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October 1, 2001: By-election in Blainville, Jonquière, Labelle and Laviolette; Richard Legendre (PQ), Françoise Gauthier (LIB), Sylvain Pagé (PQ) and Julie Boulet (LIB) are elected. (more...)
October 1, 1942: Pierre-Émile Côté (LIB), MLA for Bonaventure, Minister of Lands and Forests and Minister of Hunting and Fisheries, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly and Minister following his appointment as judge.
October 1, 1935: Aimé Guertin (CON), MLA for Hull, and Joseph-Alphida Crête (LIB), MLA for Laviolette, resign as Members of the Legislative Assembly following their decision to quit for federal politics.
October 1, 1924: Télesphore Simard (LIB), MLA for Témiscamingue, dies in office.
October 1, 1909: Charles-Eugène Côté (LIB), MLA for St. Sauveur, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as registrator.
October 1, 1903: Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois (LIB), MLA for Shefford, and Hector Caron (LIB), MLA for Maskinongé, resign as Members of the Legislative Assembly.
October 1, 1863: By-election in St. Hyacinthe; Rémi Raymond (BLE) is elected.
October 1, 1858: Legislative elections in the La Salle and Repentigny divisions; Édouard-Louis-Antoine-Charles Juchereau Duchesnay (BLE) and Pierre-Urgel Archambault (ROU) are elected.
October 2, 1996: Robert Bourassa (LIB), Prime Minister of Quebec from 1970 to 1976 and from 1985 to 1994, dies at the age of 65.
October 2, 1983: Fabien Bélanger (LIB), MNA for Mégantic-Compton, dies in office.
October 2, 1968: Following the death of Daniel Johnson (père) (UN) six days earlier, Jean-Jacques Bertrand (UN) is appointed as interim Leader of the Union nationale at the outcome of a meeting of the Union nationale Parliamentary Group to the Legislative Assembly. He will be sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec the same day.
October 2, 1935: Joseph-Henry Dillon (LIB), MLA for Montréal–Sainte-Anne, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his decision to quit for federal politics.
October 2, 1915: Ésioff-Léon Patenaude (CON), MLA for Laprairie, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Member of the Privy Council in Ottawa.
October 2, 1862: Legislative election in la division de Lanaudière, remportée par Alexandre Bareil dit Lajoie (n.a.).
October 2, 1858: By-election in Lotbinière; Lewis Thomas Drummond (ROU), who had resigned following his appointment as Attorney General of Lower Canada in the Brown-Dorion Cabinet on August 2, 1858, is elected.
October 3, 1985: At the outcome of an election to fullfill the office of Leader of the Parti québécois, Pierre Marc Johnson (PQ), MNA for Anjou, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
October 3, 1978: The sittings of the National Assembly of Quebec are broadcasted for the first time.
October 3, 1973: Armand Bois (ind.), MNA for Saint-Sauveur, reinstate the Ralliement créditiste Parliamentary Group having removed its statements of February, 1973 concerning the Leader Yvon Dupuis.
October 3, 1940: Louis Houde (LIB), MLA for Mégantic, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
October 3, 1902: By-election in Soulanges and Stanstead; Arcade-Momer Bissonnette (CON) and George Henry Saint-Pierre (CON) are elected.
October 3, 1900: Following the death of Félix-Gabriel Marchand (LIB) nine days earlier, Simon-Napoléon Parent (LIB), MLA for St. Sauveur, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
October 3, 1881: Michel Mathieu (CON), MLA for Richelieu, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as judge.
October 3, 1874: By-election in Trois-Rivières; Henri-Gédéon Mailhiot (CON), Commissioner of the Crown Lands in the Boucher de Boucherville Cabinet, is elected by acclamation.
October 3, 1860: Robert Unwin Harwood (CON), MLA for Vaudreuil, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly in order to run as candidate to the office of Legislative Councillor.
October 4, 2005: The Parti unitaire du Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
October 4, 1976: François Cloutier (LIB), MNA for L'Acadie and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, resigns as Member of the National Assembly following his appointment as délégué général du Québec en France (Delegate General of Quebec in France). He will resign as Minister on October 12, 1976.
October 4, 1967: The convention of the Parti libéral du Québec, which is held in Quebec City, refuse to endorse the principle of Quebec's independence with an economic association with Canada. Its promoter, René Lévesque, quits, followed by delegates.
