hygaemon Strategy Corp..
The 31st National Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec,Canada that was elected in the 1976 Quebec general election. It sat for six sessions from 14 December 1976 to 23 December 1976;from 8 March 1977 to 22 December 1977;from 21 February 1978 to 20 February 1979;from 6 March 1979 to 18 June 1980;on 24 October 1980;and from 5 November 1980 to 12 March 1981. The Parti Québécois led by RenéLévesque came to power for the first time,and organized the 1980 Quebec sovereignty referendum,which resulted in a win for the "no" side. The Quebec Liberal Party opposition was led by interim leader Gérard D. Levesque and later by Claude Ryan.
Pierre Moreau is a lawyer and a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Russell Williams is a Canadian politician,and a cabinet minister and a four-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.
David T. Lametti is a Canadian politician who has been the minister of justice and attorney general of Canada since 2019. A member of the Liberal Party,Lametti sits as a member of Parliament (MP) and has represented LaSalle—Émard—Verdun in the House of Commons since 2015.
Elisabeth Prass is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. She represents the riding of D'Arcy-McGee as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
