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February, 1806: By-election in Surrey; Paul Lussier (CAN) is elected.
February 1, 1854: A fire breaks out in the Parliament Building, which was located then in the «côte de la Montagne» in Quebec City.
February 1, 1851: By-election in Kamouraska; Luc Letellier de Saint-Just (LIB) is elected.
February 1, 1849: The assent is given to an act passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, which compensates the victims of the Patriots Rebellion arisen in 1837 and 1838 in Lower Canada.
February 1, 1844: Benjamin Holmes (PAT), MLA for the City of Montréal, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
February 1, 1825: Norman Fitzgerald Uniacke (n.a.), MHA for William Henry, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly following his appointment as Judge of the Court of King's Bench for the Montréal district.
February 2, 1988: Michel Gauthier (PQ), MNA for Roberval, announces his dismissal as Member of the National Assembly.
February 2, 1909: Adélard Turgeon (LIB), MLA for Bellechasse and former Minister in the Parent and Gouin Cabinets, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor and Speaker of the Legislative Council.
February 2, 1909: By-elections in Bellechasse and Hochelaga; Antonin Galipeault (LIB) and Jérémie-Louis Décarie (LIB) are elected by acclamation.
February 3, 2006: (February 3-5) Founding convention of Québec solidaire, born of the merger of the Union des forces progressistes and Option citoyenne, a political movement led by Françoise David. (more...)
February 3, 1957: Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte (UN), MLA for Vaudreuil-Soulanges, dies in office.
February 3, 1905: Three ministers, J. Lomer Gouin, Adélard Turgeon and William Alexander Weir, resign from the Simon-Napoléon Parent Cabinet (LIB). This crisis will come to an end on March 21 with the parent's dismissal and Gouin's appointment as Prime Minister of Quebec.
February 3, 1842: Colin Robertson (TOR), MLA for Lac des deux Montagnes, dies in office.
February 4, 1999: Signature of the Entente-cadre sur l'union sociale (Social Union Framework) between the Federal and Provincial Governments, without Quebec's agreement.
February 4, 1985: Gilbert Paquette (PQ), MNA for Rosemont and former Minister in the Lévesque Cabinet, announces that he leaves the parliamentary group of the Parti québécois in order to sit as independent MNA.
February 4, 1973: At the outcome of a leadership convention, Yvon Dupuis is elected as Leader of the Ralliement créditiste.
February 4, 1944: At the outcome of a leadership convention held in Montreal, André Laurendeau is elected as Leader of the Quebec wing of the Bloc populaire canadien.
February 4, 1933: Joseph-Alcide Savoie (LIB), MLA for Nicolet, dies in office.
February 5, 1923: 16^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti libéral (Louis-Alexandre Taschereau) and Independent Liberals: 64 seats;
- Parti conservateur (Arthur Sauvé): 20 seats;
- Parti ouvrier: 1 seat.
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February 5, 1900: Joseph Shehyn (LIB), MLA for Québec-Est and Minister without Portfolio, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as federal Senator.
February 5, 1883: By-election in Nicolet; Louis-Trefflé Dorais (CON-I) is elected.
February 5, 1873: Jacques-Philippe Rhéaume (CON), MLA for Québec Est, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Agent of the Seigneurial Commission.
February 5, 1834: By-election in Orléans; Alexis Godbout (PAT) is elected.
February 6, 2002: The Bloc équité sociale obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
February 6, 1882: By-election in Yamaska; Jonathan Saxton Campbell Würtele (CON) is elected by acclamation.
February 6, 1874: By-election in Montréal Centre; Charles Alexander (CON) is elected by acclamation.
February 6, 1836: By-election in Saguenay; Charles Drolet (PAT) is elected.
February 6, 1832: By-elections in Rimouski; Louis Bertrand (PAT) and Alexis Rivard (PAT) are elected.
February 6, 1815: James Stuart (CAN), MHA for Buckinghamshire and Montréal, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly for Buckinghamshire.
February 7, 1923: Georges-Ervé Denault (LIB), MLA for Richmond, dies in office two days after his re-election.
