November 1, 2002: The Parti de la démocratie socialiste losses the status of authorized political party following its merger within the Union des forces progressistes.
November 1, 1987: René Lévesque (PQ), Prime Minister of Quebec from 1976 to 1985, dies at the age of 65.
November 1, 1979: The René Lévesque Cabinet (PQ) depose to the National Assembly of Quebec its white book on sovereignty-association: «La Nouvelle entente Québec-Canada» (Quebec-Canada : A New Deal).
November 1, 1914: Peter Samuel George Mackenzie (LIB), MLA for Richmond and Treasurer of the Province, dies in office.
November 1, 1866: Jean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion (ROU), MLA for Drummond et Arthabaska, dies in office.
November 2, 1985: The Parti du socialisme chrétien obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
November 2, 1983: The Action des hommes d'affaires du Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
November 2, 1971: Marcel Masse (UN), MNA for Montcalm, quits the Unité-Québec Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MNA.
November 2, 1938: By-elections in Stanstead and Montréal–Saint-Louis; Henri Gérin (UN) and Louis Fitch (UN) are elected.
November 2, 1934: Médéric Duval (LIB), MLA for Montcalm, dies in office.
November 2, 1867: The Lieutenant Governor of Quebec appoints the first 24 Members of the Legislative Council of Quebec. 21 of them are members of the Parti conservateur and 3 are members of the Parti libéral.
November 2, 1858: Legislative election in the Montarville division; Alexandre-Édouard Kierskowski (ROU) is elected.
November 3, 1995: Minor Cabinet reshuffle. Four members of the Parizeau Cabinet (PQ) are entrusted additional responsibilities to those who were already under their charge.
November 3, 1975: Fabien Roy (CS), MNA for Beauce-Sud, is expelled from the Ralliement créditiste. He will sit as independent MNA from November 5, 1975.
November 3, 1892: By-elections in Matane and Trois-Rivières; Louis-Félix Pinault (LIB) and Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand (CON) are elected.
November 3, 1878: Pierre Bachand (LIB), MLA for St. Hyacinthe and Provincial Treasurer, dies in office.
November 3, 1860: Legislative election in the Inkerman division; John Hamilton (CON) is elected.
November 3, 1835: Louis-Joseph Papineau (PAT), MHA for Montréal and Montréal (Quartier-Ouest) and Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly for Montréal.
November 3, 1810: Joseph Drapeau (CAN), MHA for Northumberland, dies in office.
November 4, 1930: By-elections in Deux-Montagnes, Huntingdon and Maskinongé; J.-M.-Paul Sauvé (CON), Martin B. Fisher (CON) and Louis-Joseph Thisdel (LIB) are elected.
November 4, 1907: By-elections in Bellechasse, Montmorency, Nicolet et Rimouski; Adélard Turgeon (LIB), Minister of Lands and Forests in the Gouin Cabinet, Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (LIB), Minister of Public Works and Labour, Charles Ramsay Devlin (LIB), Minister of Colonization, Minings and Fisheries, and Pierre-Émile D'Anjou (LIB) are elected.
November 4, 1889: Édouard-Onésiphore Martin (LIB), MLA for Rimouski, dies in office.
November 5, 1996: Following the deep reactions provoked by the revelations that he had worn the swastika while he was student during World War II, Jean-Louis Roux resigns as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. His resignation will come into force on January 30, 1997.
November 5, 1981: (November 4-5) «Nuit des longs couteaux» (Night of the Long Knives). The Federal Government and nine provincial governments (out of ten) come to an agreement on a reform and the patriation of the Constitution, without Quebec.
November 5, 1924: By-elections in Bonaventure, Québec, Saint-Maurice, Sherbrooke and Montréal–Sainte-Marie; Pierre-Émile Côté (LIB), Ludger Bastien (CON), Alphonse-Edgar Guillemette (LIB), Armand-Charles Crépeau (CON) and Joseph-Henry Dillon (LIB) are elected.
