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June 1915: Jean-Baptiste Carbonneau (LIB), MLA for Lac St-Jean, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as gouverneur de la prison de Québec (Governor of the Prison of Quebec City).
June 1, 2006: The Votepop Québec party obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
June 1, 1998: By-election in Argenteuil; David Whissell (LIB) is elected.
June 1, 1979: (June 1-3) 7^th National Convention of the Parti québécois.
June 1, 1945: The assent is given to the «Loi électorale de Québec» (Quebec Election Act) (S.Q., 1945 (9 Geo. VI), c.15), which creates the office of Président général des élections (Chief Election Officer). The office shall be occupied by Judge François Drouin until 1978. Another Act assented to the same day, the «Loi modifiant la Loi de la Législature et la Loi de la division territoriale» (An Act to amend the Legislature Act and the Territorial Division Act) (S.Q., 1945 (9 Geo. VI), c.12), alters the limits of the ridings while increasing their number from 91 to 92.
June 1, 1935: Joseph-Ignatius Power (LIB), MLA for Québec-Ouest, dies in office.
June 1, 1926: Martin Madden (LIB), MLA for Québec-Ouest and Minister without Portfolio, dies in office.
June 2, 1913: By-elections in Dorchester and Nicolet; Lucien Cannon (LIB) and Arthur Trahan (LIB) are elected.
June 2, 1845: Edward Greive (TOR), MLA for Trois-Rivières, dies in office.
June 3, 2005: (June 3-5) 15^th National Convention of the Parti québécois.
June 3, 1987: Signature of the 1987 Constitutionnal Accord, commonly known as the «Accord du lac Meech» (Meech Lake Accord), by the First Ministers of Canada. This agreement will not succeed in being ratified by all the provinces within the delay of 3 years prescribed by the constitution and will definitively be rejected on June 23, 1990.
June 3, 1985: By-elections in Bertrand, Bourget, L'Assomption and Trois-Rivières; Robert Bourassa (LIB), Leader of the Parti libéral du Québec, Claude Trudel (LIB), Jean-Guy Gervais (LIB) and Paul Philibert (LIB) are elected.
June 3, 1980: André Raynauld (LIB), MNA for Outremont, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
June 3, 1879: By-election in St. Hyacinthe; Honoré Mercier (père) (LIB), Sollicitor General in the Joly de Lotbinière Cabinet, is elected.
June 3, 1863: Legislative by-election in the Rigaud division; Eustache Prud'homme (BLE) is elected.
June 3, 1796: Issuing of the Writs of the 2^nd General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.
June 4, 2005: Bernard Landry (PQ), MNA for Verchères, Leader of the Parti québécois and Leader of the Official Opposition, resigns as Member of the National Assembly and Leader of the Parti québécois following a result considered «unsatisfactory» during the vote of confidence held at the occasion of the 15^th National Convention of the Parti québécois.
June 4, 1896: By-election in Montréal division No. 4; Albert William Atwater (CON) is elected by acclamation.
June 4, 1880: By-election in L'Assomption; Joseph Marion (CON) is elected.
June 4, 1800: Issuing of the Writs of the 3^rd General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.
June 5, 1966: 28^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Union nationale (Daniel Johnson (père)): 56 seats;
- Parti libéral du Québec (Jean Lesage): 50 seats;
- Independents : 2 seats.
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June 5, 1935: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (LIB), MLA for Montmorency and Prime Minister of Quebec, announces his dismissal as Prime Minister and Leader of the Parti libéral. This decision shall come into force on June 11.
June 5, 1901: Némèse Garneau (LIB), MLA for Québec, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
June 5, 1863: Legislative by-election in the Grandville division; Luc Letellier de Saint-Just (ROU), Minister of Agriculture in the Macdonald-Dorion Cabinet, is elected.
June 5, 1862: By-election in Montréal Ouest; Thomas D'Arcy McGee (ROU), President of the Executive Council in the Macdonald-Sicotte Cabinet, is elected.
June 5, 1837: George Vanfelson (PAT), MHA for Québec (Basse-Ville), resigns as Member of the House of Assembly.
June 6, 1935: ?‰mile Moreau (LIB), MLA for Roberval, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
June 6, 1934: Foundation of the Action libérale nationale (National Liberal Action) by dissidents of the Parti libéral. Paul Gouin is elected as Leader of the Party.
