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  Henri Bourassa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Henri Bourassa was a grandson of Louis-Joseph Papineau.
In 1913, Bourassa denounced the government of Ontario as "more Prussian than Prussia" during the Ontario Schools Question crisis (see Regulation 17), after Ontario restricted the use of French in their schools and made English the official language of instruction.
Henri Bourassa Blvd., Henri-Bourassa metro station, and the federal riding of Bourassa, all in Montreal, are named for him.
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 Knowledge King - Henri Bourassa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Born in Montreal, Bourassa was a grandson of Louis-Joseph Papineau.
In 1913 Bourassa denounced the government of Ontario as "more Prussian than Prussia" during the Ontario Schools Question crisis, after Ontario restricted the use of French in their schools and made English the official language of instruction.
Bourassa led French Canadian opposition to participation in World War I, especially Robert Borden's plans for conscription in 1917.
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 Le Devoir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was founded by journalist, politician and nationalist Henri Bourassa in 1910.
Bourassa had resigned from the Liberal Party of Canada in 1910 after opposing Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier's decision to construct an independent Canadian Navy.
Bourassa headed the newspaper until August 3, 1932 when he was replaced by Georges Pelletier.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Henri Bourassa
Bourassa, Henri (1868-1952), Canadian political leader and journalist, born in Montréal, and educated privately.
Henri, Robert (1865-1929), American painter, art educator, and mentor of the group of painters known as The Eight.
Bourassa, Robert (1933-1996), premier of the province of Québec, Canada, from 1970 to 1976 and from 1985 to 1994.
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 Bourassa Microfilm
Henri Bourassa, journalist and politican, was born at Montreal, Quebec, on September 1, 1868, the son of Napoleon Bourassa and Azalie Papineau, and the grandson of Louis Joseph Papineau.
Bourassa was an outstanding political figure, and a first-rate orator.
The texts by Henri Bourassa and the rights to the microfilm belong to the Misses Anne and Marie Bourassa.
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 AllRefer.com - Henri Bourassa (Canadian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Henri Bourassa[ANrE´ bOOrAsA´] Pronunciation Key, 1868–1952, Canadian political leader and publisher, b.
He was elected as an Independent Liberal to the Canadian House of Commons in 1896 but resigned in 1899 in protest against sending Canadian troops to the South African War; he was almost immediately reelected.
Opposing (1909–11) the bill to construct a Canadian navy, Bourassa withdrew enough support from Laurier to cause the fall of the government.
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 Henri Bourassa - Quebec History - Histoire du Québec
The son of artist and poet Napoléon Bourassa and the grandson of Louis-Joseph Papineau, he was mainly educated by private tutors.
Bourassa returned to federal politics in 1925, serving for the next ten years as the independent Member of Parliament for Labelle.
Bourassa actively campaigned against the Liberal Party during the 1911 federal elections, and played a key role in eroding support for the governing Liberals in their
www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/bios/henribourassabio.htm   (357 words)

  
 Joseph-Henri-Napoleon Bourassa Biography / Biography of Joseph-Henri-Napoleon Bourassa Biography Biography
The French-Canadian nationalist and editor Joseph-Henri-Napoleon Bourassa (1868-1952) was one of the leading political figures of Quebec, a splendid orator, and the founder and editor in chief of "Le Devoir," a leading Montreal newspaper.
Henri Bourassa was born in Montreal on Sept. 1, 1868, and educated at schools in that city and at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass.
Soon Bourassa was the leader of a great nationalist movement in the province, an articulate spokesman for French-Canadian ideas and ideals, a defender of the Canadien way of life.
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 Henri Bourassa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
To counter what he perceived to be the evils of imperialism, in 1903 he created the (An advocate of national independence of or a strong national government) Nationalist League (Ligue Nationaliste) to instill a panCanadian nationalist spirit in the (Click link for more info and facts about Francophone) Francophone population.
Bourassa left the federal (A legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)) parliament in 1907 but remained active in Quebec politics.
On his passing in 1952, Henri Bourassa was interred in Montreal's (Click link for more info and facts about Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges.
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 The Prime Ministers of Canada - Wilfrid Laurier Biography
At the same time, Québec nationalists, led by Henri Bourassa, accused Laurier of abandoning French education rights in Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan and of supporting British imperialism.
Bourassa won a crucial 1910 Québec by-election and aligned himself with English-Canadian Tories to fight Laurier's Liberals.
Bourassa and Lavergne, two partisans of a Canadian nationalism, not a French-Canadian nationalism, thought that Canada is of two founding peoples.
www.primeministers.ca /laurier/bio_5.php?context=c   (496 words)