October 4, 1938: Peter Bercovitch (LIB), MLA for Montréal–Saint-Louis, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
October 4, 1933: At the outcome of a Leadership Convention, Maurice L. Duplessis (CON), MLA for Trois-Rivières, is elected as Leader of the Parti conservateur.
October 4, 1929: Andrew Philps (LIB), MLA for Huntingdon, dies in office in a car accident.
October 4, 1917: William F. Vilas (LIB), MLA for Brome, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
October 4, 1864: David Edward Price (CON), MLA for Chicoutimi et Saguenay, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly in order to run as candidate to the office of Legislative Councillor.
October 4, 1856: By-election in Rouville; William Henry Chaffers (ROU) is elected.
October 4, 1852: By-election in Bellechasse; Jean Chabot (REF), Commissioner of Public Works in the Hincks-Morin Cabinet, is elected.
October 5, 2002: (October 5-6) 4^th Members' Convention of the Action démocratique du Québec.
October 5, 1990: Cabinet reshuffle in the Robert Bourassa Cabinet (LIB).
October 5, 1964: By-elections in Dorchester, Matane, Montréal-Verdun and Saguenay; Francis O'Farrell (LIB), Jacques Bernier (LIB), Claude Wagner (LIB) and Pierre-Willie Maltais (LIB) are elected.
October 5, 1923: Aurèle Leclerc (LIB), MLA for the County of Québec, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as joint registrator of the Quebec Division.
October 5, 1908: Alfred Girard (LIB), MLA for Rouville, and Georges-Albini Lacombe (LIB), MLA for Montréal division No. 1, resign as Members of the Legislative Assembly following their appointment as protonotary and registrator respectively.
October 5, 1874: By-elections in Montmorency and Québec; Auguste-Réal Angers (CON), Sollicitor General in the Boucher de Boucherville Cabinet, and Pierre Garneau (CON), Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works, are elected by acclamation.
October 5, 1869: Joseph Beaudreau (CON), MLA for Richelieu, dies in office.
October 5, 1809: Issuing of the Writs of the 6^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, which is dissolved only one year after the previous general election.
October 5, 1864: Legislative election in the Lauzon division; Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay (CON) is elected.
October 5, 1805: Le député de Québec (Haute-Ville), William Grant (BUR), dies in office.
October 6, 2000: Robert Perreault (PQ), MNA for Mercier and Minister of Relations with the Citizens and Immigration, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
October 6, 1997: By-elections in Bertrand, Bourassa, Duplessis and Kamouraska-Témiscouata; Denis Chalifour (LIB), Michèle Lamquin-Éthier (LIB), Normand Duguay (PQ) and Claude Béchard (LIB) are elected.
October 6, 1941: By-elections in Huntingdon and Saint-Jean–Napierville; Dennis James O'Connor (LIB) and Jean-Paul Beaulieu (UN) are elected.
October 6, 1903: John Charles James Sarsfield McCorkill (LIB), Legislative Councillor for Befford, resigns as Legislative Councillor following his appointment as Provincial Treasurer in the Parent Cabinet. William Alexander Weir (LIB), MLA for Argenteuil, will be appointed as Minister without Portfolio the same day.
October 6, 1894: John Smythe Hall (CON), MLA for Montréal division No. 5 and Provincial Treasurer, resigns as Minister because of a difference of views with Prime Minister Taillon.
October 6, 1869: Julius Scriver (CON), MLA for Huntingdon, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his decision to quit for federal politics.
October 7, 1995: In the eventuality of a victory of the "Yes" during the referendum held on October 30, 1995, Lucien Bouchard is appointed Chief Negotiator of Quebec (with Canada) by the Prime Minister of Quebec, Jacques Parizeau (PQ).
October 7, 1969: Gaston Tremblay (ind.), MNA for Montmorency, announces that he joins the Ralliement créditiste.
October 7, 1936: Télesphore-Damien "T.-D." Bouchard (LIB), MLA for Saint-Hyacinthe, becomes Leader of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec following the defeat of the Leader of the Parti libéral, Joseph-Adélard Godbout (LIB), in his own riding during the 1936 General Election.