November 5, 1906: By-election in Iberville; Joseph-Aldéric Benoît (LIB) is elected.
November 5, 1869: By-election in Sherbrooke; Joseph Gibb Robertson (CON), Treasurer of the Province in the Chauveau Cabinet, is elected by acclamation.
November 5, 1860: Legislative election in the Rigaud division; Robert Unwin Harwood (CON) is elected.
November 6, 1990: Opening of the sittings of the Commission Bélanger-Campeau (Commission on the Political and Constitutional Future of Quebec).
November 6, 1980: Cabinet reshuffle in the René Lévesque Cabinet (PQ).
November 6, 1923: Aurèle Leclerc (LIB), former MLA for the County of Quebec, is found guilty by the Superior Court for having presented an illegal nomination paper during the General Election of February 5, 1923. His election is cancelled, but Mr. Leclerc had already resigned on October 5, 1923.
November 6, 1869: By-election in Huntingdon; William Cantwell (CON) is elected.
November 6, 1851: Issuing of the Writs of the 4th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ca.
November 6, 1860: Legislative election in the La Vallière division; Jean-Baptiste-Georges Proulx (LIB) is elected.
November 6, 1851: William Badgley (TOR), MLA for Missiskoui [Missisquoi], resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Judge.
November 6, 1841: Henri Desrivières (PAT), MLA for Verchères, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
November 7, 1935: The Parti conservateur (Maurice L. Duplessis) and the Action libérale nationale (Paul Gouin) form an electoral alliance to beat the Parti libéral of Louis-Alexandre Taschereau: the Union nationale.
November 7, 1933: By-election in Nicolet; Alexandre Gaudet (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
November 7, 1932: Maurice L. Duplessis (CON), MLA for Trois-Rivières, is elected as Leader of the Official Opposition during a meeting of the Parti conservateur Parliamentary Group to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
November 7, 1916: Arthur Sauvé (CON), MLA for Deux-Montagnes, is elected as Leader of the Parti conservateur and Leader of the Official Opposition during a meeting of the Parti conservateur Parliamentary Group to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
November 7, 1829: By-election in Drummond, riding newly created by law in August, 1829; Frederick George Heriot (BUR) is elected.
November 8, 1939: Following the victory of his party during the General Election of October 25, 1939, Joseph-Adélard Godbout (LIB), MLA for L'Islet, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
November 8, 1921: Walter George Mitchell (LIB), MLA for Richmond, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Provincial Treasurer, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly and Minister following his decision to quit for federal politics.
November 9, 1982: Claude Charron (PQ), MNA for Saint-Jacques and former Minister in the Lévesque Cabinet, and Lucien Lessard (PQ), MNA for Saguenay and former Minister in the Lévesque Cabinet, resign as Members of the National Assembly.
November 9, 1838: The Patriots, led by Robert Nelson, are defeated by the British Army at Odelltown.
November 9, 1877: John Hearn (CON), MLA for Québec Ouest, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
November 9, 1842: By-election in Beauharnois; Edward Gibbon Wakefield (PAT) is elected.
November 10, 2005: Gilbert Paquette (PQ), former MNA and Minister, announces the withdrawal of his candidature as Leader of the Parti québécois.
November 10, 1999: Minor Cabinet reshuffle. Three members of the Bouchard Cabinet (PQ) are entrusted additional responsibilities to those who were already under their charge.
November 10, 1987: Contested within his own party, Pierre-Marc Johnson (PQ) resigns as Leader of the Official Opposition, Leader of the Parti québécois and MNA for Anjou. Guy Chevrette, MNA for Joliette, becomes interim Leader of the Parti québécois.
November 10, 1984: In retort to the «revisionists» or partisans of a revision of the program of the Parti québécois on the accession of Quebec to sovereignty, twelve «orthodox» Ministers of the Lévesque Cabinet sign a public statement asserting the «nécessaire souveraineté» (necessary sovereignty) of Quebec.