  
 Henri Bourassa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bourassa dejó a parlamento federal en 1907 pero seguía siendo activo en la política de Quebec.
Bourassa condujo la oposición canadiense francesa a la participación en la Primera Guerra Mundial, especialmente planes de Roberto Borden al reclutamiento del instrumento en 1917.
Bourassa también opuso el reclutamiento en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, aunque menos con eficacia, era un miembro del populaire del bloque.
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 Henri Bourassa articles and news from Start Learning Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1913, Bourassa denounced the government of Ontario as "more Prussian than Prussia" during the Ontario Schools Question crisis (see Regulation 17), after Ontario restricted the use of French languageFrench in their schools and made English languageEnglish the official language of instruction.
Bourassa also opposed conscription in World War II, though less effectively, and was a member of the Bloc Populaire CanadienBloc populaire.
Henri Bourassa Blvd., Henri-Bourassa (Montreal Metro)Henri-Bourassa metro station, and the federal riding of Bourassa (electoral district)Bourassa, all in Montreal, are named for him.
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 Henri Bourassa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Bourassa was a grandson of Louis-Joseph Papineau.
He continued to criticize Laurier, opposing Laurier's attempts to build a in 1911, which he believed would draw Canada into future imperial wars between Britain and Germany.
This page was last modified 21:28, 2 Jun 2005.
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 Bourassa, Henri --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Bourassa studied law but built a reputation as a writer on political affairs.
A Canadian politician and journalist, Henri Bourassa was an ardent nationalist who hoped to see Canada become an independent nation under the British Crown.
French novelist Henri Murger was among the first to depict the precarious lives of poor artists and writers—which he knew from experience.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9015944?tocId=9015944   (677 words)

  
 Henri Bourassa et le nationalisme canadien
Henri Bourassa a perdu cette bataille, mais il a gagné de nombreux alliés.
Henri Bourassa a traité Wilfrid Laurier de traître et dès lors, les deux hommes sont ennemis.
Henri Bourassa met fin à sa retraite pour se joindre à ceux qui dénoncent une nouvelle conscription.
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 Henri Bourassa - Encyclopedia, History and Biography
He returned to the House of Commons in the 1925 Canadian election with his election as an Independent MP and remained until his defeat in the 1935 Canadian election.
In the 1930s, Henri Bourassa, demanded that Canada keep its gates shut to Jewish immigrants, as did many other Canadian politicians of the time, liberal or conservative, including the Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon MacKenzie King.
The article about Henri Bourassa contains information related to Henri Bourassa.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Henri_Bourassa   (496 words)

  
 Henri Bourassa - Claudius Corneloup - We were there - Canada and the First World War - Library and Archives Canada
Henri Bourassa - Claudius Corneloup - We were there - Canada and the First World War - Library and Archives Canada
Henri Bourassa in July 1917, Portrait on a Card Announcing His Death in 1952
Henri Bourassa, founder of the newspaper Le Devoir, was an ardent defender of a nationalism that was Canadian rather than imperial.
www.lac-bac.gc.ca /05/0518/05180103/051801030502_e.html   (82 words)

  
 Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec - Collection - Early art - Napoléon Bourassa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Four years later, he travelled to Italy to continue his apprenticeship, and was initiated to the Italian art of mural painting and to the great masters of the Renaissance.
On his return in 1856, he sought to institute a form of art which was lasting and edifying, "based on the twofold tenets of religion and nationalism".
The artist chose to use dark colours, a particular structure and a harsh light to create this double portrait, which tends toward monumentalism.
www.mnba.qc.ca /english/collection/ancien10.htm   (126 words)