October 7, 1905: By-election in Montréal Division No. 4; George Washington Stephens Jr. (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
October 7, 1862: Legislative election in the De Lorimier division; Jacques-Olivier Bureau (ROU) is elected.
October 7, 1833: By-election in Québec; Louis-Théodore Besserer (PAT) is elected.
October 8, 2002: The Union des forces progressistes obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
October 8, 1969: By-elections in Sainte-Marie, Saint-Jacques, Trois-Rivières and Vaudreuil-Soulanges; Jean-Jacques Croteau (UN), Jean Cournoyer (UN), Gilles Gauthier (UN) and François-Édouard Belliveau (UN) are elected by acclamation.
October 8, 1925: Ésioff-Léon Patenaude (CON), MLA for Laprairie, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his decision to quit for federal politics.
October 8, 1900: Joseph-Émery Robidoux (LIB), MLA for Châteauguay and former Secretary and Registrar, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as judge.
October 8, 1874: John Poupore (CON), MLA for Pontiac, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
October 8, 1842: By-election in York (Canada West); Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine (PAT), Attorney General of Lower Canada and Co-Prime Minister in the Baldwin-La Fontaine Cabinet, is elected.
October 8, 1842: John William Dunscomb (TOR), MLA for Beauharnois, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
October 9, 1862: Legislative election in the Kennebec division; Charles Cormier (ROU) is elected.
October 9, 1838: Lord Durham abandons his functions of Governor of Lower Canada.
October 10, 1970: Pierre Laporte (LIB), MNA for Chambly and Minister of Immigration, Minister of Labour and the Manpower, is kidnapped by the Front de libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front; FLQ).
October 10, 1930: Unveiling of "Le conseil souverain", a painting made by Charles Huot and depicting the council sitting in Quebec under the French Regime, which may still be admired in the salle du Conseil législatif (salon Rouge) of the Parliament Building in Quebec City.
October 11, 1989: Swearing in of the new Cabinet of Robert Bourassa (LIB) following the September 25, 1989 General Election.
October 11, 1972: By-election in Duplessis; Donald Gallienne (LIB) is elected. Another by-election, held in Gatineau the same day, is cancelled and postponed to November 15, 1972.
October 11, 1968: (October 11-14) Founding Convention of the Parti québécois, which is born of the merger of the Mouvement souveraineté-association and of the Ralliement national. René Lévesque is elected as first Leader of the Party. The Rassemblement pour l'indépendance national (RIN) will join the PQ a few days later.
October 11, 1961: Robert Théberge (LIB), MLA for Chambly, dies in office.
October 11, 1948: Jonathan Robinson (UN), MLA for Brome and Minister of Minings, dies in office during a trip in Abitibi.
October 11, 1946: Cyrille Dumaine (LIB), MLA for Bagot, dies in office.
October 11, 1934: Désiré Lahaie (LIB), MLA for Papineau, dies in office.
October 11, 1920: By-election in Portneuf; Édouard Hamel (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
October 11, 1870: By-election in Napierville; Laurent-David Lafontaine (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
October 11, 1856: Legislative election in the Wellington division; Hollis Smith (LIB) is elected.
October 11, 1834: Issuing of the Writs of the 15^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.
October 12, 1976: François Cloutier (LIB), Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and former MNA for L'Acadie, resigns as Minister.
October 12, 1842: Passing of the "Loi sur la liberté des élections" (Freedom of Elections Act), providing for the installation of a voting poll in each parish, and that an election is to last for a maximum of two days.
October 13, 2000: (October 13-15) 28^th Members' Convention of the Parti libéral du Québec.
October 13, 1988: Gilles Rocheleau (LIB), MNA for Hull and Minister of Supplies and Services, resigns as Member of the National Assembly and Minister following his decision to quit for federal politics.
October 13, 1921: Honoré Achim (LIB), MLA for Labelle, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Magistrate of the Hull and Pontiac District.
October 13, 1831: By-election in Montréal; Dominique Mondelet (PAT) is elected.
October 14, 1967: René Lévesque (LIB), MLA for Laurier, quits the Parti libéral du Québec Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MNA after the party threw back its project of sovereignty-association (sovereign Quebec associated economically to the rest of Canada) during a plenary convention at the beginning of october.
October 14, 1922: Auguste-Maurice Tessier (LIB), MLA for Rimouski, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as judge.