November 10, 1913: By-elections in Huntingdon and Saint-Jean; Andrew Philps (LIB) and Marcellin Robert (LIB) are elected.
November 10, 1832: Jean-Baptiste-René Hertel de Rouville (n.a.), MHA for Rouville, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly.
November 11, 1969: Jérôme Proulx (UN), MNA for Saint-Jean, quits the Union nationale Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MNA in protest against the position of his party on Bill 63.
November 11, 1962: For the first time in Quebec's and Canada's history, a Leader's Debate is aired on television. The Prime Minister of Quebec, Jean Lesage (LIB), face the Leader of the Official Opposition, Daniel Johnson (père) (UN).
November 11, 1925: Siméon Lafrenière (LIB), MLA for Berthier, and Bruno Bordeleau (LIB), MLA for Champlain, resign as Members of the Legislative Assembly following thir appointment as registrators.
November 11, 1913: Unveiling of «Le débat sur les langues», a painting made by Charles Huot and depicting the debate on the official languages held in the House of Assembly of Lower Canada on January 21, 1793, which may still be admired in the «Salon bleu» of the Parliament Building in Quebec City.
November 11, 1898: Étienne Blanchard dit Rainaud (LIB), MLA for Verchères, is found guilty of electoral fraud by the courts during the General Election of May 11, 1897. His election is canceled and the Verchères seat becomes vacant.
November 11, 1856: Legislative election in the Laurentides division; Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière (ROU) is elected.
November 12, 1978: The Ralliement créditiste is stubbled. Its Leader, Camil Samson (CS), found «Les Démocrates» with former MP Pierre Sévigny.
November 12, 1969: Antonio Flamand (UN), MNA for Rouyn-Noranda, quits the Union nationale Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MNA in protest against the position of his party on Bill 63.
November 12, 1936: The assent is given to the «Loi électorale de Québec» (Quebec Election Act) (S.Q., 1936, sess. 2 (1 Ed. VIII, 2e sess.), c. 8), which abolishes tax quotas for voting rights. The «Loi abrogeant la loi 22 Georges V, chapitre 20 communément appelée « Loi Dillon »» (An Act to abolish the statute 22 George V, chap. 20 commonly called "Dillon Act") (S.Q., 1936, sess. 2 (1 Ed. VIII, 2e sess.), c. 9) is assented to the same day.
November 12, 1917: By-elections in Brome and Montcalm; William Robert Oliver (LIB) and Joseph-Ferdinand Daniel (LIB) are elected by acclamation.
November 12, 1909: By-elections in Chambly, Montréal division No. 2 and St-Sauveur; Eugène Merril Lesieur Desaulniers (LIB), Clément Robillard (LIB) and Joseph-Alphonse Langlois (OUV) are elected.
November 12, 1852: Edward Short (MOD), MLA for the ville de Sherbrooke, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Judge of the Superior Court of Lower Canada.
November 12, 1844: Return of the Writs of the 2nd General Election to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. The Rouges, led by Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine, win 28 seats out of 42 in Canada East (Quebec), while the Reformers led by Baldwin elect only 11 MLAs out of 42 in Canada West (Ontario).
November 13, 2001: Minor Cabinet reshuffle. Four members of the Landry Cabinet (PQ) are entrusted additional responsibilities to those who were already under their charge.
November 13, 1908: Hospice Desrosiers (CON) MLA for Châteauguay, and Denis Tansey (CON), MLA for Montréal division No. 6, are found guilty of electoral fraud by the courts during the General Election of June 8, 1908. Their election is canceled and the Châteauguay and Montréal division No. 6 seats become vacants.
November 13, 1897: François-Xavier Lemieux (LIB), MLA for Bonaventure and Lévis, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as judge.
November 13, 1879: By-elections in Laval and Terrebonne; Louis-Onésime Loranger (CON), Attorney General, and Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (CON), Prime Minister of Quebec, are elected by acclamation.
