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September 1, 1864: Opening of the Charlottetown Conference, where the delegates of the provinces of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island agree on the principle of federal union of British North America.
September 2, 1980: Camil Samson (CS), MNA for Rouyn-Noranda and former Social Credit Leader, announces that he joins the Parti libéral du Québec parliamentary group.
September 3, 1992: The Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney (CON), announces that a referendum will be held on the Charlottetown Accord on October 26, 1992. The referendum shall be held in Quebec under the jurisdiction of the Quebec Referendum Act.
September 3, 1992: Jean-Guy St-Roch (LIB), MNA for Drummond, quits the Parti libéral du Québec parliamentary group in order to sit as independent MNA.
September 3, 1964: Georges-?‰mile Lapalme (LIB), MLA for Montréal-Outremont and Minister of Cultural Affairs, resigns as Minister.
September 4, 1990: The "Loi instituant la Commission sur l'avenir politique et constitutionnel du Québec" (An act establishing the Committee on the political and constitutional future of Quebec), which is the constitutive act of the Bélanger-Campeau Committee, is passed by the National Assembly of Quebec.
September 4, 1885: Vincent-Paul Lavallée (CON), MLA for Joliette, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
September 5, 1905: After having resigned as Prime Minister of Quebec as a result of a non-confidence vote of his own parliamentary group a few monthe earlier, Simon-Napoléon Parent (LIB), MLA for St. Sauveur, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
September 6, 1919: By-elections in Arthabaska, Bellechasse and Terrebonne; Joseph-?‰douard Perreault (LIB), Minister of Colonization, Minings and Fisheries in the Gouin Cabinet, Antonin Galipeault (LIB), Minister of Public Works and Labour, et L.-J.-Athanase David (LIB), Secretary and Registrar of the Province, are elected by acclamation.
September 7, 1995: The referendum question and the Bill no 1 (An Act respecting the future of Quebec) are presented to the National Assembly of Quebec by the Prime Minister, Jacques Parizeau (PQ).
September 7, 1959: Maurice L. Duplessis (UN), Prime Minister of Quebec and MLA for Trois-Rivières, dies in office at Shefferville (Côte-Nord).
September 7, 1922: By-election in Sherbrooke; Ludger Forest (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
September 7, 1920: Simon-Napoléon Parent (LIB), Prime Minister of Quebec from 1900 to 1905, dies at the age of 64.
September 7, 1874: Joseph Gibb Robertson (CON), MLA for Sherbrooke and Treasurer of the province, and Pierre Fortin (CON), MLA for Gaspé and Commissioner of the Crown Lands, resign as Ministers following the "scandale des Tanneries" (Tanneries Scandal).
September 8, 1960: The first leftist movement advocating for Quebec's independence, the Action socialiste pour l'indépendance du Québec (ASIQ: Socialist Action for Quebec Independence), is founded by Raoul Roy.
September 8, 1942: The Bloc populaire, a political party with the defence of the interests of Quebec and French Canadians as its main purpose, is founded by Maxime Raymond.
September 8, 1874: Gédéon Ouimet (CON), Prime Minister of Quebec and MLA for Deux-Montagnes, Louis Archambeault (CON), MLA for L'Assomption and Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works, and Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (CON), MLA for Terrebonne and Sollicitor General, resign as Ministers following the "scandale des Tanneries" (Tanneries Scandal).
September 9, 2005: Pierre Dubuc (PQ) becomes officially candidate as Leader of the Parti québécois.
September 9, 1992: The referendum question on the Charlottetown Accord that was to be asked during the referendum held on October 26, 1992, is presented to the National Assembly of Quebec by the Prime Minister of Quebec, Robert Bourassa (LIB).
September 9, 1989: Four political parties lose the status of authorized political party, for lack of having presented at least ten candidates during the general election foreseen on September 25, 1989: Action Québec, La Belle Province de Québec, the Parti humaniste du Québec and the Parti j'en arrache.
September 9, 1982: Cabinet reshuffle in the René Lévesque Cabinet (PQ).
September 9, 1918: Donat Caron (LIB), MLA for Matane, dies in office.
September 10, 2003: Julie Boulet (LIB), MNA for Laviolette, who had had to resign as Minister on May 30, 2003, is again appointed Minister in the Charest Cabinet.
September 10, 1960: The Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale (RIN: Rally for National Independence) is founded by Marcel Chaput and André D'Allemagne.
