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July 1, 1867: The British North America Act comes into force. The newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau, asks Joseph Cauchon (CON) to become the first Prime Minister of Quebec. Because of his failure to gain support from the Anglophone wing of the Parti conservateur, the first cabinet of Quebec shall be headed by Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (CON).
July 2, 1958: By-election in Matane; J.-R.-B. Gaboury (UN) is elected.
July 2, 1877: By-election in Gaspé; Pierre-Étienne Fortin (CON) is elected.
July 2, 1804: (2 au 16 juillet) 4^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.
July 3, 1946: By-election in Compton; Charles Daniel French (UN) is elected.
July 3, 1903: Henry Thomas Duffy (LIB), MLA for Brome and Provincial Treasurer, dies in office.
July 3, 1863: Return of the Writs of the 8^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada. The Conservatives gain a majority in Canada East (Lower Canada).
July 4, 1838: Wolfred Nelson, formerly Member of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, is deported to Bermuda with 8 other Patriots.
July 5, 1993: By-election in Portneuf; Roger Bertrand (PQ) is elected.
July 5, 1978: By-election in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce; Reed Scowen (LIB) is elected.
July 5, 1964: (July 3-5) Special Convention of the Fédération libérale du Québec (Parti libéral du Québec). During this convention, 1 400 delegates decide in the quasi-unanimity to separate the Fédération libérale du Québec of the Liberal Federation of Canada, so obtaining the organizational autonomy of the Parti libéral du Québec from the federal Liberal Party.
July 5, 1960: Following the victory of his party during the General Election of June 22, 1960, Jean Lesage (LIB), MLA for Québec-Ouest, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
July 5, 1889: William W. Lynch (CON), MLA for Brome, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Judge.
July 6, 1955: By-elections in Montréal-Laurier, Saint-Hyacinthe and Westmount-Saint-Georges; Arsène Gagné (UN), P.-Jacques-F. Bousquet (UN) and John Richard Hyde (LIB) are elected.
July 6, 1952: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (LIB), Prime Minister of Quebec from 1920 to 1935, dies at the age of 85.
July 6, 1827: Issuing of the Writs of the 13^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, only 3 years after the previous election.
July 7, 1938: Following the refusal of François Leduc (UN), Minister of Roads and MLA for Laval, to resign Minister, Maurice L. Duplessis (UN), Prime Minister of Quebec, presents the resignation of his Cabinet to the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec in order to swear in the whole Cabinet once again, except for Minister Leduc.
July 7, 1876: By-election in Bagot; Flavien Dupont (CON) is elected.
July 7, 1875: 3^rd General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti conservateur (Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville) and Independent Conservatives: 46 seats;
- Parti libéral (Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière): 19 seats.
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July 8, 1947: André Laurendeau (BPC), MLA for Montréal-Laurier and provincial Leader of the Bloc populaire canadien, resigns as Leader of the Party in order to sit as independent MLA.
July 8, 1920: J. Lomer Gouin (LIB), Prime Minister of Quebec and MLA for Portneuf, resigns as Prime Minister and Leader of the Parti libéral.
July 9, 1953: By-elections in Matapédia, Montréal-Outremont and Portneuf; J.-Clovis Gagnon (UN), Georges-Émile Lapalme (LIB), Leader of the Parti libéral, and J.-A.-Rosaire Chalifour (UN) are elected.
July 9, 1920: Following the dismissal of J. Lomer Gouin (LIB) the previous day, Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (LIB), MLA for Montmorency, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
July 9, 1883: Sévère Dumoulin (CON), MLA for Trois-Rivières, is found guilty of electoral fraud by the Courts during the General Election of December 2, 1881. His election is cancelled and the Trois-Rivières seat becomes vacant.
July 10, 1972: Henri-Laurier Coiteux (LIB), MNA for Duplessis, dies in office.
July 10, 1963: The assent is given to an act of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec which lowers the minimal age to vote from 21 to 18.
July 10, 1929: (July 9-10) Leadership Convention of the Parti conservateur. Camillien Houde (CON), MLA for Montréal–Sainte-Marie, is elected by acclamation as Leader of the Party.
July 10, 1824: Issuing of the Writs of the 12^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.
