The Parti Québécois is a sovereignist and social democratic provincial political party in Quebec,Canada. The PQ advocates national sovereignty for Quebec involving independence of the province of Quebec from Canada and establishing a sovereign state. The PQ has also promoted the possibility of maintaining a loose political and economic sovereignty-association between Quebec and Canada. The party traditionally has support from the labour movement;however,unlike most other social democratic parties,its ties with organized labour are informal. Members and supporters of the PQ are nicknamed péquistes,a French word derived from the pronunciation of the party's initials in Quebec French.
This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns the events between patriation of the British North America Act and the present day.
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.
Vision Montreal was a municipal political party in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. It was founded in 1994 and dissolved in April 2014. Between 2001 and 2013 it formed the official opposition on Montreal City Council.
Martin Lemay is a politician in Quebec,Canada. He is the Parti Québécois (PQ) Member of the National Assembly (MNA) for Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques in the National Assembly of Quebec.
Scott McKay is a Canadian politician,who served as a former leader of the Green Party of Quebec and a former Montreal council member. McKay was elected in 2008 to the Quebec National Assembly for the Parti Québécois but he was defeated in the 2014 Quebec election.
Jean Garon was a politician,lawyer,academic and economist in Quebec,Canada.
Bernard Drainville is a Canadian politician,television host and journalist. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Marie-Victorin in Longueuil from 2007 to 2016,representing the Parti Québécois.
The 2008 Quebec general election was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on December 8,2008. The Quebec Liberal Party,under incumbent Premier Jean Charest,was re-elected with a majority government,marking the first time since the 1950s that a party or leader was elected to a third consecutive mandate,and the first time for the Liberals since the 1930s,when Louis-Alexandre Taschereau was Premier.
The Parti indépendantiste was a political party promoting the independence of Quebec from Canada.
Guillaume Tremblay is a Canadian politician. Formerly a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 2008 to 2012,he is currently serving as the mayor of Mascouche.
The 2012 Quebec general election took place in the Canadian province of Quebec on September 4,2012. Lieutenant Governor Pierre Duchesne dissolved the National Assembly on August 1,2012,following Premier Jean Charest's request. The Parti Québécois were elected to a minority government,with Pauline Marois becoming the first woman to be Premier of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party took second place,with Premier Jean Charest losing his seat. The newly formed party Coalition Avenir Québec led by François Legault took third place,while Québec solidaire took 2 seats out of the 125.
The 2001 Montreal municipal election took place on November 4,2001,to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. Gérald Tremblay defeated incumbent Pierre Bourque to become mayor of the newly amalgamated city. This was the only municipal election that was held for the amalgamated city,as the next municipal election was for the defused city.
Union Montreal is an inactive municipal political party in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. It was the governing party in the city from 2001,when it won its first election under mayor Gérald Tremblay,until 2012. The party remained the largest single party caucus in the city government until the 2013 election although it lost its majority in November 2012 due to a number of councillors quitting the party to sit as independents in the wake of Tremblay's resignation. Since 2013,it has no longer been politically active.
Daniel Boucher is a politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. He served on the Montreal city council from 1994 to 1998,originally as a member of Vision Montreal and later as an independent. Boucher has also sought election to the House of Commons of Canada and the National Assembly of Quebec.
Lyn Thériault,formerly known as Lyn Faust,is a politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. She has served on the Montreal city council since 2001 as a member of the Vision Montreal party. She was also an elected member of the Commission scolaire de Montréal from 1998 to 2007.
Nicolas Tétrault is a politician and entrepreneur in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. He served on the Montreal City Council from 2001 to 2005,initially as a member of Vision Montreal (VM) and later for the rival Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU). Tétrault has also sought election to the House of Commons of Canada and the National Assembly of Quebec. Tétrault has been active real estate mostly in the province of Quebec but also in New-Brunswick,Ontario and Alberta. He also owns majority control of a Montreal-based real estate agency,Royal Lepage du Quartier.
Luc Larivée was a physician and politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. He chaired the Montreal Catholic School Commission (MCSC) from 1976 to 1983 and served for many years on the Montreal City Council.
Kettly Beauregard is a politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. She served on the Montreal city council from 1994 to 2001,representing Marie-Victorin as a member of Vision Montreal. She has also sought election to the House of Commons of Canada and the National Assembly of Quebec. Beauregard was the first black city councillor in Montreal's history.
Georges Bossé is a retired politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was the mayor of Verdun from 1993 until its amalgamation into the city of Montreal in 2001 and subsequently served as a Montreal city councillor and member of the Montreal executive committee.
