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April 1, 2000: (April 1-2) 3^rd Members' Convention of the Action démocratique du Québec.
April 1, 1927: Adoption by the Legislative Assembly of an act exempting a minister who has been appointed to the Cabinet of the obligation to be re-elected in a by-election.
April 2, 1924: Joseph-Fabien Bugeaud (LIB), MLA for Bonaventure, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as judge.
April 2, 1890: The assent is given to an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec increasing the number of constituencies from 65 to 73.
April 2, 1884: By-election in Gaspé; Edmund J. Flynn (CON), Commissioner of Railroads in Ross' cabinet, is elected.
April 3, 2006: The Parti communiste du Québec regains officially the status of authorized political party.
April 3, 1912: The Legislative Assembly of Quebec adopts an act abolishing the "plural vote", which made it possible to a voter to vote in two or more ridings at a time if it owned goods in both. This act also alters the limits of the ridings while increasing their number from 74 to 81.
April 3, 1905: By-elections in Bellechasse, Kamouraska and Rimouski; Adélard Turgeon (LIB), Minister of Lands, Minings and Fisheries in Gouin's cabinet, Louis-Rodolphe Roy (LIB), Secretary and Registrar of the Province, and Auguste Tessier (LIB), Minister of Agriculture, are elected by acclamation.
April 4, 1996: The Parti du peuple du Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
April 4, 1967: The Legislative Assembly creates a special committee of study on the Canadian constitution and on the internal constitution of Quebec.
April 4, 1902: Avila-Gonzague Bourbonnais (LIB), MLA for Soulanges, dies in office.
April 4, 1890: Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (CON), Prime Minister of Quebec from 1867 to 1873, dies at the age of 69.
April 4, 1811: The British governor James Craig frees Pierre-Stanislas Bédard, Member of the House of Assembly, who was imprisoned during one year without having a lawsuit.
April 5, 1998: Monique Simard (PQ), MNA for La Prairie, announce her dismissal as Member of the National Assembly, which shall become effetive on May 1, 1998.
April 5, 1982: By-elections in Louis-Hébert and Saint-Laurent; Réjean Doyon (LIB) and Germain Leduc (LIB) are elected.
April 5, 1979: Fabien Roy (PNP), MNA for Beauce-Sud and Leader of the Parti national populaire, announces his dismissal as Member of the National Assembly and Leader of the Party after his election as Leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada.
April 5, 1921: Joseph-Eugène Rhéault (LIB), MLA for Wolfe, dies in office.
April 5, 1906: Joseph-Édouard Duhamel (LIB), MLA for L'Assomption, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as inspecteur des bureaux d'enregistrement (Inspector of the Registry Offices).
April 6, 1982: The Parti républicain du Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
April 7, 1989: The Parti égalité / Equality Party obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
April 7, 1888: Pierre-Évariste Leblanc (CON), MLA for Laval, is found guilty by the courts of electoral fraud during the General Election of October 14, 1886. His election is cancelled and the Laval seat becomes vacant.
April 7, 1873: By-election in Gaspé; Pierre-Étienne Fortin (CON), Commissioner of the Crown's Lands in Ouimet's cabinet, is elected by acclamation.
April 8, 1886: Holding of the first session of the Legislative Assembly the Green Lounge, which will become the Blue Lounge in 1977.
April 8, 1841: Return of the Writs of the 1^st General Election to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.
April 9, 2001: By-election in Mercier; Nathalie Rochefort (LIB) is elected. (more...)
April 9, 1906: Christopher Benfield Carter (ind.), MLA for Montréal division No. 5, dies in office.
April 9, 1862: The legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada adopts a resolution condemning any offer of money (or of any other advantage) to a MLA with the aim of facilitating the adoption of a measure by the Parliament. This tradition will be resumed at the beginning of each parliamentary session.
April 10, 2006: By-election in Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques; Martin Lemay (PQ) is elected. (more...).
April 10, 1999: The Directeur général des élections, Jacques Girard, dies in office.
April 10, 1978: The Parti communiste du Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
April 10, 1919: Referendum on prohibition : the project of legalization of the sale of alcoholic drinks proposed by the government of Quebec is approved by 78,62 % of the Quebecers, whereas 21,38 % pronounce against.
April 10, 1905: By-election in Montréal division No. 2; J. Lomer Gouin (LIB), who had been sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec on March 23, 1905, is elected.
April 11, 1820: Return of the Writs of the 10^th general election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. The Parti canadien wins a majority of seats in the House.
April 12, 1996: Monique Simard (PQ), MNA for La Prairie, announces that she leaves the parliamentary group of the Parti québécois in order to sit as independent MNA.