November 13, 1871: The «Tribune de la presse» (Press Tribune) of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec is founded.
November 13, 1829: By-elections in Stanstead, riding newly created by law in August, 1829; Ebenezer Peck (PAT) and Marcus Child (PAT) are elected.
November 14, 2001: The Parti vert du Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
November 14, 1998: Eight political parties lose the status of authorized political party, for lack of having presented at least ten candidates during the general election foreseen on November 30, 1998: the CANADA! party, the Parti pour la république du Canada (Québec), the Parti vert du Québec, the Parti citron, the Parti économique du Québec, the Parti pour le respect des droits et libertés individuels du Québec, the Parti du peuple du Québec and the Option nationale party.
November 14, 1979: By-elections in Beauce-Sud, Maisonneuve and Prévost; Herman Mathieu (LIB), Georges Lalande (LIB) and Solange Chaput-Rolland (LIB) are elected.
November 14, 1962: 27th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
Parti libéral (Jean Lesage): 63 seats;
Union nationale (Daniel Johnson (père)): 31 seats;
November 14, 1933: By-election in Wolfe; Thomas-H. Lapointe (LIB) is elected.
November 14, 1917: Arthur Trahan (LIB), MLA for Nicolet, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his decision to quit for federal politics.
November 14, 1912: J. Lomer Gouin (LIB), MLA for Portneuf and St-Jean and Prime Minister of Quebec, and Charles Ramsay Devlin (LIB), MLA for Témiscamingue and Nicolet, resign as Members of the legislative Assembly for St-Jean and Nicolet respectively. Both had been elected in two ridings during the General Election of May, 1912.
November 14, 1797: Paschal Sirois-Duplessis (CAN), MHA for Cornwallis, dies in office.
November 15, 2007: André Boisclair (PQ), MNA for Pointe-aux-Trembles, former Leader of the Parti québécois and former Minister, resigns officially as Member of the National Assembly.
November 15, 2006: Jean-Pierre Charbonneau (PQ), MNA for Borduas and former Minister, and Diane Legault (LIB), MNA for Chambly, resign as Members of the National Assembly.
November 15, 2005: At the outcome of an election on universal suffrage of the members of the Parti québécois, André Boisclair (PQ), former MNA and Minister, is elected as Leader of the Party (more...FR).
November 15, 1976: 31th General Election to the National Assembly of Quebec:
Parti québécois (René Lévesque): 71 seats;
Parti libéral du Québec (Robert Bourassa): 26 seats;
Union nationale (Rodrigue Biron): 11 seats;
Ralliement créditiste (Camil Samson): 1 seat;
Parti national populaire (Jérôme Choquette): 1 seat.
November 15, 1974: (November 15-17) 5th National Convention of the Parti québécois. At instigation of Claude Morin, the concept of «étapisme», which ensures that Quebec would accede to independence after a referendum organized by the Quebec Government, is included in the Party's program.
November 15, 1972: By-election in Gatineau; Michel Gratton (LIB) is elected.
November 15, 1832: Robert Christie (BUR), MHA for Gaspé, is expelled for fifth time 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.
November 15, 1832: John Gosset (n.a.), MHA for Bonaventure, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly.
November 15, 1831: Robert Christie (BUR), MHA for Gaspé, is expelled for fourth time 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.
November 16, 1992: Michel Pagé (LIB), MNA for Portneuf and former Minister in the Bourassa Cabinet, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
November 16, 1985: Twelve political parties lose the status of authorized political party, for lack of having presented at least ten candidates during the general election foreseen on December 2, 1985: the Action des hommes d'affaires du Québec, the Parti alternatif du Québec, the Parti Communiste Ouvrier, the Parti de la liberté de choix / Freedom of Choice Party, the Parti Démocrate Créditiste, the Parti des travailleurs du Québec, the Parti du progrès, the Parti Libertarien, the Parti marxiste-léniniste (Québec), the Parti Option populaire, the Parti républicain du Québec and the Parti Unité-Québec.
