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	Quebec general election, 1985 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Quebec general election of 1985 was held on December 2, 1985, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada.
		This election marked the comeback of Robert Bourassa, whose political career had been thought to be over after losing the 1976 general election and resigning as Liberal leader.
		The 1985 Quebec general election result produced by far the largest majority of any Canadian legislative election (both in terms of the number of seats and percentage of seats) by a winning party whose leader failed to win his own seat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quebec_general_election,_1985 (238 words)

	Wikinfo \| Quebec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Quebec is located in eastern Canada, bordered by Ontario and Hudson Bay to the west, Atlantic Canada to the east, the U.S. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York States) to the south, and the Arctic Ocean to the north.
		The territory of Quebec is extremely rich in resources in its coniferous forests, lakes, and rivers—pulp and paper, lumber, and hydroelectricity are still some of the province's most important industries.
		The provincial bird of Quebec is the snowy owl.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Quebec (1980 words)

	Canadian Election Law & Policies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Elections Canada also provides a number of plain English overviews of the laws and policies governing the conduct of federal elections.
		The specific limits on candidates' election expenses for the 2006 election vary from riding to riding because they are based on the number of electors in a constituency.
		This law was challenged during the 2000 election, by Stephen Harper when he headed up the National Citizens Coalition, on the grounds that the law is an unconstitutional limit on the freedom of expression and of the voters' rights to be fully informed of all points of view.
	www.sfu.ca /~aheard/elections/laws.html (2146 words)

	Quebec : Political culture:Quebec
		Quebec (pronounced "kwə-BECK" or "keh-BECK"; French: le Québec) is a Canadian province with a population of 7,410,504 (Statistics Canada, 2001), primarily speakers of the French language making up the bulk of the Francophone population in North America.
		Quebec was inhabited by a range of First Peoples before the arrival of the French, and still is today.
		The Quebec government recognizes 11 First Peoples on its territory: The Mohawks, the Cree, the Inuit, the Algonquin, the Atikamekw, the Micmac[?], the Hurons-Wendat, the Abenaki, the Montagnais, and the Naskapi.
	www.fastload.org /po/Political_culture:Quebec.html (1943 words)

	Parti libéral du Québec - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Parti libéral du Québec (Liberal Party of Quebec, although it refers to itself in English as the Québec Liberal Party), or PLQ, is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Quebec.
		This mirrored the situation in Ottawa, where the arrival of Wilfrid Laurier in the 1896 federal election marked the beginning of Liberal dominance at the federal level.
		When Bourassa returned as Premier in 1985, he successfully persuaded the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney to recognize Québec as a distinct society, and sought greater powers for the Quebec and the other provinces.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Quebec_Liberal_Party (1181 words)

	Parti Québécois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the 1976 provincial election the Québécois was elected to form the government Quebec with René Lévesque as its leader.
		With the failure the Charlottetown Accord and the Meech Lake Accord the question of Quebec's status remained and the PQ called the 1995 Quebec referendum proposing negotiations on sovereignty.
		The current Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe is also the son of Jean an famous Quebec actor that helped found PQ and the New Democratic Party branch in Quebec (now separated from the federal NDP merged in the Union des Forces Progressistes).
	www.freeglossary.com /PQ (986 words)

	Parti Québécois
		The 1980 Quebec referendum on sovereignty association was rejected by 60 per cent of voters.
		With the failure of the Charlottetown Accord and the Meech Lake Accord, the question of Quebec's status remained unresolved and the PQ called the 1995 Quebec referendum proposing negotiations on sovereignty.
		The current Bloc leader, Gilles Duceppe, is also the son of Jean Duceppe, an famous Quebec actor that helped found the PQ and the New Democratic Party branch in Quebec (now separated from the federal NDP and merged in the Union des Forces Progressistes).
	www.askfactmaster.com /PQ (807 words)

