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May 1, 1963: Nationalization of the companies of electricity production and supply, which are absorbed by the state agency Hydro-Québec.
May 1, 1933: Joseph-Pierre-Cyrénus Lemieux (LIB), MLA for Wolfe and Whip of the Parti libéral, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as sheriff.
May 1, 1878: 4^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti conservateur (Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau) and Independent Conservatives: 34 seats;
- Parti libéral (Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière): 31 seats.
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May 1, 1850: By-election in Mégantic; Dunbar Ross (REF) is elected.
May 2, 1997: Yvon Charbonneau (LIB), MNA for Bourassa, and France Dionne (LIB), MNA for Kamouraska-Témiscouata, resign as Members of the National Assembly.
May 2, 1930: Antonin Galipeault (LIB), MLA for Maskinongé and Minister of Public Works and Labour, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly and Minister following his appointment as judge.
May 2, 1898: Nazaire-Nicolas Olivier (LIB), MLA for Lévis, dies in office.
May 2, 1874: By-election in Chicoutimi et Saguenay; Michel-Guillaume Baby (CON) is elected by acclamation.
May 2, 1817: Pierre Bréhaut (n.a.), MHA for Québec, dies in office.
May 3, 1954: Charles Daniel French (UN), MLA for Compton and Minister of Minings, dies in office.
May 3, 1934: Lauréat Lapierre (LIB), MLA for Mégantic, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as sheriff.
May 4, 1923: William Robert Oliver (LIB), MLA for Brome, dies in office.
May 4, 1901: John Jones Ross (CON), Legislative Councillor for Shawinigan and former Prime Minister of Quebec (1884-1887), dies in office at the age of 69.
May 4, 1896: Louis-Olivier Taillon (CON), Prime Minister of Quebec and MLA for Chambly, resigns as Prime Minister following his decision to quit for federal politics.
May 4, 1889: Owen Murphy (LIB), MLA for Québec Ouest, is found guilty by the Superior Court of electoral fraud during the General Election of October 14, 1886. His election is cancelled and the Québec Ouest seat becomes vacant.
May 4, 1863: The election of Alexandre-Édouard Kierzkowski (ROU), MLA for Verchères, is invalidated by the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for inadmissibility as candidate at the time of the ballot. His opponent, Charles-François Painchaud (n.a.), is declared elected.
May 5, 1996: (May 5-7) 14^th National Convention of the Parti québécois.
May 5, 1989: The Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec obtains officially once again the status of authorized political party it had lost on November, 1985.
May 5, 1974: Yvon Dupuis leaves the Ralliement créditiste to found the Parti présidentiel. This party will amalgamate with the Union nationale in May 1975.
May 5, 1886: By-election in Verchères; Abraham Bernard (LIB) is elected.
May 5, 1835: Amable Dionne (PAT), MHA for Kamouraska, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly.
May 5, 1809: Ezekiel Hart (BUR), MHA for Trois-Rivières, is expelled for second time of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada for ineligibility because of its membership in the Jewish religion. The Trois-Rivières seat becomes vacant.
May 6, 1847: By-election in Ilet [L'Islet]; Charles-François Fournier (PAT) is elected.
May 7, 1936: Beginning of the sessions of the parliamentary committee of the public accounts, convened by Maurice Duplessis (CON) to investigate into the governmental administration. The works of the Committee will cause the dismissal of the Taschereau cabinet (LIB).
May 7, 1914: By-election in Bonaventure; Joseph-Fabien Bugeaud (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
May 7, 1883: Joseph-Alfred Mousseau (CON), MLA for Jacques Cartier and Prime Minister of Quebec, is found guilty by the courts of electoral fraud during the By-Election of August 26, 1882. His election is cancelled and the Jacques Cartier seat becomes vacant.
May 7, 1860: By-elections in Québec Centre and Québec Ouest; George-Honoré Simard (BLE) and Charles Joseph Alleyn (BLE) are elected.