February 7, 1833: James Baxter (BUR), MHA for Stanstead, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly.
February 8, 1988: The Parti j'en arrache obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
February 8, 1971: By-election in Chambly; Jean Cournoyer (LIB), Minister of Labour in the Bourassa Cabinet, is elected.
February 8, 1922: Armand Boisseau (LIB), MLA for St-Hyacinthe, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
February 8, 1915: François Langelier, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, dies in office.
February 9, 1994: Yvon Lafrance (LIB), MNA for Iberville, announces that he quits the parliamentary group of the Parti libéral du Québec in order to sit as an independent MNA. He will join the Action démocratique du Québec in March.
February 9, 1943: Louis-Joseph Thisdel (LIB), MLA for Maskinongé and Minister without portfolio, dies in office.
February 9, 1884: By-elections in Sherbrooke and Montréal Est, Joseph Gibb Robertson (CON), Treasurer of the Province in the Ross Cabinet, and Louis-Olivier Taillon (CON), Attorney General, are elected by acclamation.
February 9, 1833: By-elections in Rouville and Trois-Rivières; François Rainville (PAT) and Jean Desfossés (PAT) are elected.
February 10, 1943: Cléophas Bastien (LIB), MLA for Berthier and Minister of Colonization, dies in office.
February 10, 1876: By-elections in Missisquoi and Terrebonne; George Barnard Baker (CON), Sollicitor General in the Boucher de Boucherville Cabinet, and Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (CON), Secretary and Registrar of the Province, are elected by acclamation.
February 10, 1874: (February 10-11) By-election in Montmorency; Auguste-Réal Angers (CON) is elected.
February 10, 1855: By-election in Lévis; François-Xavier Lemieux (oncle) (REF), Commissioner of Public Works in the MacNab-Taché Cabinet, is elected.
February 10, 1841: The Special Council of Lower Canada, created by the «Acte pour établir des dispositions temporaires pour le gouvernement du Bas-Canada» (An act to make temporary provision for the government of Lower Canada) (1 Vict., c. 9, R.-U.), is dissolved following the coming into force of the «Act of Union» (3-4, Vict., c.35, R.-U.), by which are merged the colonies of Lower Canada and Upper Canada.
February 10, 1838: The assent is given to the «Acte pour établir des dispositions temporaires pour le gouvernement du Bas-Canada» (An act to make temporary provision for the government of Lower Canada) (1 Vict., c. 9, R.-U.), passed by the Parliament of Westminster, which suspends the Constitution Act, 1791, and disbands the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.
February 11, 1909: Maurice Perrault (LIB), MLA for Chambly, dies in office.
February 11, 1874: (February 11-12) By-election in Yamaska; Joseph-Nestor Duguay (CON) is elected.
February 11, 1869: By-election in Kamouraska, which seat had remained vacant since the 1867 General Election due to riots arisen during the vote; Charles-François Roy (CON) is elected.
February 12, 2002: The Minister of State of Natural resources and Regions, Gilles Baril (PQ), resigns as minister. However, he remains Member of the National Assembly. A minor cabinet reshuffle will occur the following day in order to fill the vacancies.
February 12, 1953: The assent is gien of the «Loi instituant une commission royale d'enquête sur les problèmes constitutionnels» (An Act establishing a royal commission of inquiry on constitutional problems) (S.Q., 1952-1953 (1-2 Eliz. II), c. 4), deposited on the initiative of Maurice L. Duplessis (UN), Prime Minister of Quebec and MLA for Trois-Rivières. The Commission will be chaired by judge Thomas Tremblay.
February 12, 1887: By-elections in Iberville, Kamouraska, Montréal Centre, Québec Est and St. Hyacinthe; Georges Duhamel (NAT), Sollicitor General, Charles-Antoine-Ernest Gagnon (LIB), Secretary and Registrar of the Province, James McShane (LIB), Commissionneer of Agriculture and Public Works, Joseph Shehyn (LIB), Treasurer of the Province, and Honoré Mercier (père) (LIB), Prime Minister of Quebec, are elected by acclamation.