  
 Hist103: Competing Visions: Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Henri Bourassa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Henri Bourassa (1868-1952) was an influential French Canadian politician and journalist, and a strong French Canadian and Canadian nationalist.
Henri Bourassa and the Golden Calf: The Social Program of the Nationalists of
Henri Bourassa on Imperialism and Bi-Culturalism, 1900-1918  (1970)
www.lackenbauer.ca /Hist103/3-2_Laurier_Bourassa.htm   (181 words)

  
 Articles - Henri-Bourassa (Montreal Metro)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This station is named for Henri Bourassa Blvd. Henri Bourassa (1868–1952), a journalist and politician, served in municipal, provincial, and federal governments, but is best known for founding the newspaper Le Devoir in 1910.
Henri Bourassa North entrance: 575 Henri Bourassa Blvd., at Lajeunesse St.
Henri Bourassa South entrance: 590 Henri Bourassa Blvd., at Lajeunesse St.
www.poncier.com /articles/Henri-Bourassa_%28Montreal_Metro%29   (138 words)

  
 Genealogy Data Page 30 (Notes Pages)
Bourassa known as Henri Bourassa (THEY HAD 8 CHILDREN); and Émélie-Anne Papineau born Plaisance 28 July 1894 died Montréal 23 November 1946.
Alice Dessaulles was born 1862 in St.-Hyacinthe, and died avril 22, 1934 in St.-Hyacinthe.
She married Henri Beaudry avril 19, 1867 in St.-Hyacinthe, son of Joseph Beaudry and Emilie-Anne TRUDEAU.
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 Bourassa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Many thanks to Anne Bourassa, daughter of Henri Bourassa, for these pictures.
The Bourassa Home in L'Acadie, Quebec - My great great grandfather Francois Bourassa and his wife Genevieve Patenaude lived here, and his son Vital Bourassa and his wife Emelie Hebert owned the farmhouse and 336 acres of land later.
I believe that my grandfather Louis Alphonse Bourassa was born here and with his wife, Vitaline LeBlanc, raised their children in L'Acadie before moving to St Jean about 1906 and later to Winooski, Vermont in 1910.
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 What do we owe England?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Henri Bourassa, grandson of Louis-Joseph Papineau, served as a Liberal member of Parliament in Ottawa from 1896 to1907.
After opposing Canada’s sending troops to fight in the Boer War in 1900, he grew wary of a growing willingness to send Canadian troops to fight for the British Empire anywhere.
It was this trip which the Globe editorialist scorned in claiming “the unworthy Bourassa fled to a French port and hastened homeward under the protection of the British navy”.
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 Open Letter from Talbot M. Papineau to Henri Bourassa
I was sorry before leaving Quebec in 1914 not to have had an opportunity of discussing with you the momentous issues which were raised in Canada by the outbreak of this war.
Bourassa's Reply to Capt. Talbot Papineau's Letter, August 2, 1916
A brave and active officer as he is has seldom the time to prepare and write such long pieces of political eloquence.
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 Broadview Press: A Country Nourished on Self-Doubt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Henri Bourassa, "The French Canadian in the British Empire," The Monthly Review, October 1902.
Henri Bourassa, "Women's Suffrage, Its Effectiveness, Its Legitimacy," Le Devoir, 24 April 1913.
Henry N.R. Jackman, "Canada's Culture," Speech to the Canadian Club (November 1999).
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Robert Bourassa
Borden, Sir Robert Laird : contemporaries: Bourassa, Henri
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 CCNQ | Communiqués
Lors de cette soirée, la pensée et les actions politiques de Henri Bourassa, promoteur d'une identité canadienne forte et d'une autonomie à; l'égard de la métropole britannique, seront soupesées à la balance de la Justice.
Incarnés par les comédiens Annick Fontaine et Jérémie Aubry, la Justice et Henri Bourassa seront appuyés par l'historien Réal Bélanger.
Dans une mise en scène de Cyrille-Gauvin Francoeur, comédiens et conférencier feront valoir leurs visions de la contribution de Henri Bourassa à l'histoire québécoise.
www.capitale.gouv.qc.ca /communiques/com_27_01_05.html   (301 words)

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