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Île d'Orléans is an island located in the Saint Lawrence River about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of downtown Quebec City,Quebec,Canada. It was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French,and a large percentage of French Canadians can trace ancestry to early residents of the island. The island has been described as the "microcosm of traditional Quebec and as the birthplace of francophones in North America."
The 1973 Quebec general election was held on October 29,1973 to elect members to National Assembly of Quebec,Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party,led by Premier Robert Bourassa,won re-election,defeating the Parti Québécois,led by RenéLévesque,and the Union Nationale (UN).
The 1927 Quebec general election was held on May 16,1927,to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec,Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party,led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau,was re-elected,defeating the Quebec Conservative Party,led by Arthur Sauvé.
Louis-Hébert is a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec. Represented in the House of Commons since 1968,its population was certified,according to the detailed statistics of 2001,as 98,156.
Lise Bacon is a former Canadian politician who served as Deputy Premier of Quebec from 1985 to 1994. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party,she served as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Bourassa from 1973 to 1976 and again for the riding of Chomedey from 1981 to 1994. She was the second women elected to the National Assembly after Marie-Claire Kirkland. She served as president of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1970 to 1973,making her the first woman elected president of a political party in Canada.
Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix is a federal electoral district in Quebec,Canada,that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. An earlier Charlevoix—Montmorency riding was represented in the House of Commons from 1917 to 1925.
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques is a federal electoral district in Quebec,Canada,that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
Sir Auguste-Réal Angers was a Canadian judge and parliamentarian,holding seats both as a member of the House of Commons of Canada,and as a Senator. He was born in 1837 probably in Quebec City and died in Westmount,Quebec,in 1919.
Sylvie Roy was a Canadian politician in Quebec and a Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Arthabaska. She previously represented the riding of Lotbinière from 2003 until 2012,initially as a member of the now-defunct Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) until the merger of that party into the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) in 2012. She left the CAQ to sit as an independent in 2015.
Claude Morin is a former politician from Quebec,Canada and was the Parti Québécois Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Louis-Hébert,from 1976 to 1981. He became embroiled in controversy in 1992 when the affaire Morin came to light.
Yolande James is a former Quebec provincial politician. She was the first black female MNA,the youngest,and the first black cabinet minister in Quebec history. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party,she represented the multicultural riding of Nelligan in the Island of Montreal from 2004 to 2014.
Frontenac is a former provincial electoral district in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of the province of Quebec,Canada,which elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. As of its final election,it included the city of Thetford Mines and the municipality of Disraeli.
Louis-Georges Desjardins was a Canadian journalist and politician.
The 39th National Assembly of Quebec consisted of those elected in the 2008 Quebec general election. It was in session from January 13,2009 to February 22,2011 and from February 23,2011 to August 1,2012. Jean Charest (Liberal) served as Premier and Pauline Marois (PQ) was the leader of the opposition.
Édouard Bouffard was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Montmorency in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1896 to 1900 as a Conservative.
The Charlevoix Railway is a short-line railway that operates in the Charlevoix region of Quebec Canada. From 1994 to 2009 it was a subsidiary of the Quebec Railway Corporation,a short line operator. Since April 2009 it has been owned by Train touristique de Charlevoix Inc.,a Groupe Le Massif Inc. subsidiary. With a length of 144–148 kilometres (89–92 mi) it connects the city of Clermont in the Charlevoix region to a freight yard of the Canadian National Railway (CN) located in the La Cité-Limoilou borough of the city of Quebec. The railway runs along both the St. Lawrence River and the Malbaie River and consists of a single non-electrified track.
The Conservative Party of Quebec is a provincial political party in Quebec,Canada. It was authorized on 25 March 2009 by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec. The CPQ has gradually run more candidates in successive elections,with 27 in the 2012 general election and 125 in 2022. The party has not won a seat in the National Assembly of Quebec;however,under leader Éric Duhaime the CPQ won about 12.9% of the popular vote in the 2022 election,a major increase from prior elections. Previously on June 18,2021 Claire Samson crossed the floor to join the party after having won election in 2018 as a candidate of the governing Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ).
Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré is a provincial electoral district in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec,Canada,that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It consists of the entire territory of the following regional county municipalities:L'Île-d'Orléans,La Côte-de-Beaupré,Charlevoix,Charlevoix-Est. It notably includes the municipalities of La Malbaie,Boischatel,Baie-Saint-Paul,L'Ange-Gardien,Château-Richer,Beaupré,Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges and Clermont.
Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata is a provincial electoral district in Quebec,Canada,that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. It notably includes the municipalities of Rivière-du-Loup,Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac,Saint-Antonin,Trois-Pistoles,Dégelis,Pohénégamook,Cacouna,Saint-Jean-de-Dieu,Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup and L'Isle-Verte.
Matane-Matapédia is a provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec,Canada,that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the municipalities of Matane,Mont-Joli,Amqui,Sainte-Luce,Causapscal,Price,Sayabec,Saint-Ulric,Lac-au-Saumon and Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski.