	Quebec
		Quebec's network of rivers and lakes may be grouped into two major drainage systems, one trending east via the St Lawrence to the Atlantic Ocean and the other west, north, and east into James Bay, Hudson Bay, and Ungava Bay.
		Quebec is represented in the Canadian Parliament by 24 senators, appointed by the Canadian governor-general in council, and by 75 members of the House of Commons, popularly elected to terms of up to five years.
		In the elections of 1970 and 1973 the Liberals under Robert Bourassa defeated the Union Nationale and the PQ largely by opposing separatism.
	www.angelfire.com /country/t2canada/provinces/Quebec.htm (3015 words)

	QuébecPolitique.com \| National Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Union Nationale is born of the merging of two political parties: the Conservative Party, founded during the XIXth Century and led by Maurice Duplessis, and the Action Libérale nationale, a splinter group of the Liberal Party led by Paul Gouin since it's foundation in 1934.
		This party dominated the political scene in Quebec from 1936 to 1960, and declined after the death of it's founder in 1959.
		The last MNAs elected under the label "Union Nationale" were elected during the 1976 general election, with Rodrigue Biron as leader, boosted by the protest vote of the english-speaking Quebecers against the "Loi 22" voted by the Liberal government in 1974.
	www.quebecpolitique.com /partis/un-en.html (272 words)

	University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
		The object of the communication is to vindicate their right to vote in the Quebec provincial general elections held on 13 April 1981 and to ensure that prisoners can exercise their right to vote in any elections which may be held in he future, whether federal or provincial.
		The Director General of Elections of Quebec therefore contacted the Solicitor General's Office suggesting the conclusion of an administrative agreement concerning the voting of inmates of federal penitentiaries in the province of Quebec.
		They submit that, after the elections ' in the state of the law as it was before the adoption of section 3 of the Constitution Act of 1982, an action for a declaratory judgement did not constitute an effective and sufficient domestic remedy ensuring respect for their right to vote.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/undocs/html/113-1981.htm (3296 words)

	Canadian Elections - Riding Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The 2006 general election will be conducted using the 308 ridings contested in the 2004 election; by contrast there were 301 constituencies in the 1997 and 2000 elections.
		The 2006 elections will be conducted with the same electoral boundaries used in the 2004, with the exception of two constituencies in New Brunswick: Acadie–Bathurst and Miramichi.
		Perhaps the most interesting ridings to watch in the 2006 elections are the 58 marginal seats, where candidates won with a margin of 5% or less in the 2004 elections.
	www.sfu.ca /~aheard/elections/ridings.html (617 words)

	Canadian Dimension / Articles » Bloc’s election challenge reflects changing face of Quebec politics (Richard ...
		Quebec is headed toward an election in 2007 that is widely expected to result in a victory for the sovereigntist Parti québécois (PQ) followed by a referendum that may well produce a majority vote for secession from Canada.
		For example, Quebec assigns great importance to its ability to attract and integrate immigrants as a means of countering the relative decline and ageing of its population.
		Quebec’s low visibility abroad (it has little consular representation) means many immigrants are unaware of its potential as a place of residence.
	canadiandimension.com /articles/2006/01/09/275 (2526 words)

	Canada, Sinclair v. Quebec (Attorney General) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Constitutional law -- Language guarantees -- Instruments of legislative nature -- Quebec legislation amalgamating two cities -- Legislative process divided into a series of discrete steps -- Whether all instruments, from ministerial order postponing municipal elections to notification of the issuance of letters patent for new city, must comply with s.
		133 of the Constitution Act, 1867 but the order postponing the election in Rouyn, the order issued in lieu of a draft agreement, the order in council ordering the issuance of letters patent for the new city, the letters patent themselves and the notice of issuance of the letters patent were printed in French only.
		The National Assembly of Quebec has attempted to divide the legislative process into a number of discrete steps, and then to claim that each of these individual steps, considered in isolation, lacks a legislative character.
	www.hrcr.org /safrica/cultural_religious/sinclair_quebec.html (601 words)