September 10, 1959: During a joint meeting of the parliamentary group of the Union nationale to the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council of Quebec, J.-M.-Paul Sauvé, MLA for Deux-Montagnes, is elected as Leader of the Party. He shall be sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec the next day.
September 10, 1915: Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville (CON), Legislative Councillor for Montarville and former Prime Minister of Quebec (1874-1878 and 1891-1892), dies in office at the age of 93.
September 10, 1906: By-elections in Argenteuil and Brome; William Alexander Weir (LIB), Minister of Public Works and Labour in the Gouin Cabinet, and William Frederick Vilas (LIB) are elected by acclamation.
September 11, 1990: The Chief Electoral Officer confirms that the Equality Party and the Unity Party, both founded in 1989, have merged under the name of "Equality Party".
September 11, 1985: The Parti du progrès obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
September 11, 1959: Following the death of Maurice Duplessis (UN) four days earlier, Paul Sauvé (UN) is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
September 12, 2005: Gilbert Paquette (PQ) becomes officially candidate as Leader of the Parti québécois.
September 12, 1994: 35^th General Election to the National Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti québécois (Jacques Parizeau): 77 seats;
- Parti libéral (Daniel Johnson fils): 47 seats;
- Action démocratique du Québec (Mario Dumont): 1 seat.
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September 12, 1990: Yves Séguin (LIB), MNA for Montmorency and Minister of Revenue, resigns as Minister in protest against the introduction by his government of a goods and services tax, the TVQ (Taxe de vente du Québec).
September 13, 1979: Claude Dubois (UN), MNA for Huntingdon, quits the Union nationale parliamentary group in order to join that of the Parti libéral du Québec.
September 13, 1979: The Crédit social uni (Québec) obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
September 13, 1842: In the Province of Canada, the Draper-Ogden Cabinet is disbanded by the Governor Bagot. A new Cabinet steered by Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine will be appointed on September 16.
September 13, 1830: Issuing of the writs of the 14^th élection générale à la Chambre d'assemblée du Bas-Canada, General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, only three years after the previous election, due to the death of King George IV.
September 14, 2005: André Boulerice (PQ), MNA for Sainte-Marie?Saint-Jacques and former Minister in the Landry Cabinet, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
September 14, 1997: A Constitutional Conference is held in Calgary, at the end of which the nine provincial premiers attending the meeting (Quebec having refused to attend the conference) recognize seven principles stipulated in the Declaration of Calgary.
September 14, 1993: Robert Bourassa (LIB), Prime Minister of Quebec and MNA for Saint-Laurent, announces that he quits political life. He shall remain in office until the appointment of a successor as Leader of the Parti libéral du Québec.
September 14, 1987: By-election in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce; Harold Peter Thuringer (LIB) is elected.
September 14, 1908: Théodore Broët (LIB), MLA for Lac St-Jean, dies in office in a railroad accident.
September 14, 1887: By-election in Ottawa (Outaouais); Alfred Rochon (LIB) is elected.
September 15, 2005: Jean Ouimet (PQ) becomes officially candidate as Leader of the Parti québécois.
September 15, 1993: The Parti réforme Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
September 15, 1960: Following the defeat of his party in the General Election of June 22, 1960, Antonio Barrette (UN), Leader of the Union nationale and MLA for Joliette, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly and Leader of the Party.
September 15, 1954: By-election in Compton; John William French (UN) is elected.
September 16, 1992: The Parti l'étoile d'or social démocratique obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
September 16, 1960: Following the resignation of Antonio Barrette as Leader of the Union nationale, Yves Prévost (UN), MLA for Montmorency, is appointed as interim Leader of the Party.
September 16, 1959: By-elections in Labelle and Lac-Saint-Jean; Fernand-J. Lafontaine (UN) and Jean-Paul Levasseur (UN) are elected.
September 16, 1929: Jacob Nicol (LIB), MLA for Compton and former Provincial Treasurer, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
September 16, 1910: Gabriel Marchand (LIB), MLA for St-Jean, dies in office.
September 16, 1842: Formation of the first Baldwin-La Fontaine Cabinet in the Province of Canada. For the first time, French Canadians are called to steer a ministry.
September 17, 2001: Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon (PQ), MNA for Saguenay, resigns officially as Member of the National Assembly.
