Jean-Jacques Bertrand was the 21st premier of Quebec,from October 2,1968,to May 12,1970. He led the Union Nationale party.
This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns the events between patriation of the British North America Act and the present day.
Alain Marie Juppé is a French politician. A member of The Republicans,he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac,during which period he faced major strikes that paralysed the country and became very unpopular. He left office after the victory of the left in the snap 1997 legislative elections. He had previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995,and as Minister of the Budget and Spokesman for the Government from 1986 to 1988. He was president of the political party Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) from 2002 to 2004 and mayor of Bordeaux from 1995 to 2004.
The 1981 Quebec general election was held on April 13,1981,to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec,Canada. The incumbent Parti Québécois,led by Premier RenéLévesque,won re-election,defeating the Quebec Liberal Party,led by Claude Ryan.
The Parti national populaire was a minor political party in Quebec,Canada that operated in the 1970s.
The Parti uniténationale,formerly the Parti démocratie chrétienne du Québec,was a social conservative political party in Quebec,Canada. It was founded in 2000 by Roman Catholics associated with the Centre d’Information nationale Robert Rumilly. The founding leader of the party was Gilles Noël. The party's leader since 2010 has been Paul Biron,a retired engineer,whose brother,Rodrigue Biron,was leader of the conservative Union Nationale party from 1976 to 1980.
Rodrigue Biron is a politician in Quebec,Canada. He was leader of the Union Nationale political party from 1976 to 1980,when he joined the Parti Québécois (PQ). He served as Minister of Industry,Commerce and Tourism in the PQ government.
Ahuntsic was a federal electoral district in Quebec,Canada,that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1988 to 2015.
Marcel Masse,was a Canadian politician. He served as a Quebec MLA,federal MP and federal cabinet minister.
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.
Rodrigue Tremblay is a Canadian economist,humanist and political figure. He is an emeritus professor of economics at the Universitéde Montréal. He specializes in macroeconomics,international trade and finance,and public finance. He is the author of books in economics and politics. Tremblay's documents and archives are kept at the Center of Archives of the Quebec National Library and Archives,in Montreal,Quebec.
Maurice Bellemare,was a politician in Quebec,Canada. He was known as Le Vieux Lion de la Politique Québécoise because of his colourful style and his many years of public office. Bellemare was one of the last survivors of the Union Nationale party.
Lotbinière is a former provincial electoral district in the Centre-du-Québec and Chaudière-Appalaches regions of Quebec,Canada. As of its final election,it included the municipalities of Lotbinière,Saint-Flavien,Lemieux,Laurierville,Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly,Sainte-Croix and Laurier-Station.
Michel Le Moignan was a Catholic priest and a Canadian politician from Quebec.
Frederick William "Bill" Shaw was a Canadian politician from Quebec.
Jean-Paul Beaulieu was a Canadian and Québécois politician and chartered accountant.
The city of Montreal,Quebec,Canada,held a municipal election at the same time as numerous other municipalities in Quebec,on November 1,2009. Voters elected the Mayor of Montreal,Montreal City Council,and the mayors and councils of each of the city's boroughs.
Roger Lapointe is a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec. He was a Liberal member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1973 to 1976 and has been the mayor of Mont-Saint-Michel since 1997.
This page lists the results of leadership elections held by the Union Nationale. Before 1961 leaders were chosen by the caucus.