November 16, 1908: Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (LIB), Prime Minister of Quebec in 1878 and 1879, dies at the age of 78.
November 16, 1897: By-election in Yamaska; Victor Gladu (LIB) is elected.
November 16, 1883: By-election in Lévis; François-Xavier Lemieux (LIB) is elected.
November 17, 1993: Luce Dupuis (PQ), MNA for Verchères, quits the Parti québécois Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MNA.
November 17, 1981: Claude Forget (LIB), MNA for Saint-Laurent, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
November 17, 1980: By-elections in Brôme-Missisquoi, Johnson, Mégantic-Compton and Outremont; Pierre Paradis (LIB), Camille Picard (LIB), Fabien Bélanger (LIB) and Pierre-C. Fortier (LIB) are elected.
November 17, 1963: Foundation of the Parti socialiste du Québec (Quebec Socialist Party), led by Michel Chartrand.
November 17, 1917: Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier (LIB), MLA for Labelle, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his decision to quit for federal politics.
November 17, 1862: By-election in Napierville; Pierre Benoît (ROU) is elected.
November 17, 1858: Legislatove election in the Golfe division; Ulric-Joseph Tessier (ROU) is elected.
November 17, 1854: The election of Pierre-Gabriel Huot (LIB-I), MLA for Saguenay, is invalidated by the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada because of the deceitful practices committed by all the candidates.
November 18, 2006: (November 18-19) 6th Members' Convention of the Action démocratique du Québec under the theme Un Plan A pour le Québec.
November 18, 1997: Adoption of the constitutional amendment which repeals Section 93 of the Constitution Act, 1867, which forced the Government of Quebec to maintain a school system granting religious privileges to Catholics and to Protestants. This withdrawal allows the creation of School Boards based on language (french and english) instead of religion.
November 18, 1987: Following the dismissal of Pierre Marc Johnson as Leader of the Parti québécois, Jacques Parizeau announces his return to the political scene. At this occasion, Jacques Rochefort (PQ), MNA for Gouin, quits the Parti québécois Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MNA.
November 18, 1909: Louis-Rodolphe Roy (LIB), MLA for Kamouraska and Provincial Secretary, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly and Minister.
November 18, 1862: Alexandre Bareil dit Lajoie (n.a.), Legislative Councillor for Lanaudière, dies in office.
November 19, 2004: (November 19-21) 29th Members' Convention of the Parti libéral du Québec.
November 19, 1996: Daniel Paillé (PQ), MNA for Prévost and former Minister in the Parizeau Cabinet, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
November 19, 1984: The Prime Minister of Quebec, René Lévesque (PQ), announces his intention to put aside the sovereigntist option of the Parti québécois during the next election campaign. This decision starts a series of resignations of his Ministers and MNAs during the following weeks.
November 19, 1976: Following the defeat of his party during the General Election of November 15, 1976, Robert Bourassa resigns as Leader of the Parti libéral du Québec. Gérard D. Lévesque becomes interim Leader of the Party.
November 19, 1967: René Lévesque and a group of sovereigntist militants found the MSA (Mouvement Souveraineté-Association), which is the ancestor of the Parti québécois.
November 19, 1940: By-elections in Mégantic and Terrebonne; J.-Tancrède Labbé (UN) and Hector-J.-D. Perrier (LIB) are elected.
November 19, 1908: Joseph-Wenceslas Lévesque (LIB), MLA for Laval, is found guilty of electoral fraud by the Superior Court during the General Election of June 8, 1908. His election is canceled and the Laval seat becomes vacant.
November 19, 1873: Télesphore Fournier (LIB), MLA for Montmagny, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
November 19, 1833: By-election in Rouville; Pierre Careau (PAT) is elected.