June 6, 1892: Edmund J. Flynn (CON), MLA for Matane and Gaspé, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly for Matane. He had been elected in both ridings in the general election of March 1892.
June 6, 1884: George Irvine (LIB), MLA for Mégantic, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as judge.
June 6, 1862: Joseph-Paschal Falkner (ROU), MLA for Hochelaga, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
June 6, 1842: By-election in Bellechasse; Abraham Turgeon (PAT) is elected.
June 6, 1836: Pierre Bureau (PAT), MHA for Saint Maurice, dies in office.
June 6, 1820: Issuing of the Writs of the 11^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, less than one month after the previous election, because of the death of king George III occurred on January 29.
June 7, 1957: Arthur Laberge (UN), MLA for Châteauguay, dies in office.
June 7, 1927: Edmund James Flynn (CON), Prime Minister of Quebec in 1896 and 1897, dies at the age of 79.
June 7, 1892: By-election in Beauharnois; ?‰lie-Hercule Bisson (LIB) is elected.
June 7, 1858: The election of Louis-Bonaventure Caron (ROU), MLA for Islet [L'Islet], is invalidated by the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, which declares elected his opponent, Charles-François Fournier (BLE).
June 7, 1848: Lewis Thomas Drummond (PAT), MLA for Shefford, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Sollicitor General of Lower Canada in the La Fontaine-Baldwin Cabinet.
June 7, 1832: Jean Dessaulles (PAT), MHA for Saint Hyacinthe, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
June 7, 1800: Beginning of the 3^rd General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.
June 8, 1984: (June 8-10) 9^th National Convention of the Parti québécois.
June 8, 1908: 12^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti libéral (J. Lomer Gouin): 57 seats;
- Parti conservateur (Pierre-?‰variste Leblanc): 14 seats;
- Ligue nationaliste canadienne (Henri Bourassa): 3 seats.
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June 8, 1879: The votation occured in Verchères in the General Election of May 1, 1878, is cancelled by the courts for motives which are not mentioned. The ballot will be resumed on July 17, 1879.
June 9, 1862: By-election in Québec,; François ?‰vanturel (BLE), Minister of Agriculture and Statistics in the Macdonald-Sicotte Cabinet, is elected.
June 9, 1848: By-election in the City of Québec; François-Xavier Méthot (père) (PAT) is elected.
June 9, 1841: Appointment of the 24 members of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada. 12 of them come from Canada East (Quebec).
June 10, 1996: By-elections in L'Assomption and Outremont; Jean-Claude St-André (PQ) and Pierre-?‰tienne Laporte (LIB) are elected.
June 10, 1861: Issuing of the Writs of the 7^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.
June 10, 1856: By-election in Stanstead; Timothy Lee Terrill (L-CON), Provincial Secretary of Canada in the Taché-Macdonald Cabinet, is elected.
June 10, 1847: By-election in Missiskoui [Missisquoi]; William Badgley (TOR), Attorney General of Lower Canada in the Sherwood-Papineau Cabinet, is elected.
June 10, 1815: By-election in Leinster; Michel Prévost (CAN) is elected.
June 11, 1957: Fabien Gagnon (LIB), MLA for Compton, dies in office.
June 11, 1938: At the outcome of a Plenary Convention, the Parti libéral confirms Joseph-Adélard Godbout as Leader of the Party.
June 11, 1936: Following the dismissal of Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (LIB), Joseph-Adélard Godbout (LIB), MLA for L'Islet, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
June 11, 1896: Charles Fitzpatrick (LIB), MLA for the comté de Québec, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
June 11, 1824: Jacob Oldham (CAN), MHA for Effingham, dies in office.
June 11, 1792: (June 11 to 27) Beginning of the 1^st General Election in Quebec's history, as stated by the «Constitutional Act of 1791», aiming to elect the first Members of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.
June 12, 1995: Signature of the Entente tripartite (Tripartite Agreement) among the Parti québécois, the Bloc québécois and the Action démocratique du Québec, by which the agreed on a common stance about the negociation of an economical and political partnership with Canada in the case of a positive vote during the referendum on independence to be held on October 1995.
June 12, 1995: Jean Filion (PQ), MNA for Montmorency, announces that he quits the Parti québécois parliamentary group in order to sit as «independent sovereigntist» MNA.
June 12, 1984: (June 12-14) 10^th National Convention of the Parti québécois.