September 18, 2001: Alberto Berardinucci is found guilty of electoral fraud for the benefit of the Parti libéral du Québec in Anjou during the General Election of November 30, 1998. Although it has not been proven that he was implied in this affair, Jean-Sébastien Lamoureux (LIB), MNA for Anjou, shall resign as Member of the National Assembly the following day.
September 18, 1957: By-elections in Châteauguay, Compton, Mégantic and Vaudreuil-Soulanges; J.-Maurice Laberge (UN), Claude-G. Gosselin (UN), Joseph-?‰mile Fortin (UN) and Loyola Schmidt (UN) are elected.
September 18, 1956: Joseph-Adélard Godbout (LIB), Prime Minister of Quebec in 1936 and from 1939 to 1944, dies at the age of 63.
September 19, 2001: Jean-Sébastien Lamoureux (LIB), MNA for Anjou, resigns as Member of the National Assembly after that one of his canvassers, Alberto Berardinucci, had been found guilty of electoral fraud by the courts in Anjou during the General Election of November 30, 1998.
September 19, 1973: Georges-?‰mery Tremblay (LIB), MNA for Bourassa and Minister responsible for the Office des autoroutes du Québec, and Bernard Pinard (LIB), MNA for Drummond and Minister of Transports, resign as Members of the National Assembly and Ministers following their appointment as Chairman of the Office des autoroutes du Québec and judge to the Provincial Court respectively.
September 19, 1960: Laurent Bassé (UN), MLA for Rouville, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
September 19, 1932: Camilien Houde (CON), MLA for Montréal?Sainte-Marie and Leader of the Parti conservateur, resigns as Leader of the Party. The resignation was to become effective after the appointment of a successor.
September 19, 1923: ?‰douard Ouellette (LIB), MLA for Yamaska, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
September 19, 1891: Jean Blanchet (CON), MLA for Beauce and Leader of the Official Opposition, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as judge.
September 19, 1887: Thomas Brassard (LIB), MLA for Shefford, dies in office.
September 19, 1869: Sévère Dumoulin (CON), MLA for Trois-Rivières, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as sheriff.
September 20, 2004: By-elections in Gouin, Laurier-Dorion, Nelligan and Vanier; Nicolas Girard (PQ), Elsie Lefebvre (PQ), Yolande James (LIB) and Sylvain Légaré (ADQ) are elected. (more...)
September 21, 1979: Cabinet reshuffle in the René Lévesque Cabinet (PQ).
September 21, 1918: Cyprien Dorris (LIB), MLA for Napierville, dies in office.
September 21, 1910: By-election in Lévis; Laetare Roy (LIB) is elected.
September 22, 1954: Ernest-Joseph-Irénée Chartier (UN), MLA for Saint-Hyacinthe, dies in office.
September 22, 1874: Following the dismissal of Gédéon Ouimet (CON) as Prime Minister of Quebec on September 8, 1874, because of his involvement in the "Scandale des tanneries" (Tanneries scandal), Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville (CON), Legislative Councillor for Montarville, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
September 23, 1998: Cabinet reshuffle in the Lucien Bouchard Cabinet (PQ).
September 23, 1992: Accompanied by a group of dissidents of the Parti libéral du Québec, Jean Allaire and Mario Dumont found "Le réseau des Libéraux pour le non" (Liberals Network for the No) which campaigned against the Charlottetown Accord.
September 23, 1961: At the outcome of a Leadership Convention, J.-F.-Daniel Johnson Sr. (UN), MLA for Bagot, is elected as Leader of the Union nationale.
September 23, 1952: Philippe Cossette (UN), MLA for Matapédia, dies in office in a car accident.
September 23, 1897: Albéric Archie Mondou (CON), MLA for Yamaska, is found guilty of electoral fraud by the courts during the General Election of May 11, 1897. His election is canceled and the Yamaska seat becomes vacant.
September 23, 1889: Louis Basinet (LIB), MLA for Joliette, is found guilty of electoral fraud by the courts during the General Election of October 14, 1886. His election is canceled and the Joliette seat becomes vacant.
September 23, 1882: Charles Laplante dit Champagne (CON), MLA for Deux-Montagnes, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
September 24, 1987: The La Belle Province de Québec party obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
September 24, 1885: By-election in Joliette; Joseph-Norbert-Alfred McConville (CON) is elected.
September 24, 1844: Issuing of the Writs of the 2^nd General Election to the Legislative Assembly of the province of Canada.
September 25, 2004: (September 25-26) 5^th Members' Convention of the Action démocratique du Québec.
