1970 Quebec general election
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The 1970 Quebec general election was held on April 29, 1970, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec. The former Legislative Assembly had been renamed the "National Assembly" in 1968, with
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René Lévesque
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René Lévesque was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the 23rd premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. He was the first Québécois political leader since Confederation to seek, through a re
1970 Quebec general election
…Jean-Jacques Bertrand. This election marked the first appearance by a new party, the sovereigntist Parti Québécois, led by former Liberal cabinet minister René Lévesque. The PQ won a modest seven seats and came second in the popular vote, although Lévesque was defeated in his own riding. Only a few months after the…
During World War II with the U.S. Office of War Information
Lévesque interviews Lester Pearson, External Affairs Minister, in Moscow in 1955
Lévesque sculpture in front of the Quebec Parliament Building