April 12, 1965: In a speech delivered to the Montreal Consular Corps, the Minister of Education, Paul Gérin-Lajoie (LIB), exposes the will of the government of Quebec to exert itself on the international scene the constitutional powers which are reserved to provinces, under the terms of the principle of the "external prolongation of internal competences". This declaration will become known as the "Gérin-Lajoie doctrine". (more...)
April 12, 1832: The assent is given the "Act to declare that the persons who profess Judaism have the profit of all the rights and the privileges of the other subjects of Her Majesty in this province", adopted by the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. For the first time in the Commonwealth, such a law is adopted.
April 13, 1981: 32^th General Election to the National Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti québécois (René Lévesque) : 81 seats;
- Parti libéral du Québec (Claude Ryan) : 41 seats.
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April 13, 1938: Arthur Larouche (UN), MLA for Chicoutimi, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
April 13, 1922: Amédée Monet (LIB), MLA for Napierville, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as judge.
April 13, 1916: Jules Allard (LIB), MLA for Drummond and Minister of Lands and Forests, and Joseph-Léonide Perron (LIB), MLA for Verchères, resign as Members of the Legislative Assembly following their appointment as Legislative Councillors. The same day, Cyrille-Fraser Delâge, MLA for Québec and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as surintendant de l'Instruction publique (Superintendent of Public Education).
April 14, 2003: 37^th General Election to the National Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti libéral du Québec (Jean J. Charest) : 76 seats;
- Parti québécois (Bernard Landry) : 45 seats;
- Action démocratique du Québec (Mario Dumont) : 4 seats.
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April 15, 2002: By-elections in Anjou, Saguenay and Viger; Lise Thériault (LIB), François Corriveau (ADQ) and Anna Mancuso (LIB) are elected. (more...)
April 15, 1978: At the outcome of a Leadership Convention, Claude Ryan is elected as Leader of the Parti libéral du Québec.
April 15, 1932: Victor Marchand (LIB), MLA for Jacques-Cartier, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
April 16, 1874: (April 16-17) By-elections in Québec Centre and Québec Est; Rémi-Fernand Rinfret dit Malouin (CON) and Pierre-Vincent Valin (CON) are elected.
April 16, 1860: Cancellation of the election of three Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for the City of Quebec during the 1957 general election, because of the riots arisen during the ballot.
April 17, 1982: The queen proclaims the new Canadian constitution in Ottawa, which was accepted by the federal government and all the provinces, except Quebec.
April 18, 1876: By-elections in Mégantic and Trois-Rivières; Andrew Kennedy (CON) and H.-R.-Arthur Turcotte (CON-I) are elected.
April 19, 2000: Marcel Blanchet is designated as directeur général des élections (Chief Election Officer) by the National Assemby of Quebec for a 7 years mandate.
April 19, 1995: Publication of the report of the Commission nationale sur l'avenir du Québec (National Committee on the future of Quebec), fruit of the consultation with more than 50 000 Quebecers. All the political parties (ADQ, BQ, PQ) participate in the works of commissions on the future of Quebec, except the Parti libéral du Québec.
April 19, 1968: (April 19-21) Policy Convention of the Mouvement souveraineté-association (Movement Sovereignty-Association: MSA), of René Lévesque. The 7 300 members notably decide to create a new political party which would gather the independentist forces.
April 19, 1883: Fire of the Hôtel du Parlement (Hotel of the Parliament), then situated in the côte de la Montagne.
April 20, 1979: The Parti de la liberté de choix / Freedom of Choice Party obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
April 20, 1892: Honoré Mercier (LIB), MLA for Bonaventure, has to appear before the courts for accusations of payoffs. He won't sit in the House until February 1893.
April 21, 1810: Return of the Writs of the 7^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. At the outcome of these early elections, the Parti canadien (Canadian Party) holds the majority in the House.
April 22, 1994: The Parti de la loi naturelle du Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
April 23, 1997: Denis Perron (PQ), MNA for Duplessis, dies in office.
April 23, 1984: Serge Champagne (LIB), MNA for Saint-Jacques, dies in a car accident.
April 23, 1915: John C. Kaine (LIB), MLA for Québec-Ouest and Minister without Portfolio, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
April 23, 1905: Gédéon Ouimet (CON), Prime Minister of Quebec in 1873 and 1874, dies at the age of 81.
April 23, 1860: The assent is given to the "Act to amend the Act concerning the representation of the people in the Legislative assembly". The electoral map established by this law will remain into force until 1890. Besides, the first past the post electoral electoral system is definitively established in Quebec.
April 24, 1929: Élisée Thériault (LIB), MLA for L'Islet, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
April 24, 1890: Edmond Lareau (LIB), MLA for Rouville, dies in office.