June 12, 1897: By-elections in Bellechasse, Châteauguay, L'Islet, St. Jean and St. Sauveur; Adélard Turgeon (LIB), Commissioner of Colonization and Mining, Joseph-Emery Robidoux (LIB), Secretary and Registrar of the Province, François-Gilbert Miville-Dechêne (LIB), Commissioner of Agriculture, Félix-Gabriel Marchand (LIB), Prime Minister of Quebec, and Simon-Napoléon Parent (LIB), Commissioner of Land, Forest and Fisheries, are elected by acclamation.
June 12, 1876: Pierre-Samuel Gendron (CON), MLA for Bagot, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
June 12, 1862: By-elections in Argenteuil and St. Hyacinthe; John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (LIB), Sollicitor General of Lower Canada in the Macdonald-Sicotte Cabinet, and Louis-Victor Sicotte (BLE), Attorney General of Lower Canada and Co-Prime Minister of the Province of Canada, are elected.
June 13, 1989: Jean-Pierre Charbonneau (PQ), MNA for Verchères, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
June 13, 1958: A newspaper from Montreal, Le Devoir, reveals the «Scandale du Gaz naturel», in which six members of the Duplessis cabinet (UN) were implied.
June 13, 1898: Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (CON), Minister of Quebec from 1879 to 1882 and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1892 to 1898, dies at the age of 57.
June 13, 1896: Louis-Olivier Taillon (CON), MLA for Chambly and former Prime Minister of Quebec, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his decision to quit for federal politics.
June 13, 1888: Andrew Stuart Johnson (CON), MLA for Mégantic, is found guilty of electoral fraud by the Courts during the General Election of October 14, 1886. His election is cancelled and the Mégantic seat becomes vacant.
June 13, 1883: By-election in Laval; Amédée Gaboury (LIB) is elected.
June 13, 1832: François-Xavier Malhiot (PAT), MHA for Verchères, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
June 14, 2002: André Côté is designated unanimously as Commissionner on lobbyism by the National Assembly of Quebec for a 5 years mandate.
June 14, 1989: Gérard Latulippe (LIB), MNA for Chambly, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
June 14, 1985: The Mouvement socialiste and the Nouveau Parti démocratique du Québec obtain officially the status of authorized political party.
June 14, 1873: Francis Cassidy (CON), MLA for Montréal Ouest, dies in office.
June 14, 1853: The assent is given to the «Acte pour augmenter la représentation du peuple de cette province en parlement» (S.P.C., 1853 (16 Vict.), c. 152) (An Act to increase the representation of the people of this province in parliament), which provides for the redistricting the ridings in the Province of Canada. The number of MLAs for Canada East is increased from 42 to 65. This map of ridings will be the basis upon which all redistricting processes shall be held until 1972.
June 14, 1841: Opening of the first session of the new Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.
June 15, 2002: (June 15-16) Founding convention of the Union des forces progressistes, born of the merger of three leftist political parties: the Parti communiste du Québec, the Parti de la démocratie socialiste and the Rassemblement pour l'alternative progressiste. (more...)
June 15, 1991: Official foundation of the Bloc québécois, a grouping of federal MPs since June 1990, during the Tracy Convention. Lucien Bouchard, MP for Lac-Saint-Jean, is elected as President and Leader of the party. He shall remain in office until 1996.
June 15, 1832: Barthélémy Joliette (PAT), MHA for Assomption [L'Assomption], resigns as Member of the House of Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
June 15, 1832: Louis Lagueux (PAT), MHA for Dorchester, dies in office.
June 16, 1996: Michel Bourdon (PQ), MNA for Pointe-aux-Trembles, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
June 16, 1993: Guy Bélanger (LIB), MNA for Laval-des-Rapides, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
June 16, 1966: Following the victory of his party in the General Election of June 5, 1966, Daniel Johnson (père) (UN), MLA for Bagot, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
June 16, 1886: Onésime Gauthier (CON), MLA for Charlevoix, dies in office.
June 16, 1857: ?‰tienne-Paschal Taché (BLE), Legislative Councillor, Co-Prime Minister of the Province of Canada and Speaker of the Legislative Council, is appointed Commissioner of the Crown Lands in his Cabinet.
June 16, 1835: By-election in Kamouraska; Alexandre Fraser (n.a.) is elected.
June 17, 2004: Christos Sirros (LIB), MNA for Laurier-Dorion, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
June 17, 2002: By-elections in Berthier, Joliette, Lac-Saint-Jean and Vimont; Marie Grégoire (ADQ), Sylvie Lespérance (ADQ), Stéphan Tremblay (PQ) and François Gaudreau (ADQ) are elected. (more...)