February 12, 1877: Charles-François Roy (CON), MLA for Kamouraska, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his decision to quit for federal politics.
February 12, 1855: By-election in Montmorency; Joseph-Édouard Cauchon (BLE), Commissioner of the Crown Lands in the MacNab-Taché Cabinet, is elected.
February 13, 2006: The directeur général des élections authorizes the change of name of the Union des forces progressistes for that of Québec solidaire following the merger of the party with Option citoyenne.
February 13, 1988: Roma Hains (LIB), MNA for Saint-Louis, announces that he leaves the parliamentary group of the Parti libéral du Québec in order to sit as independent MNA following charges of fraud and breach of trust. He hill discharged in March 1989 .
February 13, 1972: Camil Samson (CS), MNA for Rouyn-Noranda and Leader of the Ralliement créditiste, resigns as Leader of the Party. Armand Bois (CS), MNA for Saint-Sauveur, shall be appointed as Interim Leader on February 21, 1972.
February 13, 1952: John Gillies Rennie (UN), MLA for Huntingdon, dies in office.
February 13, 1902: Napoléon Lemay (CON), MLA for Lotbinière, announces that he leaves the parliamentary group of the Parti conservateur in order to join the Parti libéral.
February 13, 1880: William Evan Price (CON), MLA for Chicoutimi et Saguenay, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
February 13, 1841: Appointment of the members of the Draper-Ogden Cabinet, which is the first Cabinet of the Province of Canada.
February 13, 1837: Jean-Marie Rochon (PAT), MHA for Lachenaie, dies in office.
February 13, 1805: By-election in Bedford; William Sturge Moore (BUR) is elected.
February 14, 1966: Germain Caron (UN), MLA for Maskinongé, dies in office.
February 14, 1940: Athanase David (LIB), MLA for Terrebonne and former Secretary and Registrar in Gouin's and Taschereau's Cabinets, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as federal Senator.
February 14, 1868: The Treasurer of the Province (Minister of Finance), Christopher Dunkin (CON), pronounce the first speech of the budget in Quebec's history.
February 14, 1829: Robert Christie (BUR), MHA for Gaspé, is expelled of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada for having provoked, in 1827, the non-renewal of magistrate's commission of several MHAs opposed to the Governor George Ramsay. The Gaspé seat becomes vacant.
February 14, 1815: By-election in Québec (Haute-Ville); George Vanfelson (CAN) is elected.
February 15, 1842: By-election in Nicolet; Louis-Michel Viger (PAT) is elected.
February 16, 1970: Claude Wagner (LIB), MNA for Verdun, resigns as member of the National Assembly following his appointment as judge.
February 16, 1949: By-election in Lévis; Joseph-A.-Albert Samson (UN) is elected.
February 16, 1938: By-election in Bagot; Philippe Adam (UN) is elected.
February 16, 1915: Joseph-Matthias Tellier, MLA for Joliette and Leader of the Parti conservateur, announces his dismissal as Leader of the Party and Leader of the official Opposition. He appoints Philémon Cousineau (CON), MLA for Jacques-Cartier, as his successor.
February 16, 1810: Pierre-Stanislas Bédard (CAN), MHA for Québec (Haute-Ville) and Surrey and Leader of the Parti canadien, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly for Surrey.
February 17, 2003: The Équipe options party obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
February 17, 1857: By-election in Rimouski; Michel-Guillaume Baby (BLE) is elected.
February 17, 1834: Beginning of the debate in the House of Assembly of Lower Canada about the «Quatre-Vingt-Douze résolutions» (Ninety-Two Resolutions), which are presented by Elzéar Bédard (PAT), MHA for Montmorency. The Quatre-Vingt-Douze résolutions, which notably concern grievances against the colonial power, the Legislative Council, the control of subsidies by the House of assembly and the administration of the justice, will be adopted on February 21.
February 18, 2005: Cabinet reshuffle in the Charest Cabinet (LIB). (more...)
February 18, 1978: Frederick William Shaw (UN), MNA for Pointe-Claire, announces that he leaves the parliamentary group of Union nationale in order to sit as independent MNA.