April 24, 1876: By-election in Huntingdon; Alexander Cameron (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
April 25, 1978: Bryce Mackasey (LIB), MNA for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
April 25, 1940: The assent is given to the "Loi accordant aux femmes le droit de vote et d'éligibilité" (Act granting to the women the right of vote and eligibility), having been adopted by both houses of the Parliament of Quebec.
April 25, 1923: Louis-Olivier Taillon (CON), Prime Minister of Quebec in 1887 and from 1892 to 1896, dies at the age of 82.
April 25, 1922: Joseph-Henri Lemay (LIB), MLA for Sherbrooke, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as judge.
April 25, 1914: John Hall Kelly (LIB), MLA for Bonaventure, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his nearest appointment as Legislative Councillor.
April 25, 1905: The parliamentary group of the Parti conservateur to the Legislative Assembly elects Pierre-Évariste Leblanc (CON), MLA for Laval, as Leader of the Party and Leader of the Official Opposition.
April 25, 1901: Émery Lalonde (LIB), MLA for Vaudreuil, and William John Watts (LIB), MLA for Drummond, resign as Members of the Legislative Assembly following their appointment as registrators.
April 25, 1849: Fire of the Parliament of the Province of Canada in Montreal, caused by English-speaking rioters protesting against the adoption of an act of compensation of the victims of the Revolt of the Patriots of 1837-38 in Lower Canada.
April 25, 1816: Issuing of the Writs of the 9^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. At the outcome of these elections, the Parti canadien (Canadian Party) holds the majority in the House.
April 26, 1892: Honoré Mercier (LIB), MLA for Bonaventure, not being able to occupy his seat to the Legislative Assembly during his lawsuit on the Scandale de la Baie des Chaleurs (Chaleurs Bay Scandal), Félix-Gabriel Marchand, MLA for St. Jean, becomes Leader of the Parti libéral.
April 27, 2004: Marc Bellemare (LIB), MNA for Vanier, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, resigns as minister. He will resign as Member of the National Assembly the following day.
April 27, 1960: Lionel-Alfred Ross (LIB-I), MLA for Montréal-Verdun, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as judge.
April 27, 1942: Federal referendum on the conscription: 71,6 % of the Quebecers refuse to dismiss the federal government of its commitment not to resort to the conscription, whereas 27,1 accept. In Canada as a whole, on the contrary, 64,2 % of the voters vote "Yes" and 35,8 % vote "No".
April 28, 1999: The Minister of Revenue, Rita Dionne-Marsolais (PQ), resigns from the office of minister after the Commission d'accès à l'information (Commission of Access to Information) judged that the Department of Revenue has enfreint its own law in the file of the alimony.
April 28, 1939: The assent is given to an Act of the Legislative Assembly modifying the demarcations of the ridings and lowering their number from 90 to 86.
April 28, 1888: By-elections in Hochelaga, Maskinongé and Missisquoi; Charles Laplante dit Champagne (LIB), Joseph-Hormidas Legris (NAT) and Elijah Edmund Spencer (CON) are elected.
April 29, 2003: Due to the victory of his party during the General Election of April 14, 2003, Jean J. Charest (LIB) is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
April 29, 1970: 29^th General Election to the National Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti libéral du Québec (Robert Bourassa): 72 seats;
- Union nationale (Jean-Jacques Bertrand): 17 seats;
- Ralliement créditiste (Camil Samson): 12 seats;
- Parti québécois (René Lévesque): 7 seats.
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April 29, 1969: Yves Gabias (UN), Minister of Financal Institutions, Companies and Co-operatives and MNA for Trois-Rivières, resigns as Minister and Member of the National Assembly following his appointment as judge.
April 29, 1953: Bona Dussault (UN), Minister of Municipal Affairs and MLA for Portneuf, dies in office.
April 29, 1911: Charles-Alphonse-Pantaléon Pelletier, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, dies in office.
April 29, 1872: By-election in Rimouski; Alexandre Chauveau (CON) is elected.
April 30, 1998: At the outcome of a Leadership Convention, Jean J. Charest is elected by acclamation as Leader of the Parti libéral du Québec.
April 30, 1990: The Coalition arc-en ciel obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
April 30, 1987: Gathered in the Meech Lake, federal and provincial first ministers conclude an agreement of principle to reinstate Quebec within the Canadian constitution.
April 30, 1981: Inauguration of the new Cabinet of René Lévesque (PQ) following the general election of April 13, 1981.
April 30, 1979: By-elections in Argenteuil and Jean-Talon; Claude Ryan (LIB), Leader of the Parti libéral du Québec, and Jean-Claude Rivest (LIB) are elected.
April 30, 1879: Michel-Dosithée-Stanislas Martel (CON), MLA for Chambly, is found guilty by the courts of electoral fraud during the General Election of May 1, 1878. His election is cancelled and the Chambly seat becomes vacant.
April 30, 1808: Issuing of the Writs of the 5^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.

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