November 20, 2002: The Parti démocrate du Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
November 20, 1984: Pierre de Bellefeuille (PQ), MNA for Deux-Montagnes, quits the Parti québécois Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MNA.
November 20, 1968: François Aquin (ind.), MLA for Dorion, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
November 20, 1930: Joseph-Léonide Perron (LIB), MLA for Montcalm and Minister of Agriculture, dies in office.
November 20, 1906: By-election in the Iles de la Madeleine; Louis-Albin Thériault (LIB) is elected.
November 20, 1879: By-elections in Brome, Lévis and Sherbrooke; William Warren Lynch (CON), Sollicitor General in the Chapleau Cabinet, is elected by acclamation, while Étienne-Théodore Pâquet (CON), Secretary and Registrar of the Province, and Joseph Gibb Robertson (CON), Treasurer of the Province, are elected.
November 20, 1857: Étienne-Paschal Taché (BLE), Legislative Councillor, Co-Prime Minister of the Province of Canada and Speaker of the Legislative Council, resigns as Co-Prime Minister, thus putting an end to the Taché-Macdonald Cabinet.
November 21, 1995: Following the withdrawal of the Prime Minister of Quebec, Jacques Parizeau (PQ), from political life, Lucien Bouchard, Leader of the Bloc québécois and Leader of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons, announces his candidature as Leader of the Parti québécois.
November 21, 1945: By-election in Beauce; J.-Georges-Octave Poulin (UN) is elected.
November 21, 1914: By-election in Richmond; Walter George Mitchell (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
November 21, 1829: By-elections in Sherbrooke, riding newly created by law in August, 1829; Benjamin Tremain (n.a.) and Samuel Brooks (PAT) are elected.
November 22, 1998: Yves Blais (PQ), MNA for Masson, dies in office during the 36th general election campaign.
November 22, 1996: (November 22-24) 13th National Convention of the Parti québécois.
November 22, 1984: Two Ministers of the Lévesque Cabinet (PQ), Jacques Parizeau and Jacques Léonard, resign as Ministers in protest against the will expressed by Lévesque to put aside the sovereigntist project. Following the example of Jérôme Proulx, MNA for Saint-Jean, they quit the Parti québécois Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MNAs.
November 22, 1890: By-election in Vaudreuil; Emery Lalonde (fils) (LIB) is elected.
November 22, 1885: The «assemblée du Champ de Mars» (Field of Mars Assembly), gathering Liberals and National Conservatives, is held in Montreal in protest against Louis Riel's hanging six days earlier. This assembly is considered as the the founding event of the second version of the Parti national of Honoré Mercier (père).
November 22, 1834: Return of the Writs of the 15th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. The Parti patriote wins 77 seats out of 88.
November 22, 1843: By-election in the City of Montréal; Pierre Beaubien (PAT) is elected.
November 22, 1814: William Forbes (n.a.), MHA for York, dies in office.
November 23, 1967: (November 23-26) Reunion in Montréal of the First National meeting of the États généraux du Canada français (General Estates of French Canada), where 2 500 delegates reject the Canadian federal system and advocate for Quebec's independence.
November 23, 1960: By-elections in Joliette and Rouville; Gaston Lambert (LIB) and François Boulais (LIB) are elected.
November 23, 1898: John Charles James Sarsfield McCorkill (LIB), MLA for Missisquoi, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
November 23, 1886: Jean-Baptiste-Trefflé Richard (CON), MLA for Montcalm, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as agent des Terres de la couronne (Agent of Lands of the crown).
November 23, 1852: By-election in Stanstead; Timothy Lee Terrill (REF) is elected.
November 23, 1829: By-election in Shefford, riding newly created by law in August, 1829; Lyman Knowlton (PAT) is elected.
November 23, 1809: Return of the Writs of the 6th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada:
Parti canadien: 40 seats;
Parti bureaucrate: 8 seats;
Independents: 2 seats.