February 18, 1834: The election of Wright Chamberlin (n.a.), MHA for Stanstead, is invalidated by the House of Assembly of Lower Canada following a malpractice of the returning officer of the riding against the rights and the privileges of the House. Marcus Child (PAT) is declared elected.
February 18, 1833: By-election in Vaudreuil; Charles Rocbrune dit Larocque (PAT) is elected.
February 18, 1818: The election of James McCallum (BUR), MHA for Québec, is invalidated by the House of Assembly of Lower Canada because of fraudulent manovers arisen during the by-election of August, 1817. The Québec seat becomes vacant.
February 18, 1793: By-election in Québec; Michel-Amable Berthelot Dartigny (CAN) is elected.
February 19, 2001: The Rassemblement pour l'alternative progressiste obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
February 19, 1996: By-elections in Jonquière and La Prairie; Lucien Bouchard (PQ), Prime Minister of Quebec, and Monique Simard (PQ) are elected.
February 19, 1841: Issuing of the Writs of the 1^st General Election to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.
February 20, 2003: Jean-Claude Gobé (LIB), MNA for LaFontaine, announces that he leaves the parliamentary group of the Parti libéral du Québec in order to sit as independent MNA.
February 20, 1985: The Parti humaniste du Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
February 20, 1891: William Owens (CON), MLA for Argenteuil, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his decision to quit for federal politics.
February 20, 1874: By-election in Drummond et Arthabaska; William John Watts (CON) is elected.
February 20, 1862: By-election in Montcalm; Joseph Dufresne (BLE) is elected.
February 20, 1808: Ezekiel Hart (BUR), MHA for Trois-Rivières, is expelled of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada for ineligibility because of its membership in the Jewish religion. The Trois-Rivières seat becomes vacant.
February 21, 1994: By-election in Bonaventure; Marcel Landry (PQ) is elected.
February 21, 1973: Armand Bois (CS), MNA for Saint-Sauveur, is expelled of the Ralliement créditiste after having declared that members of the Montreal's underworld were seen in the entourage of the new Leader Yvon Dupuis. Armand Bois will sit as independent MNA until October 1973.
February 21, 1966: The Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, Paul Comtois, dies in office during a fire in his residence at the Bois-de-Coulonge.
February 21, 1860: By-election in Terrebonne; Louis-Siméon Morin (BLE), Sollicitor General of Lower Canada in the Macdonald-Cartier Cabinet, is elected.
February 21, 1834: The House of Assembly of Lower Canada adopts, by 56 votes against 21, the «Quatre-Vingt-Douze résolutions» (Ninety-Two Resolutions) written by Louis-Joseph Papineau, Elzéar Bédard and Augustin-Norbert Morin. One asks there inter alia the election of the members of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council, then appointed by the Governor, and the application of the principle of ministerial responsibility.
February 22, 1996: Found guilty by the courts of first authority of electoral fraud in the General Election of September 12, 1994, Robert Thérien (LIB), MNA for Bertrand, carries his cause in appeal and announces that he leaves the parliamentary group of the Parti libéral du Québec in order to sit as independent MNA.
February 22, 1978: The Parti libéral du Québec, the Parti québécois and the Union nationale obtain officially the status of authorized political party. They are the first three political parties to obtain this status by virtue of the «Loi régissant le financement des partis politiques» (An act governing the financing of the political parties) of 1977.
February 22, 1973: Jean-Jacques Bertrand (UN), MNA for Missisquoi and former Prime Minister of Quebec (1968-1970), dies in office at the age of 56.
February 22, 1877: By-election in Bonaventure; Joseph-Israel Tarte (CON) is elected.
February 22, 1836: Elzéar Bédard (PAT), MHA for Montmorency, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly following his appointment as Judge of the Court of King's Bench for the Québec district.
February 22, 1825: By-election in William Henry; James Stuart (BUR) is elected.
February 22, 1820: Issuing of the Writs of the 10^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.
February 23, 1982: Claude Charron (PQ), MNA for Saint-Jacques, Minister for parliamentarian Affairs and Government House Leader, resigns as minister following a complaint carried against him by Eaton.