June 17, 1987: Reed Scowen (LIB), MNA for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
June 17, 1936: Paul Gouin (ALN), MLA for L'Assomption and leader of the Action libérale nationale, withdraws his support to Maurice L. Duplessis (CON), MLA for Trois-Tivières, Leader of the Parti conservateur and Leader of the Official Opposition. Both accuse each other to have violated their agreement of 1935.
June 17, 1922: Eugène Merrill L. Desaulniers (LIB), MNA for Chambly, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as président de la Commission des liqueurs (President of the Liquor Board).
June 17, 1890: 7^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti libéral (Honoré Mercier (père)): 43 seats;
- Parti conservateur (Louis-Olivier Taillon) and Independent Conservatives: 25 seats;
- Nationalistes: 4 seats;
- Parti ouvrier: 1 seat.
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June 17, 1846: Denis-Benjamin Viger (TOR), MLA for Trois-Rivières, Co-Prime Minister of the Province of Canada and President of the Executive Council, resigns as Minister, thus putting an end to the Draper-Viger Cabinet.
June 17, 1861: Legislative by-elections in the Stadacona and Montarville divisions; Charles-François-Xavier Baby (CON) and Louis Lacoste (BLE) are elected.
June 17, 1796: Beginning of the 2^nd General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.
June 18, 1984: By-elections in Marguerite-Bourgeoys, Marie-Victorin and Sauvé; Gilles Fortin (LIB), Guy Pratt (LIB) and Marcel Parent (LIB) are elected.
June 18, 1888: By-election in Chicoutimi et Saguenay; Séverin Dumais (NAT) is elected.
June 18, 1879: By-election in Rouville; Flavien-Guillaume Bouthillier (LIB) is elected.
June 18, 1860: Legislative by-election in Sorel; Jean-Baptiste Guévremont (LIB) is elected.
June 18, 1846: Formation of the Cabinet Draper-Papineau in the Province of Canada, led by William Henry Draper (TOR), MLA for London and Attorney General of Upper Canada, and Denis-Benjamin Papineau (TOR), MLA for Outaouais and Commissioner of the Crown Lands.
June 18, 1840: The British House of Commons adopts the Acte d'union (Act of Union), which provides for the merger of the colonies of Lower Canada (Quebec) and of Upper Canada (Ontario). The Act will come into force on February 10, 1841.
June 18, 1808: Return of the Writs of the 5^th general election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. 50 MHAs are elected, including 36 Francophones and 14 anglophones.
June 18, 1804: Issuing of the Writs of the 4^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.
June 19, 1998: Jacques Girard is designated unanimously as directeur général des élections (Chief Election Officer) by the National Assembly of Quebec for a 7 years mandate. Mr. Girard shall die in office on April 1999.
June 19, 1990: René-Serge Larouche (ind.), MNA for Anjou, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
June 19, 1989: The Union nationale losses the status of authorized political party.
June 19, 1971: At the outcome of a Leadership Convention, Gabriel Loubier (UN), MNA for Bellechasse, is elected as Leader of the Union nationale.
June 19, 1929: Jean-Baptiste Lafrenière (LIB), MLA for Richelieu, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as président de la Commission du crédit agricole (President of the Agricultural Credit Commission).
June 19, 1897: By-election in Brome; Henry Thomas Duffy (LIB), Commissionner of Public Works in the Marchand Cabinet, is elected.
June 19, 1884: By-election in Vaudreuil; Alfred Godard dit Lapointe (CON) is elected by acclamation.
June 19, 1863: Legislative by-election in the Wellington division; Thomas Ryan (CON) is elected.
June 20, 1991: The assent is given to the bill 150, «Loi sur le processus de détermination de l'avenir politique et constitutionnel du Québec» (An act respecting the process for determining the political and constitutional future of Quebec) (L.Q., 1991, c. 34) which envisages a referendum on the sovereignty of Quebec in 1992. The act also establishes two parliamentary commissions, one charged to study any question concerning the accession to sovereignty, the other charged to examine all new offer of constitutional modification from the federal government.
June 20, 1989: The Parti unité / Unity Party obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
June 20, 1988: By-election in Anjou and Roberval; René-Serge Larouche (LIB) and Gaston Blackburn (LIB) are elected.
