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.
The Universitédu Québec àChicoutimi (UQAC) is a branch of the Universitédu Québec network founded in 1969 and based in the Chicoutimi borough of Saguenay,Quebec,Canada. UQAC has secondary study centres in La Malbaie,Saint-Félicien,Alma,and Sept-Îles. In 2017,7500 students were registered and 209 professors worked for the university,making it the fourth largest of the ten Universitédu Québec branches,after Universitédu Québec àMontréal (UQAM),Universitédu Québec àTrois-Rivières (UQTR),and École de technologie supérieure (ETS).
Jean-Pierre Blackburn,is a Canadian politician and diplomat. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Jonquière—Alma from 2006 to 2011;earlier,he was the Progressive Conservative MP for Jonquière from 1984 to 1993.
David Whissell,BEng is a Canadian politician,businessman,engineer and former Quebec cabinet minister.
Jean-Noël Tremblay,was a Canadian politician,who made career at both the federal and the provincial levels.
François Bonnardel is a Canadian politician. He is the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec,Canada,for the riding of Granby. He previously represented the now-defunct Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) party,but now represents the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ),following the merger of the ADQ with the CAQ. On October 18,2018,he was appointed as Minister of Transport in Quebec Premier Francois Legault's cabinet. Following the CAQ re-election in 2022 election,he was appointed as Minister of Public Security.
Jean Damphousse is a politician from Quebec,Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Maskinongéfrom 2007 to 2008.
Éric Laporte is a politician from Quebec,Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of L'Assomption from 2007 to 2008.
Sylvain Gaudreault is a Canadian politician and teacher. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Jonquière in the city of Saguenay from 2007 to 2022. He represents the Parti Québécois. On May 6,2016,the party caucus chose him as interim leader following the resignation of PQ leader Pierre Karl Péladeau.
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.
Némèse Garneau was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec.
Jeanne Larocque Blackburn was a politician in Quebec,Canada. She was a three-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.
Antoine Castonguay was a politician in Quebec,Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).
Yves Bolduc is a Canadian doctor and politician in the province of Quebec. He was named the new Minister of Health and Social Services of Quebec on June 25,2008,succeeding Philippe Couillard who resigned on the same day following five years as Minister for that portfolio. and was member of the National Assembly of Quebec of the Quebec City riding of Jean-Talon. He is a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
Denise Beaudoin is a Canadian businessperson,lawyer,and former politician. She was first elected to represent the riding of Mirabel in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2003 provincial election,but was defeated in the 2007 provincial election by François Desrochers of the Action démocratique du Québec. She was subsequently re-elected in the 2008 and 2012 provincial elections and defeated again in the 2014 provincial election by Sylvie D'Amours of the Coalition Avenir Québec. She is a member of the Parti Québécois.
Paul-Henri Spence was a Quebec businessman and politician.
Gaston Blackburn is a merchant,business owner and former political figure in Quebec. He represented Roberval in the Quebec National Assembly from 1988 to 1994 as a Liberal.
Claude Vaillancourt is a lawyer,judge and former political figure in Quebec. He represented Jonquière in the Quebec National Assembly from 1976 to 1983 as a member of the Parti Québécois.
Kevin Lambert is a Canadian writer from Quebec. He is most noted for his novel Querelle de Roberval,which won the Prix Ringuet in 2019.
Roger Pilote was a Canadian politician. He served as the member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Lac-Saint-Jean from 1970 to 1976 as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