October 14, 1908: By-election in Lac St-Jean; Jean-Baptiste Carbonneau (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
October 14, 1905: By-election in St-Sauveur; Charles-Eugène Côté (LIB) is elected.
October 14, 1886: 6^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Liberals [Parti national] (Honoré Mercier (père)): 34 seats;
- Parti conservateur (John Jones Ross) and Independent Conservatives: 28 seats;
- Nationalists [Parti national] (Honoré Mercier (père)): 3 seats.
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October 14, 1856: Legislative election in the Rougemont division; Louis-Antoine Dessaulles (ROU) is elected.
October 14, 1842: Étienne Parent (PAT), MLA for Saguenay, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Clerk of the Executive Council.
October 15, 1991: Richard Holden (EP), MNA for Westmount, is expelled from the Equality Party Parliamentary Group. He will sit as independent MNA.
October 15, 1983: At the outcome of a Leadership Convention, Robert Bourassa is elected as Leader of the Parti libéral du Québec, office he had already occupied from 1970 to 1976.
October 15, 1976: Jean-Gilles Massé (LIB), MNA for Arthabaska, resigns as Member of the National Assembly following his appointment as member of the Commission des accidents du travail (Commission of industrial accidents).
October 15, 1958: By-elections in Labelle and Roberval; Pierre Bohémier (UN) and Jean-Joseph Turcotte (UN) are elected. Bohémier is the last MLA to be elected by acclamation (without opponent).
October 15, 1909: Auguste Tessier (LIB), MLA for Rimouski and Treasurer, and Alfred Marchildon (LIB), MLA for Nicolet, resign as Members of the Legislative Assembly and Minister following their appointment as judges.
October 15, 1831: Godefroy Beaudet (PAT), MHA for Vaudreuil, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly.
October 16, 1985: Three Ministers in the Johnson Cabinet (PQ), Yves Bérubé, Minister of Superior Education, Science and Technology and MNA for Matane, Yves Duhaime, Minister of Finance and MNA for Saint-Maurice, and Clément Richard, Minister of Cultural Affairs and MNA for Montmorency, resign as Ministers. A Cabinet reshuffle will follow, during which four Non-elected Members will be appointed to the Cabinet.
October 16, 1984: During an inaugural speech to the National Assembly of Quebec, the Prime Minister of Quebec, René Lévesque (PQ), considers the victory of Brian Mulroney and the Conservatives in the Federal Parliament as "beau risque" (Nice Risk) to be run by Quebec over the issue of constitutional reform.
October 16, 1979: Victor C. Goldbloom (LIB), MNA for D'Arcy-McGee and former inister in the Bourassa Cabinet, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
October 16, 1970: Following the kidnapping of Pierre Laporte (LIB), MNA for Chambly and Minister of Immigration, Minister of Labour and the Manpower, by members of the FLQ, the Federal Government of P.-E. Trudeau (LIB) calls upon the War Measures Act. The Canadian Army invests Quebec: over 500 persons are arrested and thousands of searches are carried out without valuable reasons, especially with artists, syndicalists and members of the Parti québécois.
October 16, 1931: Camillien Houde, Leader of Parti conservateur, disputes altogether in front of the courts the election of 63 liberal MLAs because of irregularities during the 1931 General Election.
October 16, 1929: By-election in Montcalm; Joseph-Léonide Perron (LIB), Minister of Agriculture in the Taschereau Cabinet, is elected.
October 16, 1912: By-election in Verchères; Joseph-Léonide Perron (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
October 16, 1868: By-election in Trois-Rivières; Sévère Dumoulin (CON) is elected by acclamation.
October 17, 1988: Mark Assad (LIB), MNA for Papineau, resigns as Member of the National Assembly following his decision to quit for federal politics.
October 17, 1970: Pierre Laporte (LIB), MNA for Chambly and Minister of Immigration, Minister of Labour and the Manpower, is found dead in the trunk of a car parked near the Saint-Hubert Airport.
October 17, 1969: (October 17-19) 2^nd National Convention of the Parti québécois. The party calls for the institution of an Act on referendums and of a public regime of automobile insurance.
October 17, 1907: Adélard Turgeon (LIB), MLA for Bellechasse and Minister of Lands and Forests, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly and challenges Henri Bourassa to put his candidature in the Bellechasse riding during the November 4, 1907 by-election.