May 7, 1837: Assembly of the Richelieu county, said «Assemblée de Saint-Ours», where the leaders of the Parti patriote (Patriotic Party) present and make adopt resolutions denouncing Lord Rusell and the policy of the British government towards Lower Canada while launching a boycott of products imported from Great Britain and subjected to customs duties.
May 7, 1792: The 27 ridings of the first general election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada are created by a proclamation of Governor Dorchester.
May 8, 2007: André Boisclair (PQ), MNA for Pointe-aux-Trembles and leader of the Parti québécois, resigns as leader of the party.
May 8, 1984: Shooting in the National Assembly. Corporal Denis Lortie penetrates the Hôtel du Parlement (Hotel of the Parliament), killing three persons and by injuring nine others.
May 8, 1942: Wilfrid Girouard (LIB), MLA for Arthabaska and Attorney General, and Bernard Bissonnette (LIB), MLA for L'Assomption and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, resign as Members of the Legislative Assembly and Minister following their appointment as judges.
May 8, 1934: Joseph-Éphraïm Bédard (LIB), MLA for Québec, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Vice-President of the Commission des liqueurs.
May 8, 1888: By-election in Laval; Pierre-Évariste Leblanc (CON) is elected.
May 8, 1888: James McShane (LIB), MLA for Montréal Centre and Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works, resigns as Minister following charges of corruption carried against him.
May 8, 1863: Legislative by-election in the Wellington division; John Sweall Sanborn (LIB) is elected.
May 8, 1863: Dismissal of the Macdonald-Sicotte Cabinet in the Province of Canada following a non-confidence vote at the Legislative Assembly.
May 8, 1826: By-election in Hampshire; François-Xavier Larue (PAT) is elected.
May 9, 1986: Gil Rémillard (LIB), MNA for Jean-Talon and Minister for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs, delivers a speech during a seminar held at the Mont-Gabriel in which he exposes the five «minimal» (fundamental) conditions so that Quebec affixes its signature to the Canadian Constitution.
May 9, 1914: By-election in Châteauguay; Honoré Mercier (fils) (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
May 9, 1877: Beginning of the works of construction of the Hôtel du Parlement (Hotel of the Parliament), the building in which still sits the National Assembly of Quebec nowadays.
May 10, 1902: François-Gilbert Miville Dechêne (LIB), MLA for L'Islet and Minister of Agriculture, dies in office.
May 10, 1880: Onuphe Peltier (CON), MLA for L'Assomption, dies in office.
May 10, 1823: Louis-Joseph Papineau (CAN), MHA for Montréal (quartier ouest) and Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, and John Neilson(CAN), MHA for Québec, present to the Colonial Office in London a report and a petition against the project of union of Upper and Lower Canada. This project will be abandoned by the British Parliament.
May 11, 2007: Gilles Duceppe (BQ), MP for Laurier—Sainte-Marie and Leader of the Bloc québécois, and Pauline Marois (PQ), former MNA and former Minister, announce their intention to be candidates as Leader of the Parti québécois.
May 11, 1994: Following the dismissal of Jean Allaire as Leader of the Action démocratique du Québec in April, Mario Dumont, president of the party, is appointed as «interim» Leader by the party's executive council.
May 11, 1975: At the outcome of a leadership convention, Camil Samson(CS), MNA for Rouyn-Noranda, is re-elected as Leader of the Ralliement créditiste.
May 11, 1897: 9^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti libéral (Félix-Gabriel Marchand): 51 seats;
- Parti conservateur (Edmund James Flynn): 23 seats.
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May 11, 1896: Following the dismissal of Louis-Olivier Taillon (CON), MLA for Chambly, as Prime Minister seven days earlier, Edmund J. Flynn (CON), MLA for Gaspé, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
May 12, 2008: By-elections in Bourget, Hull and Pointe-aux-Trembles; Maka Kotto (PQ), Maryse Gaudreault (LIB) and Nicole Léger (PQ) are elected (more...).
May 12, 2007: Gilles Duceppe (BQ), MP for Laurier—Sainte-Marie and Leader of the Bloc québécois, announces his withdrawal from the Parti québécois leadership race.
