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Joseph-Edmond Robert
Joseph-Edmond Robert (November 16, 1864 – February 26, 1949) was a farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Rouville in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1908 to 1922 as a Liberal member. He was born in Marieville, Canada East Canada East (french: links=no, Canada-Est) was the northeastern portion of the United Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new ..., the son of Victor Robert and Euphrasie Désautels. He was educated at the Collège Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir in Marieville. Robert was co-registrar for Rouville County and a director of the Colonization Society for Saint-Jean County. In 1886, he married Marie-Rose Martel. He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in a 1908 by-election held after Alfred Girard was named a judge. Robert resigned his seat in 1922 after being named colonization and immigration agent for Quebec. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area and the second-largest by Population of Canada by province and territory, population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois people, Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York (state), New York in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rouville (provincial Electoral District)
Rouville was a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada). Its final election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor electoral districts were Iberville and Chambly. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly * Victor Robert, Liberal (1867–1878) * Solime Bertrand Conservative Party (1878–1879) * Flavien-Guillaume Bouthillier, Liberal (1879–1881) * Étienne Poulin, Parti conservateur du Quebec (1881–1886) * Edmond Lareau, Liberal (1886–1890) * Alfred Girard, Liberal (1890–1897) * Alexandre-Napoléon Dufresne, Conservative Party (1897–1900) * Alfred Girard, Liberal (1900–1908) * Joseph Edmond Robert, Liberal (1908–1923) * Cyrille-Améric Bernard, Liberal (1923–1931) * Laurent Barré, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of Quebec
The Legislative Assembly of Quebec (French: ''Assemblée législative du Québec'') was the name of the lower house of Quebec's legislature from 1867 to December 31, 1968, when it was renamed the National Assembly of Quebec. At the same time, the upper house of the legislature, the Legislative Council, was abolished. Both were initially created by the Constitution Act, 1867. It was the Union Nationale government of Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand that passed the "Bill 90" legislation to abolish the upper house, but earlier attempts had been made by earlier governments. The presiding officer of the Assembly was known in French as ''orateur'', a literal translation of the English term, '' speaker''. When the Assembly was renamed so too was the title of its presiding officer, becoming known as the President. Today, Quebec has a unicameral legislature, whose single house is the National Assembly. The large chamber that housed the assembly is also known as ''le salon bleu'' (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Liberal Party
The Quebec Liberal Party (QLP; french: Parti libéral du Québec, PLQ) is a provincial political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955. The QLP has always been associated with the colour red; each of their main opponents in different eras have been generally associated with the colour blue. The QLP has traditionally supported a form of Quebec federalist ideology with nuanced Canadian nationalist tones that supports Quebec remaining within the Canadian federation, while also supporting reforms that would allow substantial autonomism in Quebec. In the context of federal Canadian politics,Haddow and Klassen 2006 ''Partisanship, Globalization, and Canadian Labour Market Policy''. University of Toronto Press. it is a more centrist party when compared to Conservative and Liberal parties in other provinces, such as the British Columbia Liberal Party. History Pre-Confederation The Liberal Party is descended from the Parti can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marieville, Quebec
Marieville is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located within the Rouville Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region about east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 10,094. History In 1708, Sieur Claude de Ramezey obtained a parcel of land which was named the Monnoir manor. Population increased starting at around 1740. It became a parish in 1832 and officially an incorporated municipality in 1858 and later an incorporated city in 1905. In 2000, the parish of Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir, which previously demerged from Marieville in 1855 was re-merged. Its main economic activity today is still agriculture. Geography Marieville is accessible via Quebec Autoroute 10, which runs from Montreal to Sherbrooke via Granby and Magog. Quebec Route 112 is a route that runs parallel to A-10 but through the municipality but continues north of Sherbrooke toward Thetford Mines. Quebec Route 227 is the secondary road that connects A-10 to the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada East