February 23, 1978: The Ralliement créditiste obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
February 23, 1973: (February 23-25) 4^th National Convention of the Parti québécois.
February 23, 1963: Founding assembly of the Parti républicain du Québec, led by Marcel Chaput.
February 23, 1937: In protest against the opposition of the Prime Minister of Quebec and MLA for Trois-Rivières, Maurice L. Duplessis (UN), to the nationalization of the hydroelectricity, Oscar Drouin (UN), MLA for Québec-Est, Minister of Lands and Forests and one of the leaders of the Action libérale nationale, resigns as Minister and quits the parliamentary group of the Union nationale in order to sit an independent MLA.
February 23, 1918: John Thomas Finnie (LIB), MLA for Montréal–St-Laurent, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as percepteur du revenu provincial (collector of the provincial income).
February 23, 1875: The assent is given to the «Acte électoral de Québec» (Quebec Election Act) (S.Q., 1874-1875 (38 Vict.), c. 7), which introduces among others the secret ballot and stipulates that the general elections must be held during the same day in all ridings.
February 24, 1910: By-election in Gaspé; Joseph-Léonide Perron (LIB) is elected.
February 24, 1874: By-election in Beauce; François-Xavier Bonhomme dit Dulac (CON) is elected.
February 24, 1810: Pierre-Amable De Bonne (BUR), MHA for Québec, is expelled of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada for ineligibility to have held simultaneously the offices of MHA and judge. The Québec seat becomes vacant.
February 24, 1796: Jacob Jordan (père) (BUR), MHA for Effingham, dies in office.
February 25, 1994: The Développement Québec party obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
February 25, 1882: John Jones Ross (CON), Legislative Councillor for Shawinigan, Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works and Speaker of the Legislative Council, resigns as Minister and Speaker because of a discord with the Prime Minister of Quebec, Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (CON), about the railroad policy.
February 25, 1873: Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (CON), Prime Minister of Quebec and MLA for the comté de Québec, resigns as Prime Minister and Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as federal Senator.
February 25, 1855: By-election in Verchères; George-Étienne Cartier (BLE), Provincial Secretary of Canada in the MacNab-Taché Cabinet, is elected.
February 26, 1981: Guy Joron (PQ), MNA for Mille-Îles and former Minister in the Lévesque Cabinet, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
February 26, 1971: (February 26-28) 3^rd National Convention of the Parti québécois.
February 26, 1863: Legislative by-election in the De Lorimier division; Jacques-Olivier Bureau (ROU), Provincial Secretary of Canada in the Macdonald-Sicotte Cabinet, is elected.
February 26, 1810: Less than three months after the holding of the general election, the British governor Craig dissolves the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. This dissolution arose less than nine months after the previous dissolution decreed by the governor.
February 27, 2006: Cabinet reshuffle in the Charest Cabinet (LIB). (more...)
February 27, 1873: Following the appointment of Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (CON), former Prime Minister of Quebec and MLA for Québec, as federal Senator two days earlier, Gédéon Ouimet (CON), MLA for Deux-Montagnes, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
February 28, 1994: By-election in Shefford; Bernard Brodeur (LIB) is elected.
February 28, 1974: Publication of the first issue of the independentist daily newspaper, «Le Jour», steered by Yves Michaud.
February 28, 1863: Hollis Smith (LIB), Legislative Councillor for Wellington, dies in office.
February 28, 1863: Thomas-Jean-Jacques loranger (ind.), MLA for Laprairie, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Judge of the Superior Court of Lower Canada.
February 28, 1838: Robert Nelson (PAT), MHA for Montréal (Quartier-Ouest) leading the Patriots, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada. The declaration of independence notably foresees the separation of the Church and the State, the abolition of the seigneurial royalties, the freedom of the press, the male universal suffrage, the secret ballot, the nationalization of the lands of the Crown, and the use of both French and English in the public affairs.
February 28, 1832: Hugues Heney (PAT), MHA for Montréal (Quartier-Est), resigns as Member of the House of Assembly.

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