October 17, 1854: By-election in Bellechasse; Octave-Cyrille Fortier (BLE) is elected.
October 17, 1836: John Grannis (PAT), MHA for Stanstead, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly.
October 18, 1972: The by-election held in Gatineau on October 11, 1972, is cancelled by the Courts, the ballots having being rejected during the judicial counting of the votes due to a technical error. The by-election will be resumed on November 15, 1972.
October 18, 1921: Arthur Godbout (LIB), MLA for Beauce, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as judge.
October 18, 1918: Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, former MLA and former Leader of the Parti conservateur, dies in office.
October 19, 1996: (October 19-20) 2^nd Members' Convention of the Action démocratique du Québec under the theme Un virage essentiel...pour un Québec en marche.
October 19, 1920: By-elections in Kamouraska and Saint-Maurice; Nérée Morin (LIB) and L.-N.-Arthur Ricard (LIB) are elected.
October 19, 1894: By-election in Compton; Charles McClary (CON) is elected.
October 19, 1869: By-election in Trois-Rivières; Charles-Borromée Genest (CON) is elected.
October 20, 1982: The Parti progressiste-conservateur du Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
October 20, 1963: Joseph-Armand Nadeau (UN), MLA for Dorchester, dies in office.
October 20, 1930: By-election in Bellechasse; Robert Taschereau (LIB) is elected.
October 20, 1905: Dominique Monet (LIB), MLA for Napierville, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as protonotary.
October 20, 1887: Opening in Quebec City of the first interprovincial conference convened by the Prime Minister of Quebec, Honoré Mercier (père) (LIB). The First Ministers discuss on the provincial autonomy and the federal subsidies.
October 20, 1854: By-election in Bagot; Timothée Brodeur (BLE) is elected.
October 20, 1842: By-election in Portneuf; Thomas-Cushing Aylwin (PAT), Sollicitor General of Lower Canada in the Baldwin-La Fontaine Cabinet, is elected.
October 21, 1985: The Parti pour le Commonwealth du Canada (Québec) obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
October 21, 1974: Yvon Dupuis, Leader of the Parti présidentiel (Presidential Party), announces his dismissal and his retreat of the political life. He will be replaced by Yvon Brochu.
October 21, 1882: By-election in Deux-Montagnes; Benjamin Beauchamp (CON) is elected.
October 22, 1923: By-elections in Abitibi, Brome, Richmond and Yamaska; Hector Authier (LIB), Carlton James Oliver (LIB), Stanislas Edmond Desmarais (LIB) and David Laperrière (LIB) are elected.
October 22, 1895: By-election in Montréal division No. 6; James John Edmund Guerin (LIB) is elected.
October 22, 1886: Alexis-Louis Demers (LIB), MLA for Iberville, dies in office.
October 22, 1822: By-election in Québec; Michel Clouet (CAN) is elected.
October 23, 1889: By-election in Joliette; Louis Basinet (LIB) is elected.
October 23, 1849: Dominick Daly (TOR), MLA for Mégantic, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment within a commission charged to investigate into the forest concessions New and Waltham, in England.
October 23, 1843: By-election in Chambly; Louis Lacoste (PAT) is elected.
October 24, 2001: Unveiling of the final report of the special committee of the Parti libéral du Québec « sur l'avenir politique et constitutionnel de la société québécoise » (on the political and constitutional future of the Quebec society), chaired by Benoît Pelletier, MNA for Chapleau, and entitled "Un projet pour le Québec — Affirmation autonomie et leadership" (A project for Quebec — Affirmation, Autonomy and Leadership).
October 24, 1994: Special election in Saint-Jean, held after the first two candidates ended equally at the conclusion of the judicial recount. Roger Paquin (PQ) is elected.
October 24, 1982: At the outcome of a Leadership Convention, Jean-Marc Béliveau is elected as Leader of the Union nationale.
October 24, 1976: At the outcome of a Leadership Convention, Jérôme Choquette (PNP), MNA for Outremont, is elected as Leader of the Parti national populaire.
October 24, 1969: Jean-Noël Lavoie (LIB), MNA for Laval, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
October 24, 1928: By-elections in Québec-Est and Montréal–Sainte-Marie; J.-A.-Oscar Drouin (LIB) and Camillien Houde (CON), Leader of the Official Opposition, are elected.