	Canadian History: 1945-1990 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The modernization of Quebec politics occurred with the election of Maurice Duplessis and the Union Nationale in 1944.
		Quebec's desire to separate from Canada intensified further in the summer of 1967 when Charles de Gaulle, president of France, came to Canada to take in the festivities of Expo 67 (the world's fair) in Montreal.
		Although Quebec refused to sign the agreement, which had been negotiated and vetoed in its absence, the province was legally bound by the terms of the new Constitution.
	members.tripod.com /~pbarsa_96/hist7.html (4633 words)

	Quebec general election, 1976 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Quebec general election of 1976 was held on November 15, 1976 to elect members to National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada.
		It was one of the most significant elections in Quebec history, rivalled only by the 1960 general election.
		The 1976 election also set the stage for the 1980 Quebec referendum on the PQ's proposal for political independence in an economic union with the rest of Canada called sovereignty-association.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quebec_general_election,_1976 (519 words)

	Informat.io on Quebec
		To differentiate between Quebec the city and Quebec the province in English, the city is commonly referred to as "Quebec City" while the province is referred to as "Québec".
		In French, Quebec City is generally referred to simply as "Québec" without the French equivalent of the word "city." French names of large geographical regions such as provinces and countries are typically preceded by articles whereas city names are not (unless it is part of the name, such as "La Malbaie").
		Quebec City is expected to be in competition with Moncton and Halifax for the franchise, though a new stadium would likely be needed as well.
	www.informat.io /?title=Quebec (3275 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Parti Quebecois
		René Lévesque quits the Quebec Liberal party along with a few hundred others after his proposal for a sovereign Quebec associated with Canada is rejected at the party convention.
		In the provincial election, a collapse of support for two other Quebec parties, the Parti créditiste and the Union Nationale, allows the PQ to become the opposition with just six seats.
		Quebec invokes the notwithstanding clause to override the Supreme Court and passes Bill 178, which reaffirms French as the only language for outdoor signs, but allows other languages indoors.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/parti_quebecois (931 words)

	TechNet North 2006 - Conference Featured Speakers
		General Graham was selected as the first active duty brigade level commander to command a National Guard brigade in peacetime in Los Angeles, California.
		General Graham is married to the former Carol Shroat of Frankfort, Kentucky.
		She joined the Solicitor General’s Department in August 2001 as Director General of the Policing and Law Enforcement Directorate and subsequently became the Assistant Deputy Minister for the Policing, Law Enforcement and Interoperability Branch for the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
	www.technetnorth.com /conference/speakers.html (2676 words)

	Virtual Jewish History Tour - Montreal, Quebec
		During the America Revolution from 1775 to 1781, the majority of Jews living in Quebec took the side of the British in the conflict, despite family connections in the colonies.
		Under the act, the Jewish communities of Montreal, Quebec, and Trois Rivieres were allowed to own land slated for the construction of a synagogue and cemetery.
		After the Liberal Party regained power in 1985, and a nationwide economic recession lessened the appeal of the rest of Canada, the Jewish population of Quebec leveled out slightly, but Montreal never regained its former status as the center of Canadian Jewish activity.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Quebec.html (953 words)

	University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
		In a letter dated 4 March 1981, the Solicitor General of Canada informed the Director General of Elections of Quebec of his decision not to conclude, for the time being, such an administrative agreement which would permit detainees in federal penitentiaries to vote in general provincial elections.
		He also pointed out that the Election Act of Quebec, "dans sa forme et dans sans son esprit", acknowledged the necessity of an agreement ("entente") in order to allow inmates the exercise of the right to vote; such agreement could not be forced upon the Federal Government by provincial authorities.
		They submit that, after the elections, in the state of the law as it was before the adoption of section 3 of the Constitution Act of 1982, an action for a declaratory judgement did not constitute an effective and sufficient domestic remedy ensuring respect for their right to vote.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/undocs/session40/113-1981.htm (3278 words)

	Quebec general elections - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1994 results include the by-election held on October 24, 1994 in the Saint-Jean electoral district to break a tie in the original general election.
		The 1998 results include the by-election held on December 14, 1998 in the Masson electoral district due to the death of PQ candidate Yves Blais on November 22, 1998.
		The 63 Liberal seats include the May 27, 1912 election of Gustave Lemieux by acclamation in Gaspé and the July 15, 1912 election of Joseph-Édouard Caron in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quebec_general_elections (465 words)