May 12, 2005: The Parti conscience universelle obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
May 12, 1970: Following the victory of his party during the general election held on April 29, 1970, Robert Bourassa (LIB), MLA for Mercier, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
May 12, 1896: Alexander Webb Morris (CON), MLA for Montréal division No. 4, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
May 12, 1888: Élie Saint-Hilaire (CON-I), MLA for Chicoutimi et Saguenay, dies in office.
May 12, 1856: By-election in Argenteuil; Sydney Robert Bellingham (CON) is elected.
May 13, 1929: By-election in L'Islet; Joseph-Adélard Godbout (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
May 13, 1829: Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal (PAT), MHA for Québec (Haute-Ville), resigns as Member of the House of Assembly following his appointment as provincial Judge at Trois-Rivières.
May 13, 1814: Return of the Writs of the 8^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. 50 MHAs are elected, among which 35 are Francophones and 15 are Anglophones.
May 14, 1945: Édouard Lacroix (BPC), MLA for Beauce, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
May 14, 1914: Godfroy Langlois (LIB), MLA for Montréal–St-Louis, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as agent général du Québec en Belgique (General Agent of Quebec in Belgium).
May 14, 1897: Following the defeat of his party in the general election held three days earlier, Edmund James Flynn (CON) resigns as Prime Minister of Quebec.
May 15, 2002: Gilles Baril (PQ), MNA for Berthier and former minister in the Bouchard and Landry Cabinets, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
May 15, 2002: The Parti démocratie chrétienne du Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
May 15, 1935: Joseph-Maurice Gabias (LIB), MLA for Montréal–Saint-Henri, dies in office.
May 15, 1912: 13^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti libéral (J. Lomer Gouin): 63 seats;
- Parti conservateur (Joseph-Mathias Tellier): 16 seats;
- Parti ouvrier: 1 seat;
- Ligue nationaliste canadienne (Henri Bourassa): 1 seat.
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May 15, 1837: Assemblée de Saint-Laurent, where Louis-Joseph Papineau launches a boycott of products imported from England in protest against the refusal of the British government to reach the demands formulated in the Quatre-vingt-douze résolutions (Ninety-two resolutions).
May 15, 1809: Early dissolution, after less than year of mandate, of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada by the British governor James Craig.
May 16, 1927: 17^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti libéral (Louis-Alexandre Taschereau) and Independent Liberals: 75 seats;
- Parti conservateur (Arthur Sauvé): 9 seats;
- Parti ouvrier: 1 seat.
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May 16, 1913: Alfred Morisset (LIB), MLA for Dorchester, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as greffier du Conseil exécutif (Clerk of the Executive Council).
May 16, 1864: François-Xavier Lemieux (oncle) (CON), Legislative Councillor for La Durantaye, dies in office.
May 16, 1863: Formation of the Macdonald-Dorion Cabinet in the Province of Canada, led by John Sandfield Macdonald (REF), MLA for Cornwall and Attorney General of Upper Canada, and by Antoine-Aimé Dorion (ROU), MLA for Hochelaga and Attorney General of Lower Canada. Luc Letellier de Saint-Just (ROU), Legislative Councillor for Grandville and Minister of Agriculture, resigns as Legislative Councillor to endorse his appointment during by-election.
May 16, 1863: Issuing of the Writs of the 8^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, two years only after the previous general election.
May 16, 1861: The election of Pierre-Gabriel Huot (ROU), Legislative Councillor for Stadacona, is invalidated by the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada for motives which are not mentioned.
May 17, 1984: The Parti Unité-Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
May 17, 1955: Gaston Leroux (LIB), MLA for Shefford, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
May 17, 1858: The election of John O'Farrell (BLE), MLA for Lotbinière, is invalidated by the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada because of the deceitful practices committed by his partisans during the general election of 1857.
May 17, 1815: Death of the first Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, Jean-Antoine Panet.
May 18, 1888: By-election in Shefford; Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois (LIB) is elected.
May 18, 1860: By-election in Québec Est; Pierre-Gabriel Huot (ROU) is elected.