July 10, 1792: Return of the Writs of the 1^st General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. 50 MHAs are elected, among which 35 Francophones and 15 Anglophones.
July 11, 2005: Richard Legendre (PQ), MNA for Blainville and former Minister, becomes officially candidate as Leader of the Parti québécois.
July 11, 1930: Arthur Sauvé (CON), MLA for Deux-Montagnes and former Leader of the Parti conservateur, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his decision to quit for federal politics.
July 11, 1902: By-election in Québec-Centre; Amédée Robitaille (LIB), Secretary and Registrar of the Province, is elected by acclamation.
July 11, 1882: Narcisse Lecavallier (CON), MLA for Jacques Cartier, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as registrator.
July 12, 1961: Over a year after the General Election of June 22, 1960, the Superior Court decides defeated Victor-Stanislas Chartrand (UN), MLA for L'Assomption, due to electoral fraud committed by another person. His opponent, Frédéric Coiteux (LIB.
July 12, 1890: By-election in Montmorency; Charles Langelier (LIB), Chairman of the Executive Council in the Mercier Cabinet, is elected by acclamation.
July 12, 1873: By-election in Beauharnois; Élie-Hercule Bisson (LIB) is elected.
July 14, 1928: By-election in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine; Amédée Caron (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
July 14, 1884: By-election in Laval; Pierre-Évariste Leblanc (CON) is elected.
July 15, 1974: Two Liberal MNAs, George Springate, MNA for Sainte-Anne, and John Ciaccia, MLA for Mont-Royal, vote against the "bill 22" (Loi sur la langue officielle; Official Language Act), presented by their own party, in second reading because of its provisions about the access to english school.
July 15, 1959: Antonio Auger (UN), MLA for Lac-Saint-Jean, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
July 15, 1867: Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (CON) is sworin in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
July 15, 1861: Return of the Writs of the 7^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.
July 16, 1952: 24^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Union nationale (Maurice L. Duplessis): 68 seats;
- Parti libéral (Georges-Émile Lapalme): 23 seats;
- Independents: 1 seat.
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July 16, 1952: Henri Groulx (LIB), MLA for Montréal-Outremont, dies in office while he had just been reelected.
July 16, 1874: Unveiling of the "scandale des Tanneries" (Tanneries Scandal) following the approval by the Cabinet of the exchange of a land of the Government situated in the village of Tanneries, near Montreal, with a land of a private individual, Leduc Farm, which would be of much lesser value. This deal will become an object of scandal and will entail the gradual resignation of the Ministers and afterward Prime Minister Gédéon Ouimet (CON).
July 17, 1905: By-election in Terrebonne; François-Jean-Berchmans Prévost (LIB), Minister of Colonization, Minings and Fisheries in the Gouin Cabinet, is elected by acclamation.
July 17, 1903: Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert (LIB), MLA for Berthier, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Clerk.
July 17, 1888: By-election in Nicolet; Honoré-Brunelle Tourigny (CON) is elected.
July 17, 1879: By-election in Verchères; Achile Larose dit Chagnon (LIB) is elected.
July 18, 1969: Paul Dozois (UN), MNA for Saint-Jacques and Minister of Finance, resigns as Member of the National Assembly and Minister.
July 20, 1796: Return of the Writs of the 2^nd General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. 50 MHAs are elected, among which 36 Francophones and 14 Anglophones.
July 21, 1915: Jean-Benoît-Berchmans Prévost (LIB-I), MLA for Terrebonne, dies in office.
July 21, 1887: Narcisse-Édouard Cormier (CON), MLA for Ottawa (Outaouais), is found guilty of electoral fraud by the Courts during the General Election of October 14, 1886. Mr. Cormier shall resign as Member of the Legislative Assembly the next day.
July 21, 1876: The Quebec Government acquires in Quebec City the ground called "Cricket Field", on whom is built the current Hotel of the Parliament.
July 22, 1949: The Leader of the Parti libéral, Joseph-Adélard Godbout, resigns as Leader of the Party. George C. Marler (LIB), MLA for Westmount-Saint-Georges, who was already Leader of the Official Opposition in the absence of Godbout in the House, becomes interim Leader of the Party.
July 22, 1945: David Côté (CCF), MLA for Rouyn-Noranda, quits the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in order to sit as independent MLA.