	Log Cabin Chronicles Peter Black's Quebec scandal lassoes Matane bull column
		Chretien won the leadership, of course, but in the subsequent 1993 election, federalist parties in Quebec - Liberals and the Kim Campbell-led Conservatives - were nearly erased from the map outside anglophone-tinged ridings.
		When Bourassa returned to power in 1985, Cote, now the MNA for the Charlesbourg riding in Quebec City, was rewarded with several key posts, including transport and health.
		The former political giant in Quebec now finds himself ousted for life from the party that begged him for help in forbidden regions of Quebec, caught up - with certain complicity, according to Gomery - in a web of illegal campaign financing flowing from the sponsorship program.
	www.tomifobia.com /black/quebec_scandal.shtml (805 words)

	Bloc Quebecois: The Road of Sovereignty
		In the general election of November 15, 1976, the Parti Québécois won a majority of seats in the National Assembly, thus forming the new govern-ment of Québec with René Lévesque as premier.
		The repeated failures to renew Canadian federalism leave Quebecers only two true options: the status quo, i.e., Canada just the way it is, with all its insensitivity to their legitimate and historical aspirations, or the way of the future, the road to sovereignty.
		Quebecers unanimously hold that sovereignty will be mindful of the rights of all citizens, regardless of origin or language.
	www.rocler.qc.ca /turp/eng/Road/Road.htm (7435 words)

	Election 2006
		He was re-elected in 1982, 1985 and again in 1989.
		He did not seek re-election in the Provincial General Election of 1993.
		He was re-elected in the Federal General Elections of 2000 & 2004.
	www.ctv.ca /mini/election2006/candidates/10006_CON.html (167 words)

	Log Cabin Chronicles Peter Black's Year-end trivia quiz 2004
		In Quebec, the year 2004 is likely to be remembered for well, nothing huge, like major disasters or wrenching elections, but for a lot of smaller, yet significant events.
		It was a year marked by the departure of the Expos, but the comeback of the Bloc Quebecois; the shame of the Quebec sponsorship scandal, but the triumph of Auditor-General Sheila Fraser; the asymmetrical vision of Premier Jean Charest, but the family feud of the Parti Quebecois.
		Quebec produced another crop of fine movies this year, many involving twists on real events.
	www.tomifobia.com /black/triviaquiz_2004.shtml (950 words)

	Quebec City : In Depth : Dateline \| Frommers.com
		Quebec City : In Depth : Dateline
		1759 British General Wolfe defeats French General Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham in Québec City.
		Accounts of unsanitary hospitals, outdated equipment, and ever-lengthening delays for treatment cause mounting unease in the face of governmental demands for even greater efficiencies and cost-cutting procedures.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/quebeccity/0142020051.html (890 words)

	DGEQ \| International activities
		He relies on the custom-tailored transfer of his expertise to support election officials in their efforts to consolidate electoral processes.
		Already in 1985, the Institution was collaborating in missions at the international level and was hosting delegations and visitors from various countries.
		The mission was aimed at providing training to international observers who went to this country to observe the elections of July 30, 2006.
	www.electionsquebec.qc.ca /en/international_activities.asp (338 words)

	Canada Elections Act
		(c) sufficient election supplies, blank ballot papers and blank forms, including the forms of oaths, for the purposes of the election, except Forms 2 and 3 and the forms prescribed pursuant to subsection 93(2) and paragraph 282(1)(a), which the returning officer shall cause to be printed.
		At a general election, every registered party that has been registered prior to that election shall, not later than ten days after the date of the issue of the writs, file with the Chief Electoral Officer a statement in writing signed by the leader of the party
		Each candidate at a general election who, on the day before the dissolution of Parliament immediately preceding the election, was a member, and any spouse or dependant of that candidate who lives with him and is qualified as an elector is, respectively, entitled
	www.efc.ca /pages/law/canada/elections.html (12949 words)

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