May 20, 1980: Referendum on the sovereignty of Quebec. The results are as follows:
- Yes: 40,44 %;
- No: 59,56 %.
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May 20, 1950: At the outcome of a Leadership Convention held in Quebec City, Georges-Émile Lapalme is elected as leader of the Parti libéral. Given that Lapalme is not a MLA, George C. Marler will remain parliamentary leader until the following general election.
May 20, 1922: Joseph-Edmond Robert (LIB), MLA for Rouville, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as agent for the Bureau provincial de l'immigration (Provincial Immigration Office).
May 20, 1873: George-Étienne Cartier (CON), MLA for Beauharnois, dies in office.
May 20, 1856: Dismissal of the MacNab-Taché Cabinet in the Province of Canada.
May 21, 1990: In protest against the Charest Report, where were proposed softenings in the Meech Lake Agreement, the federal Minister of Environment, Lucien Bouchard, resigns as Minister and quits the parliamentary group of the Progressive Conservative Party in order to sit as an independent MP.
May 21, 1888: Louis-Trefflé Dorais (CON-I), MLA for Nicolet, is found guilty by the Superior Court of electoral fraud during the General Election of October 14, 1886. His election is cancelled and the Nicolet seat becomes vacant.
May 21, 1879: Solime Bertrand (CON), MLA for Rouville, is found guilty by the courts of electoral fraud during the General Election of May 1, 1878. His election is cancelled and the Rouville seat becomes vacant.
May 21, 1862: Dismissal of the Cartier-Macdonald Cabinet in the Province of Canada.
May 22, 1919: Joseph Lafontaine (LIB), MLA for Berthier, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as inspector of asylums and prisons.
May 22, 1916: 14^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti libéral (J. Lomer Gouin): 75 seats;
- Parti conservateur (Philémon Cousineau): 6 seats.
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May 22, 1847: Joseph-André Taschereau (PAT), MLA for Dorchester, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Circuit Judge for the Québec district.
May 22, 1832: By-election in Montréal (Quartier-Ouest); Daniel Tracey (PAT) is elected.
May 23, 1989: Jean-Paul Théorêt (LIB), MNA for Vimont, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
May 23, 1985: Jacques Léonard (ind.), MNA for Labelle and former Minister in the Lévesque Cabinet, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
May 23, 1976: At the outcome of a Leadership Convention, Rodrigue Biron is elected as Leader of the Union nationale.
May 23, 1963: Paul Earl (LIB), MLA for Montréal-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Minister of Revenue, dies in office.
May 23, 1896: Thomas Chase Casgrain (CON), MLA for Montmorency, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his decision to quit for federal politics.
May 23, 1812: Edward Bowen (BUR), MHA for William Henry, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly following his appointment as Judge.
May 24, 1897: Following the victory of his party during the general election of May 11, 1897, Félix-Gabriel Marchand (LIB), MLA for St. Jean, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
May 24, 1862: Formation of the Macdonald-Sicotte Cabinet in the Province of Canada, led by John Sandfield Macdonald (REF), MLA for Cornwall and Attorney General of Upper Canada, and Louis-Victor Sicotte (BLE), MLA for St. Hyacinthe and Attorney General of Lower Canada. Six newly appinted ministers, Thomas D'Arcy McGee, François Évanturel, Louis-Victor Sicotte, Aitoine-Aimé Dorion, John Joseph Caldwell Abbott and Ulric-Joseph Tessier, resign as Members of the Legislative Assembly to endorse their appointment during by-elections.
May 24, 1856: Formation of the Taché-Macdonald Cabinet in the Province of Canada, led by Étienne-Paschal Taché (L-CON), Legislative Councillor and Speaker of the Legislative Council, and John Alexander Macdonald (L-CON), MLA for Kingston and Attorney General of Upper Canada.
May 24, 1832: Charles-Nicolas-Fortuné de Montenach (n.a.), MHA for Yamaska, dies in office.
May 24, 1792: Issuing of the Writs of the 1^st General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.