November 23, 1806: Publishing of the first issue of the newspaper «Le Canadien» (The Canadian), official newspaper of the Parti canadien which will be closed by the British governor James Craig in March, 1810 for «seditious content».
November 24, 1983: Pierre Marois (PQ), MNA for Marie-Victorin and Minister of the Manpower and the Security of revenue, resigns as Member of the National Assembly and Minister.
November 24, 1847: Amable Berthelot (PAT), MLA for Kamouraska, dies in office.
November 24, 1837: Charles-Ovide Perreault (PAT), MHA for Vaudreuil, Dies in office of the consequences of wounds undergone the day before during the battle of Saint-Denis setting the Patriots against the British troops.
November 24, 1835: Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau (PAT), MHA for Beauce, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly.
November 24, 1832: Dominique Mondelet (BUR), MHA for Montréal, is expelled of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada to have accepted «a place of profit» and to have become «bookkeeper of the public deniers» following his appointment as Member of the Executive Council on November 16. The Montréal seat becomes vacant.
November 25, 1994: Marie Malavoy (PQ), MNA for Sherbrooke and Minister of Culture and Communications, resigns as Minister. Rita Dionne-Marsolais (PQ) succeeds her.
November 25, 1988: Special Convention of the Parti québécois. The Party throws back the concept of «affirmation nationale» (national assertion within Canada) adopted during the 10th National Convention of June, 1987.
November 25, 1976: Following the victory of his party during the General Election of November 15, 1976, René Lévesque (PQ) is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
November 25, 1964: Lionel Bertrand (LIB), MLA for Terrebonne and Minister of Touring, Hunting and Fisheries, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly and Minister following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
November 25, 1935: 19th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
Parti libéral (Louis-Alexandre Taschereau) and Independent Liberals: 48 seats;
Action libérale nationale (Paul Gouin): 26 seats;
Parti conservateur (Maurice L. Duplessis): 16 seats.
November 25, 1885: Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (LIB), MLA for Lotbinière and former Prime Minister of Quebec, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly because of a discord with his party in the Riel affair.
November 25, 1835: By-election in Montréal; André Jobin (PAT) is elected.
November 26, 1984: Three Ministers of the Lévesque Cabinet (PQ), Camille Laurin, Gilbert Paquette and Denise Leblanc-Bantey, resign as Ministers in protest against the will expressed by Lévesque to put aside the sovereigntist project. The following day, Paquette and Leblanc-Bantey quit the Parti québécois Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MNAs.
November 26, 1984: By-election in Saint-Jacques; Jean-François Viau (LIB) is elected.
November 26, 1979: By-election in D'Arcy-McGee; Herbert Marx (LIB) is elected.
November 26, 1969: Jérôme Proulx (ind.), MLA for Saint-Jean, who had quit the Union nationale on November 11, 1969, joins the Parti québécois.
November 26, 1946: Dennis James O'Connor (LIB), MLA for Huntingdon, dies in office.
November 26, 1860: By-election in Vaudreuil; Jean-Baptiste Mongenais (BLE) is elected.
November 26, 1850: Pierre Canac dit Marquis (REF), MLA for Kamouraska, dies in office.
November 26, 1857: Formation of the Macdonald-Cartier Cabinet in the Province of Canada, led by John Alexander Macdonald (L-CON), MLA for Kingston and Attorney General of Upper Canada, and George-Étienne Cartier (L-CON), MLA for Verchères and Attorney General of Lower Canada.
November 26, 1849: Louis-Michel Viger (PAT), MLA for Terrebonne and Reciever General, resigns as Minister in protest against the project of transfer of the capital of the Province of Canada in Toronto.
November 27, 1984: Jacques Parizeau (ind.), MNA for L'Assomption, independent since November 22, 1984 after having left the Lévesque Cabinet (PQ), resigns as Member of the National Assembly. Louise Harel (PQ), MNA for Maisonneuve and Minister of Cultural Communities and Inmigration, resigns as Minister the same day.