October 24, 1901: By-election in Lévis; Jean-Cléophas Blouin (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
October 24, 1833: By-election in Saguenay; François-Xavier Tessier (PAT) is elected.
October 25, 1971: The Union nationale changes its name and becomes the "Unité-Québec" party.
October 25, 1939: 21^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti libéral (Joseph-Adélard Godbout): 70 seats;
- Union nationale (Maurice L. Duplessis): 15 seats;
- Independents: 1 seat.
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October 25, 1883: Étienne-Théodore Pâquet (CON), MLA for Lévis, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as sheriff of the Quebec District.
October 25, 1864: Legislative election in the Laurentides division; David Edward Price (CON) is elected.
October 25, 1833: François Quirouet (n.a.), MHA for Orléans, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
October 26, 1992: Referendum on the amendment of the Constitution of Canada (Charlottetown Agreement). To the question "Acceptez-vous que la Constitution du Canada soit renouvelée sur la base de l'entente conclue le 28 août 1992 ?" (Do you agree that the Constitution of Canada should be renewed on the basis of the agreement reached on August 28, 1992 ?), the results are as follows:
- Yes: 43,32 %;
- No: 56,68 %.
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October 26, 1968: The Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale (RIN), then led by Pierre Bourgault, scubbers itself. Bourgault invites its members to join the Parti québécois founded two weeks before.
October 26, 1908: By-election in Rouville; J.-Edmond Robert (LIB) is elected.
October 26, 1874: By-election in Pontiac; Levi Ruggles Church (CON), Attorney General in the Boucher de Boucherville Cabinet, is elected by acclamation.
October 26, 1843: By-election in the County of Montréal; André Jobin (PAT) is elected.
October 26, 1831: Jacques Labrie (PAT), MHA for Lac des Deux Montagnes, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly.
October 26, 1830: Return of the Writs of the 14^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. The Parti patriote wins a majority of seats.
October 27, 1995: Between 40 000 and 100 000 Anglo Canadians manifest in Montreal to incite Quebecers to vote NO during the referendum to be held on October 30, 1995. They benefit from 90 % of discount on their transportation to Montreal by plane or by train, violating so the Quebec Referendum Act which forbids electoral expenditure from corporations.
October 27, 1856: Legislative election in the De Salaberry division; Louis Renaud (CON) is elected.
October 27, 1856: By-election in the City of Québec; George-Honoré Simard (BLE) is elected.
October 27, 1851: Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine (PAT), MLA for the City of Montréal, Co-Prime Minister of the Province of Canada and Attorney General of Lower Canada, resigns as Co-Prime Minister, thus putting an end to the La Fontaine-Baldwin Cabinet.
October 28, 2002: Paul Bégin (PQ), MNA for Louis-Hébert, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, resigns as Minister and quits the Parti québécois Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent MNA.
October 28, 1929: By-election in Richelieu; Joseph-Célestin-Avila Turcotte (LIB) is elected.
October 28, 1858: Legislative election in the Sorel division; Jean-Baptiste Guévremont (LIB) is elected.
October 28, 1852: Hazard Bailey Terrill (MOD), MLA for Stanstead, dies in office.
October 28, 1851: Formation of the Hincks-Morin Cabinet in the Province of Canada, led by Francis Hincks (REF), MLA for Oxford and Inspector General, and by Augustin-Norbert Morin (PAT), MLA for Bellechasse and Provincial Secretary of Canada.
October 29, 1973: 30^th General Election to the National Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti libéral du Québec (Robert Bourassa): 102 seats;
- Parti québécois (René Lévesque): 6 seats;
- Parti créditiste (Camil Samson): 2 seats.
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October 29, 1906: By-election in L'Assomption; Louis-Joseph Gauthier (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
October 29, 1903: By-election in Brome; John Charles James Sarsfield McCorkill (LIB), Treasurer of the Province in the Parent Cabinet, is elected.
October 29, 1884: By-election in Mégantic; John White (LIB) is elected.
October 29, 1879: Five MLAs, among which Edmund J. Flynn and Étienne-Théodore Pâquet, quit the Parti libéral and join the Parti conservateur, causing thus the fall of the Joly de Lotbinière Cabinet (LIB) in a non-confidence the same day.