May 25, 1978: Pierre-F. Côté is designated as directeur général des élections (Chief Election Officer) to replace François Drouin, president general of the elections from 1945 to 1978.
May 25, 1956: Jules Savard (LIB), MLA for Québec-Ouest, dies in office.
May 25, 1938: By-election in Chicoutimi; Antonio Talbot (UN) is elected.
May 25, 1888: By-election in Trois-Rivières; H.-R.-Arthur Turcotte (LIB), Attorney General in the Mercier Cabinet, is elected.
May 25, 1883: Pierre-Évariste Leblanc (CON), MLA for Laval, is found guilty by the courts of electoral fraud during the by-election of October 30, 1882. His election is cancelled and the Laval seat becomes vacant.
May 26, 1944: The assent is given to an act of the Legislative Assembly modifying the demarcations of ridings and increasing their number from 86 to 91.
May 26, 1868: The first coats of arms of Quebec are granted to it by queen Victoria.
May 26, 1837: By-election in Lachenaie; Ludger Duvernay (PAT) is elected.
May 27, 1977: (May 27-29) 6^th National Convention of the Parti québécois.
May 27, 1927: Arthur Sauvé (CON), MLA for Deux-Montagnes and Leader of the Parti conservateur, resigns as Leader of the Party. He shall remain in office until the appointment of a successor.
May 27, 1808: Beginning of the 5^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.
May 28, 2006: At the outcome of a leadership election, Scott McKay (VRT) is elected as Leader of the Parti vert du Québec.
May 28, 1997: By-elections in Beauce-Sud and Prévost; Diane Leblanc (LIB) and Lucie Papineau (PQ) are elected.
May 28, 1905: James Cochrane (LIB), MLA for Montréal division No. 4, dies in office.
May 28, 1842: Joseph-Édouard Turcotte (PAT), MLA for Saint Maurice, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Translator of the laws and Secretary of the Commission de la tenure seigneuriale (Committee of the Seigneurial Tenure) during the previous months.
May 29, 1989: By-elections in Hull and Papineau; René-Robert Lesage (LIB) and Norman MacMillan (LIB) are elected.
May 29, 1876: Auguste-Charles-Philippe Landry (CON), MLA for Montmagny, is found guilty by the courts of electoral fraud during the General Election of July 7, 1875. His election is cancelled and the Montmagny seat becomes vacant.
May 29, 1871: Issuing of the Writs of the 2^nd General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. After the vote ended at the end of July 1871, the results were as follows:
- Parti conservateur (Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau): 46 seats;
- Parti libéral (Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière): 19 seats.
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May 29, 1857: Gédéon-Mélasippe Prévost (ROU), MLA for Terrebonne, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
May 29, 1847: Formation of the Sherwood-Papineau Cabinet in the Province of Canada, led by Henry Sherwood (TOR), MLA for York and Attorney General of Upper Canada, and Denis-Benjamin Papineau (TOR), MLA for Outaouais and Commissioner of the Crown Lands.
May 30, 2003: Julie Boulet (LIB), Minister for Health, Social Services and Seniors and MNA for Laviolette, resigns as Minister.
May 30, 1884: François-Xavier Archambault (CON), MLA for Vaudreuil, is found guilty by the Superior Court of electoral fraud during the by-election of October 30, 1882. His election is cancelled and the Vaudreuil seat becomes vacant.
May 30, 1874: By-election in Huntingdon; Alexander Cameron (LIB) is elected.
May 31, 1975: The Leader of the Parti présidentiel (Presidential Party), Yvon Brochu, announces the merger of his Party with the Union nationale.
May 31, 1968: Eric W. Kierans (LIB), MLA for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
May 31, 1964: Pierre Bourgault is elected as Leader of the Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale.
May 31, 1958: At the outcome of a Leadership Convention, Jean Lesage is elected as Leader of the Parti libéral.
May 31, 1884: Amédée Gaboury (LIB), MLA for Laval, is found guilty by the Superior Court of electoral fraud during the by-election of June 13, 1883. His election is cancelled and the Laval seat becomes vacant.

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