Michel Gauthier was a Canadian politician,who served as leader of the Bloc Québécois from 1996 to 1997. As the party was the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada,Gauthier was also the Leader of the Opposition during this time. He later recanted his sovereignist views when he joined the Conservative Party two years before his death.
George Carlyle Marler,was a politician,notary and philatelist in Quebec,Canada.
Gérald Tremblay is a former Canadian politician and businessman who served as mayor of Montreal from 2002 until his resignation in 2012. He also served as president of the Montreal Metropolitan Community. Before becoming mayor he had a long career in business and management. Tremblay resigned as Mayor on November 5,2012 following allegations of corruption made at the Charbonneau Commission.
Dolbeau-Mistassini is a town in northern Quebec,Canada,at the confluence of the Mistassibi River,Riviere aux Rats and the Mistassini River,on Lac Saint-Jean. Dolbeau-Mistassini is in the Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality and is the commercial hub of Lac-St-Jean with big stores and shopping centres.
Roberval is a city on the south-western shore of Lac Saint-Jean in the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality of Quebec,Canada. With a population of 9,840 in the Canada 2021 Census,it is the fourth largest city on this lake after Alma,Dolbeau-Mistassini and Saint-Félicien. It is the seat of the Domaine-du-Roy RCM and the main service centre for the region with a hospital and some government services. It is also the seat of the judicial district of Roberval.
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou is a federal riding in the province of Quebec,Canada,that have been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1966.
Jean-Noël Tremblay,was a Canadian politician,who made career at both the federal and the provincial levels.
Philippe Couillard is a Canadian business advisor and former neurosurgeon,university professor and politician who served as 31st premier of Quebec from 2014 to 2018. Between 2003 and 2008,he was Quebec's Minister of Health and Social Services in Jean Charest's Liberal government and was MNA for Mont-Royal until he resigned in 2008. In the 2014 election,Couillard moved to the riding of Roberval,where he resides. He was the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party from 2013 to 2018. He resigned as Liberal leader and MNA on October 4,2018.
Route 169 begins south of Lac Saint-Jean,Quebec,Canada,at Route 175. It proceeds north to Lac Saint-Jean at Alma and encircles the lake,returning to Alma and its terminus in Hebertville.
Roberval is a provincial electoral district in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec,Canada,that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the municipalities of Dolbeau-Mistassini,Saint-Félicien,Roberval,Normandin,Saint-Prime and Albanel.
Denis Trottier is a Quebec politician and teacher. He was previously a Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Roberval in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region,losing to Premier Philippe Couillard in the 2014 general election. He represented the Parti Québécois.
Cécile Duflot is a French non-governmental organisation (NGO) leader and former politician. She has been a government minister and political party leader.
Séverin Dumais was a notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chicoutimi-Saguenay in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1888 to 1890 as a Parti National member.
Armand Dumas was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Notre-Dame-des-Bois,Quebec,he was a forest engineer and land surveyor by career.
Paul-Henri Spence was a Quebec businessman and politician.
Joseph-Rodolphe Ouimet was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in L'Île-Bizard,Quebec and became a notary.
An 2011 Bloc Québécois leadership election was held on December 11,2011 to replace Gilles Duceppe,who resigned on May 2,2011,after the party lost 43 of its 47 seats,including his own seat,in the 2011 federal election. It was won by Daniel Paillé.
Martin Villeneuve is a Canadian screenwriter,producer,director,actor,gogo boy,and art director. He was nominated at the Canadian Screen Award in 2013 for Best Adapted Screenplay,for Mars et Avril,his feature film debut,and Quebec's first true science fiction movie. Villeneuve is the first TED speaker to come out of Quebec,and he has worked for Cirque du Soleil as an artistic director for commercials and films. He is also known for The 12 Tasks of Imelda,his second feature film released in 2022,in which he portrays his own grandmother.
The 2022 Quebec general election was held on October 3,2022,to elect the members of the National Assembly of Quebec. Under the province's fixed election date law,passed in 2013,"the general election following the end of a Legislature shall be held on the first Monday of October of the fourth calendar year following the year that includes the last day of the previous Legislature",setting the date for October 3,2022.
A by-election was held in the federal riding of Lac-Saint-Jean in the Quebec,Canada on 23 October 2017 following the resignation of Conservative MP Denis Lebel. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition announced in June 2017 that he would be stepping down from Parliament. The seat was gained by the Liberals by Richard Hébert on a huge swing,and a surprising gain from a governing party;similar to the one seen two months later in the South Surrey—White Rock federal by-election.