Canada East (french: links=no, Canada-Est) was the northeastern portion of the United Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new colony, known as the Province of Canada, was created by the Act of Union 1840 passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, having effect in 1841. For administrative purposes, the new Province was subdivided into Canada West and Canada East. The former name of "Lower Canada" came back into official use in 1849, and as of the Canadian Confederation of 1867 it formed the newly created province of Quebec. An estimated 890,000 people lived in Canada East in 1851. Geography It consisted of the southern portion of the modern-day Canadian province of Quebec. Formerly a British colony called the Province of Lower Canada, based on Lord Durham's report it was merged with the Province of Upper Canada (present-day southern portion of the Provin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Robert (politician)
Victor Robert (1822 – January 25, 1885) was a farmer, carpenter and political figure in Quebec. He represented Rouville in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1878 as a Liberal. His name also appears as Victor Robert, dit Lafontaine. He was born in Chambly, Lower Canada, the son of Jean-Baptiste Robert, dit Lafontaine and Marie-Anne Tifault. He established himself at Marieville. Robert served as justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ..., member of the municipal council and mayor of Marieville. In 1846, he married Euphrasie Désautels. Robert was defeated when he ran for reelection to the Quebec assembly in 1878 and 1881. He died at Marieville in 1885. His son Joseph-Edmond also represented Rouville in the Quebec assembly. Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rouville County, Quebec
Rouville may refer to the following places: * Rouville, Oise, a commune in the Oise department, France * Rouville, Seine-Maritime, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department, France * Rouville Regional County Municipality, Quebec, an administrative unit in Quebec, Canada * Domaine de Rouville DGC, a disc golf course in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec, Canada {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jean County, Quebec
Saint-Jean County is an historical county in Quebec and is on the west bank of the Richelieu River about 40 km southeast of Montreal. The county was organized in 1854 from the counties of Huntingdon and Chambly. Its extent included the parishes of L'Acadie, Lacolle, St. Luc, St. Valentin, and St. Jean as well as the city and county seat of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. In the early 1980s when Quebec abolished its counties, most of Saint-Jean County was transferred to Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality and the southwestern corner was transferred to Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality Les Jardins-de-Napierville ''(English: The Gardens of Napierville)'' is a regional county municipality ''(French: Municipalité régionale de comté (MRC))'' in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Montérégie region. Founded on January 1, 1982. It .... {{Coord, 45, 11, N, 73, 18, W, region:CA, display=title Former counties of Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Girard
Alfred Girard, (August 4, 1859 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Born in Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir, Canada East, the son of Pierre Girard and Marie Pelletier, Girard began his education at Marieville College, and afterwards passed a course in Sherbrooke College, finally graduating in law at McGill College in 1882, when he received his B.C.L. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1882 and began practicing law in Marieville, Quebec. He eventually moved to Montreal where he practiced law. He was created a King's Counsel in 1903. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the 1890 election for the riding of Rouville. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1892 but was defeated in 1897. He was re-elected again in 1900, acclaimed in 1904, and re-elected in 1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magog, Quebec
Magog (; ) is a city in southeastern Quebec, Canada, about east of Montreal at the confluence of Lake Memphremagog—after which the city was named—with the Rivière aux Cerises and the Magog River. It is a major centre and industrial city in the Regional County Municipality of Memphremagog. The city lies in the Eastern Townships tourist region. In 2002 the City of Magog was merged with the Township of Magog and the Village of Omerville as part of the municipal reorganization in Quebec. Etymology "Memphremagog" comes from the Abenaki word '' mamhlawbagak'', which means "large expanse of water" or "vast lake." "Magog" is believed to be a truncation of the lake's name. However, it could also come from ''namagok'' and ''namagwôttik'', which means "the lake where there is brook trout." Others have theorised that the name has Biblical origins in Gog and Magog, or that it refers to an ancient city by the same name. History The Abenaki were the first to inhabit the region an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1864 Births
Events January–March * January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster (" Oh! Susanna", " Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song "Beautiful Dreamer" is published in March. * January 16 – Denmark rejects an Austrian-Prussian ultimatum to repeal the Danish Constitution, which says that Schleswig-Holstein is part of Denmark. * January 21 – New Zealand Wars: The Tauranga campaign begins. * February – John Wisden publishes ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, The Cricketer's Almanack for the year 1864'' in England; it will go on to become the major annual cricket reference publication. * February 1 – Danish-Prussian War (Second Schleswig War): 57,000 Austrian and Prussian troops cross the Eider River into Denmark. * February 15 – Heineken N.V., Heineken brewery founded in Netherlands. * February 17 – American Civil War: The tiny Confederate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