October 29, 1869: By-election in Richelieu; Pierre Gélinas (CON) is elected.
October 29, 1860: Legislative election in the Bedford division; Asa Belknap Foster (CON) is elected.
October 29, 1858: Legislative election in the Alma division; Joseph-Flavien Armand (CON) is elected.
October 29, 1829: By-election in York; William Henry Scott (PAT) is elected.
October 30, 2003: The National Assembly of Quebec adopts, unanimously, a motion reaffirming that the Quebec people form a nation.
October 30, 1995: Referendum on the sovereignty of Quebec. To the question "Acceptez-vous que le Québec devienne souverain, après avoir offert formellement au Canada un nouveau partenariat économique et politique, dans le cadre du projet de loi sur l'avenir du Québec et de l'entente signée le 12 juin 1995 ?" (Do you agree that Québec should become sovereign, after having made a formal offer to Canada for a new Economic and Political Partnership, within the scope of the Bill respecting the future of Québec and of the agreement signed on June 12, 1995 ?), the results are as follows:
- Yes: 49,42 %;
- No: 50,58 %.
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October 30, 1968: Gaston Tremblay (UN), MLA for Montmorency, quits the Union nationale Parliamentary Group in order to sit as independent "Nationalist Christian" MLA.
October 30, 1964: René Hamel (LIB), MLA for Saint-Maurice And Attorney General, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly and Minister following his appointment as judge.
October 30, 1929: Joseph-Ferdinand Daniel (LIB), MLA for Montcalm, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
October 30, 1904: Le député de Hochelaga, Daniel-Jérémie Décarie (LIB), dies in office.
October 30, 1894: Honoré Mercier (père) (LIB), MLA for Bonaventure and former Prime Minister of Quebec (1887-1891), dies in office at the age of 54.
October 30, 1882: By-elections in Vaudreuil and Laval; François-Xavier Archambault (CON) and Pierre-Évariste Leblanc (CON) are elected.
October 30, 1858: Louis-Honoré Gauvreau (BLE), MLA for Maskinongé, dies in office.
October 30, 1843: George Moffatt (TOR), MLA for the City of Montréal, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
October 30, 1832: By-election in Saguenay; André Cimon (PAT) is elected.
October 31, 1995: Following the defeat of the Yes Committee that he chaired during the referendum on independence held on October 30, 1995, Jacques Parizeau (PQ), Prime Minister of Quebec and MNA for L'Assomption, annonce his resignation from the offices of Prime Minister and Leader of the Parti québécois, resignation that will become effective after the appointment of a successor.
October 31, 1985: The Parti vert du Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
October 31, 1969: Le député de Gouin, Yves Michaud (LIB), quits the Parti libéral du Québec Parliamentary Group in order to sit as Liberal independent MNA in protest against the position of his party on Bill 63.
October 31, 1927: By-elections in Kamouraska and Portneuf; Pierre Gagnon (LIB) et Pierre Gauthier (LIB-I) are elected.
October 31, 1901: By-elections in Drummond, Québec and Vaudreuil; Joseph Laferté (LIB), Cyrille-Fraser Delâge (LIB) and Hormisdas Pilon (LIB) are elected.
October 31, 1890: Émery Lalonde (fils) (LIB), MLA for Vaudreuil, is found guilty of electoral fraud by the Courts during the General Election of June 17, 1890. His election is cancelled and the Vaudreuil seat becomes vacant.
October 31, 1887: Joseph-Octave Villeneuve (CON), MLA for Hochelaga, is found guilty of electoral fraud by the Courts during the General Election of October 14, 1886. His election is cancelled and the Hochelaga seat becomes vacant.
October 31, 1882: By-election in Bonaventure; Henri-Josué Martin (CON) is elected by acclamation.
October 31, 1879: Following a non-confidence vote of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec against the Joly de Lotbinière Cabinet (LIB), Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (CON) is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
October 31, 1860: Legislative election in the Grandville division; Luc Letellier de Saint-Just (LIB) is elected.
October 31, 1856: Legislative election in the Mille-Isles division; Édouard Masson (ind.) is elected.
October 31, 1832: Pierre-Benjamin Dumoulin (n.a.), MHA for Trois-Rivières, resigns as Member of the House of Assembly.

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