September 25, 1989: 34^th General Election to the National Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti libéral (Robert Bourassa): 92 seats;
- Parti québécois (Jacques Parizeau): 29 seats;
- Parti égalité (Robert Libman): 4 seats.
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September 25, 1984: Cabinet reshuffle in the René Lévesque Cabinet (PQ).
September 25, 1973: Maurice Tessier (LIB), MNA for Rimouski and Minister of Public Works and Supply, resigns as Member of the National Assembly and Minister following his appointment as judge to the Provincial Court.
September 25, 1963: By-election in Montréal-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce; Eric W. Kierans (LIB) is elected.
September 25, 1935: Wallace R. McDonald (LIB), MLA for Pontiac, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his decision to quit for federal politics.
September 25, 1900: Félix-Gabriel Marchand (LIB), Prime Minister of Quebec and MLA for St-Jean, dies in office at the age of 68.
September 26, 1994: Following the victory of his party in the General Election of September 12, 1994, Jacques Parizeau (PQ) is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
September 26, 1975: Jérôme Choquette (LIB), MNA for Outremont and Minister of Education, resigns as Minister and quits the Parti libéral du Québec Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MNA.
September 26, 1968: Daniel Johnson Sr. (UN), Prime Minister of Quebec and MLA for Bagot, dies in office in the inauguration of the Manic 5 hydroelectric dam (Côte-Nord), at the age of 53.
September 26, 1902: By-election in L'Islet; Joseph-?‰douard Caron (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
September 26, 1883: By-election in Jacques Cartier; Joseph-Alfred Mousseau (CON), Prime Minister of Quebec, is elected.
September 27, 1979: Rodrigue Tremblay (UN), MNA for Gouin and former Minister in the Lévesque Cabinet, quits the Parti québécois Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MNA.
September 27, 1964: The Regroupement national is founded by five dissidents of the RIN led by René Jutras. The Party shall merge with the provincial Social Credit in February 1966 under the name of Rassemblement national (RN).
September 27, 1923: Joseph-?‰douard Perrault (LIB), MLA for Abitibi and Arthabaska, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly for Abitibi. He had been elected in both ridings in the General Election of February, 1923.
September 27, 1921: Joseph-Adolphe Tessier (LIB), MLA for Trois-Rivières and Minister of Roads, and Napoléon Séguin (LIB), MLA for Montréal?Sainte-Marie and Minister without Portfolio, resign as Members of the Legislative Assembly and Ministers following their appointment as Chairman of the Commission des eaux courantes and Governor of the Prison de Bordeaux respectively.
September 28, 2000: Robert Perreault (PQ), MNA for Mercier and Minister of Relations with the Citizens and Immigration, announces his dismissal as Member of the National Assembly and Minister, which will come into force on October 6.
September 28, 1887: ?‰douard Caron (CON), MLA for Maskinongé, is found guilty of electoral fraud by the courts during the General Election of October 14, 1886. His election is canceled and the Maskinongé seat becomes vacant.
September 29, 1985: At the outcome of an election on universal suffrage of the members of the Parti québécois, the first ever held in Quebec, Pierre Marc Johnson (PQ), MNA for Anjou, is elected as Leader of the Party. The PQ abandons the project of Quebec's independence to that of "affirmation nationale" (national affirmation of Quebec within Canada).
September 29, 1898: A referendum on prohibition is held across Canada: the bill prohibiting the commerce of alcoholic drinks proposed by the federal government is rejected by 81,10% of Quebecers, while 18,90% vote for the bill. In Canada, 51,3% of the electors vote Yes and 48,7% vote No.
September 30, 1961: Onésime Gagnon, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, dies in office.
September 30, 1929: By-election in Compton; Andrew Ross McMaster (LIB), Treasurer of the Province in the Taschereau Cabinet, is elected.
September 30, 1907: Jean-Benoît-Berchmans Prévost (LIB), MLA for Terrebonne and Minister of Colonization, resigns as Minister. He also quits the Parti libéral parliamentary group in order to sit as "independent liberal" MLA.
September 30, 1892: Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand (CON), MLA for Trois-Rivières, is found guilty of electoral fraud by the courts during the General Election of March 8, 1892. His election is canceled and the Trois-Rivières seat becomes vacant.
September 30, 1868: Charles Boucher de Niverville (CON), MLA for Trois-Rivières, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as sheriff.

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