November 27, 1984: Cabinet reshuffle in the René Lévesque Cabinet (PQ) following the dismissal of 6 Ministers since November 22, 1984.
November 27, 1969: Pierre-Willie Maltais (LIB), MNA for Saguenay, is found guilty of electoral fraud by the courts during the General Election of June 5, 1966. His election is cancelled and the Saguenay seat becomes vacant.
November 27, 1843: Dismissal of the Baldwin-La Fontaine Cabinet in the Province of Canada.
November 28, 1965: Foundation of the Parti communiste du Québec (Quebec Communist Party), led by Samuel Walsh.
November 28, 1924: By-election in Témiscamingue; Joseph Miljours (LIB) is elected.
November 28, 1907: François-Xavier Dupuis (LIB), MLA for Châteauguay, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
November 28, 1889: By-election in Brome; Rufus Nelson England (CON) is elected.
November 28, 1857: Issuing of the Writs of the 6th General Election to the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada.
November 28, 1842: By-election in Saguenay; Augustin-Norbert Morin (PAT), Commissioner of the Crown Lands in the Baldwin-La Fontaine Cabinet, is elected.
November 28, 1836: By-election in Montmorency to fill the seat recently awarded to this riding following the 1836 Census; Vital Têtu (n.a.) is elected.
November 29, 1983: Cabinet reshuffle in the René Lévesque Cabinet (PQ).
November 29, 1968: The Legislative Assembly of Quebec adopts the «Loi concernant le Conseil législatif» (An Act respecting the Legislative Council), which provides for the abolition of the Upper House of the Parliament of Quebec.
November 29, 1909: By-election in L'Islet; Joseph-Édouard Caron (LIB), Minister of Agriculture in the Gouin Cabinet, is elected by acclamation.
November 29, 1908: The Superior Court of Quebec cancels the election of Joseph-Wenceslas Lévesque (LIB) as MLA for Laval due to irregularities that occured during the General Election of June 8, 1908. He will be re-elected in a by-election held on December 28, 1908.
November 29, 1890: The by-election held in Maskinongé on April 28, 1888, is cancelled by the courts for reasons that are not mentioned. The deprived MLA, Hormisdas Legris (NAT), had already been defeated during the General Election of June 17, 1890.
November 29, 1854: The election of Jean-Charles Chapais (REF), MLA for Kamouraska, and Sydney Robert Bellingham (REF), MLA for Argenteuil, is invalidated by the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada Because of the deceitful practices committed during both ballots.
November 29, 1836: By-election in Drummond to fill the seat recently awarded to this riding following the 1836 Census; Henry Menut (BUR) is elected.
November 30, 1998: 36th General Election to the National Assembly of Quebec:
Parti québécois (Lucien Bouchard): 76 seats;
Parti libéral du Québec (Jean Charest): 48 seats;
Action démocratique du Québec (Mario Dumont): 1 seat.
November 30, 1925: By-elections in Argenteuil, Berthier, Champlain and Jacques-Cartier; Joseph-Léon Saint-Jacques (CON), Amédée Sylvestre (LIB), William Pierre Grant (LIB) and Victor Marchand (LIB) are elected.
November 30, 1888: Ludger Forest (LIB), MLA for L'Assomption, is found guilty of electoral fraud by the courts during the General Election of October 14, 1886. His election is cancelled and the L'Assomption seat becomes vacant.
November 30, 1880: Joseph Robillard (CON), MLA for Berthier, is found guilty of electoral fraud by the courts during the General Election of May 1, 1878. His election is cancelled and the Berthier seat becomes vacant.
November 30, 1876: By-election in Montmagny; Louis-Napoléon Fortin (LIB) is elected.
November 30, 1860: Return of the report of the returning officer on the by-election held in Shefford, which states an equality between the candidates at the conclusion of the period of voting. This election will be the object of an inquiry of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada during the following parliamentary session.