June 20, 1983: By-election in Charlesbourg, Saguenay and Saint-Jacques; Marc-Yvan Côté (LIB), Ghislain Maltais (LIB) and Serge Champagne (LIB) are elected.
June 20, 1969: Paul Gérin-Lajoie (LIB), MNA for Vaudreuil-Soulanges, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
June 20, 1957: David Rochon (LIB), MLA for Montréal?Saint-Louis, and Lionel-Alfred Ross (LIB), MLA for Montréal-Verdun, quit the Parti libéral Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MLAs.
June 20, 1956: 25^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Union nationale (Maurice Duplessis): 72 seats;
- Parti libéral (Georges-?‰mile Lapalme): 20 seats;
- Independents: 1 seat.
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June 20, 1936: The Union nationale is founded during a meeting of the Opposition Parliamentary Group (Parti conservateur and Action libérale nationale). 35 MLAs out of 42 vote for the merger of both parties.
June 20, 1924: Arthur Ricard (LIB), MLA for Saint-Maurice, dies in office in a car accident.
June 20, 1905: By-election in Yamaska; Guillaume-?‰douard Ouellet (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
June 20, 1862: By-election in Hochelaga; Antoine-Aimé Dorion (ROU), Secretary of the Province of Canada in the Macdonald-Sicotte Cabinet, is elected.
June 21, 2001: Céline Signori (PQ), MNA for Blainville, announces her dismissal as Member of the National Assembly, this decision being effective on June 27.
June 21, 1982: Guy Bisaillon (PQ), MNA for Sainte-Marie, quits the Parti québécois Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MNA.
June 21, 1969: (June 19-21) At the outcome of a Leadership convention, Jean-Jacques Bertrand (UN), MNA for Missisquoi, Prime Minister of Quebec since October 1968 and interim Leader of the Union nationale, is officially appointed as Leader of the Party.
June 21, 1944: Edgar Rochette (LIB), MLA for Charlevoix et Saguenay and Minister of Labour, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly and Minister following his appointment as judge.
June 21, 1842: Charles Dewey Day (TOR), MLA for Outaouais and Sollicitor General of Lower Canada, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly and Minister because of his upcoming appointment as Judge of the Court of King's Bench for the Montréal district.
June 22, 1994: The CANADA! party obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
June 22, 1993: The Parti économique du Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
June 22, 1990: Robert Bourassa (LIB), Prime Minister of Quebec and MNA for Saint-Laurent, pronounces a speech in the National Assembly after the failure of the process of ratification of the Meech Lake Constitutional Accord and declares that «Le Canada anglais doit comprendre de façon très claire que, quoi qu'on dise et quoi qu'on fasse, le Québec est, aujourd'hui et pour toujours, une société distincte, libre et capable d'assumer son destin et son développement.» (English Canada has to understand in a very clear way that, whatever one says and whatever one makes, Quebec is, today and for ever, a distinct society, free and capable of assuming its fate and its development.)
June 22, 1960: 26^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti libéral (Jean Lesage): 51 seats;
- Union nationale (Antonio Barrette): 43 seats;
- Independents: 1 seat.
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June 22, 1944: Charles Delagrave (LIB), MLA for Québec-Ouest, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Cuoncillor.
June 22, 1921: Louis-Eugène-Aduire Parrot (LIB), MLA for Témiscouata, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
June 22, 1917: Joseph-Alcide Dupuis (LIB), MLA for Montcalm, dies in office.
June 23, 1990: The Meech Lake Accord, aiming to reintegrate Quebec into Canada's constitution, becomes null and void after the refusal of two provinces, Manitoba and Newfoundland, to ratify it.
June 23, 1988: Cabinet reshuffle in the Robert Bourassa Cabinet (LIB).
June 23, 1919: 15^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti libéral (Lomer Gouin): 74 seats;
- Parti conservateur (Arthur Sauvé): 5 seats;
- Parti ouvrier: 2 seats.
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June 23, 1896: By-election in Montmorency; ?‰douard Bouffard (CON) is elected.
June 23, 1862: Legislative by-election in the Golfe division; Ulric-Joseph Tessier (ROU), Commissioner of Public Works in the Macdonald-Sicotte Cabinet, is elected.
June 23, 1854: Issuing of the Writs of the 5^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.