July 22, 1920: J. Lomer Gouin (LIB), MLA for Portneuf and former Prime Minister of Quebec, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
July 22, 1887: Narcisse-Édouard Cormier (CON), MLA for Ottawa (Outaouais), resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
July 23, 1947: By-election in Huntingdon; John Gillies Rennie (UN) is elected. For the first time in history, a woman, Mae O'Connor, is candidate for an election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
July 24, 1967: Official visit of the President of the French Republic, Charles de Gaulle, in Quebec. During a speech delivered in front of the Montreal City Hall, he declares "Vive le Québec libre !" (Long live Free Quebec).
July 24, 1938: At the outcome of a Plenary Convention in Sorel, the Action libérale nationale confirms Paul Gouin as Leader of the Party.
July 25, 1990: Seven former Conservative and Liberal MPs of Quebec in the Federal House of Commons, including Lucien Bouchard, found a Parliamentary Group called "Bloc québécois".
July 25, 1974: Jean-Claude Boutin (LIB), MNA for Johnson, resigns as Member of the National Assembly after a committee of the National Assembly of Quebec investigated into assertions that he would have acted as lawyer on behalf of the Attorney general after his election, which is forbidden by the "Loi sur la législature" (Legislature Act).
July 25, 1934: Hector Laferté (LIB), MLA for Drummond and Minister of Colonization, Hunting and Fisheries, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly and Minister following his forthcoming appointment as Legislative Councillor.
July 25, 1820: Return of the writs of the 11^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. The Parti canadien is majority in the House.
July 26, 1894: John McIntosh (CON), MLA for Compton and Minister without Portfolio, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly and Minister following his appointment as sheriff of the Saint-François district.
July 28, 1967: François Aquin (LIB), MLA for Dorion, quits the Parti libéral du Québec Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MLA. He becomes the first independentist to sit in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
July 28, 1948: 23^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Union nationale (Maurice L. Duplessis): 82 seats;
- Parti libéral (Joseph-Adélard Godbout): 8 seats;
- Independents: 2 seats.
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July 28, 1934: The programme of the Action libérale nationale (led by Paul Gouin), founded in June, is published in the main newspapers of Quebec.
July 28, 1858: The Macdonald-Cartier Cabinet (CON) is thrown out of office by a vote of the Legislative Assembly about the capital of the Province of Canada.
July 28, 1800: Return of the writs of the 3^rd General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. 50 MHAs are elected, among which 36 Francophones and 14 Anglophones.
July 29, 1975: Gérard Shanks (LIB), MNA for Saint-Henri, quits the Parti libéral du Québec Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MNA following charges of corruption and breach of trust carried against him. He will also refrain from sitting in the National Assembly during the duration of his lawsuit.
July 29, 1964: Unable to prove the allegations of corruption he made in the House against René Hamel (LIB), MLA for Saint-Maurice and Attorney General, Yvon Gabias (UN), MLA for Trois-Rivières, is expelled from the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for three years.
July 29, 1963: Philippe Castonguay (LIB), MLA for Matane, dies in office.
July 29, 1886: Robert Trudel (CON), MLA for Champlain, dies in office.
July 29, 1858: John A. Macdonald (CON) announces the resignation of his cabinet after being defeated the day before during a vote on the issue of the capital of the Province of Canada.
July 30, 2005: Louis Bernard becomes officially candidate as Leader of the Parti québécois.
July 30, 1887: By-election in Laprairie; Odilon Goyette (NAT) is elected.
July 30, 1874: George Irvine (CON), MLA for Mégantic and Attorney General, resigns as Minister following the "scandale des Tanneries" (Tanneries Scandal).
July 30, 1865: Étienne-Pascal Taché (CON), Prime Minister of the Province of Canada, dies in office.
July 31, 1964: Jean Lesage (LIB), Prime Minister of Quebec and MLA for Québec-Ouest, announces the appointment of Pierre Laporte (LIB), MLA for Chambly and Minister of Municipal Affairs, as "leader de la Chambre" (House Leader), the first one in the history of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
July 31, 1882: Following of the appointment of the Prime Minister Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (CON) as Minister in the federal Cabinet on July 29, Joseph-Alfred Mousseau (CON) is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.

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