June 23, 1841: John Neilson (PAT), MLA for Québec, deposits an amendment to the address in answer to the Speech from the Throne by which would be expressed the regret that the population of Lower Canada was not consulted on the adoption of the Act of Union by the British Parliament in 1840. The amendment will be rejected by 50 votes to 25.
June 24, 1856: The assent is given to the «Acte pour changer la Constitution du Conseil Législatif et le rendre électif » (An Act to change the Constitution of the Legislative Council and to make elective) (S.P.C., 1856 (19-20 Vict.), c.140), providing that from now on, members of the Legislative Council of the colony shall be elected instead of appointed by the Crown.
June 24, 1834: For the first time in history, Quebec's national holiday is celebrated on «Saint Jean-Baptiste's Day».
June 24, 1830: François Blanchet (PAT), MHA for Hertford, dies in office.
June 25, 2008: Philippe Couillard (LIB), MNA for Jean-Talon and Minister of Health and Social Services, resigns as Member of the National Assembly and minister.
June 25, 1992: The Parti populaire du Québec and the Renaissance party obtain officially the status of authorized political party.
June 25, 1913: William H. Walker (LIB), MLA for Huntingdon, dies in office.
June 25, 1864: Legislative by-election in the La Durantaye division; Joseph-Noël Bossé (CON) is elected.
June 26, 2007: Pauline Marois is elected by acclamation as Leader of the Parti québécois.
June 26, 1978: The assent is given to the «Loi sur la consultation populaire» (Referendum Act) (L.Q., 1978, c. 6), which provides for the running of referendums in Quebec.
June 26, 1937: Many leaders of the late Action libérale nationale leave the Union nationale to found a new party, the Parti national (National Party), frustrated as they are by the Duplessis cabinet (UN): Philippe Hamel, MLA for Québec-Centre, Oscar Drouin, MLA for Québec-Est, Joseph-Ernest Grégoire, MLA for Montmagny , Adolphe Marcoux, MLA for Québec, and René Chaloult, MLA for Kamouraska, as well as ?‰lisée Thériault, Legislative Councillor for Kennebec, and Ernest Ouellet, Legislative Councillor for La Vallière.
June 26, 1901: Charles Langelier (LIB), MLA for Lévis, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as sheriff for the Quebec District.
June 26, 1879: By-election in Chambly; J.-Raymond Fournier dit Préfontaine (LIB) is elected.
June 27, 2001: Céline Signori (PQ), MNA for Blainville, officially resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
June 27, 1936: Swearing in of the Ministers of the Godbout Cabinet (LIB). Four of them are not MLAs, which constitutes a record.
June 27, 1887: Léon-Benoît-Alfred Charlebois (CON), MLA for Laprairie, dies in office.
June 28, 1886: Jonathan Saxton Campbell Würtele (CON), MLA for Yamaska and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as judge.
June 28, 1876: François-Xavier Méthot (fils) (CON), MLA for Nicolet, is found guilty of «having given presents to voters» by the Superior Court during the General Election of July 7, 1875. His election is cancelled and the Nicolet seat becomes vacant.
June 29, 1983: Claude Vaillancourt (PQ), MNA for Jonquière and former Speaker of the National Assembly, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
June 29, 1836: Valère Guillet (PAT), MHA for Saint Maurice, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly.
June 30, 1989: Herbert Marx (LIB), MNA for D'Arcy-McGee, resigns as Member of the National Assembly following his appointment as Judge in the Cour supérieure du Québec.
June 30, 1987: Cabinet reshuffle in the Robert Bourassa Cabinet (LIB).
June 30, 1964: Yvon Gabias (UN), MLA for Trois-Rivières, deposes a motion to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, in which he accuses René Hamel (LIB), MLA for Saint-Maurice, for corruption and asks for an enquiry about these allegations.
June 30, 1954: George C. Marler (LIB), MLA for Westmount?Saint-Georges and former Leader of the Official Opposition, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
June 30, 1936: Joseph Cohen (LIB), MLA for Montréal?Saint- Laurent, is found guilty of electoral fraud by the Courts during the General Election of November 25, 1935. His election is cancelled and the Montréal?Saint-Laurent seat becomes vacant.
June 30, 1898: ?‰lie-Hercule Bisson (LIB), MLA for Beauharnois, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as protonotary.
June 30, 1895: Patrick Kennedy (CON), MLA for Montréal division No. 6, dies in office.
June 30, 1829: By-election in Québec (Haute-Ville); Jean-François-Joseph Duval (n.a.) is elected.

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