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Jean Drapeau

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Jean Drapeau, (18 February 1916 – 12 August 1999) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986. [1]

66 relations: Al Capone, André Laurendeau, Asbestos strike, Bloc populaire, Brian Mulroney, Camillien Houde, Canadians, Catholic Church, Civic Party of Montreal, Concordia University, Conscription, Conscription Crisis of 1944, Corridart, Cost overrun, Editorial cartoon, Expo 67, Front de libération du Québec, Henry Morgentaler, Jean Doré, Jean-Drapeau station, Lawyer, Lionel Groulx, Lottery, Loyola College (Montreal), Major League Baseball, Maurice Duplessis, Mayor of Montreal, Milan, Montreal, Montreal Citizens' Movement, Montreal Expos, Montreal Metro, National Order of Quebec, Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Notre Dame Island, October Crisis, Order of Canada, Pacifique Plante, Parc Jean-Drapeau, Paris, Place des Arts, Politician, Premier of Quebec, Prime Minister of Canada, Quebec, Quebec general election, 1944, Quebec referendum, 1980, René Lévesque, Roger Taillibert, Rome, ..., Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Saint Helen's Island, Saint Lawrence River, Sarto Fournier, Sir George Williams University, Terrorism, Terry Mosher, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Toronto, UNESCO, Union Nationale (Quebec), Université de Montréal, Walt Disney, War Measures Act, World War II, 1976 Summer Olympics. Expand index (16 more) »

Al Capone

Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit.

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André Laurendeau

Joseph-Edmond-André Laurendeau (March 21, 1912 – June 1, 1968) was a journalist, politician, co-chair of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, and playwright in Quebec, Canada.

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Asbestos strike

The Asbestos strike of 1949, based in and around Asbestos, Quebec, was a four-month labour dispute by asbestos miners.

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Bloc populaire

The Bloc populaire canadien was a political party in the Canadian province of Quebec from 1942 to 1947.

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Brian Mulroney

Martin Brian Mulroney (born March 20, 1939) is a Canadian politician who served as the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993.

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Camillien Houde

Camillien Houde (13 August 1889 – 11 September 1958) was a Quebec politician, a Member of Parliament, and a four-time mayor of Montreal – one of the few Canadian politicians to have served at all three levels of government.

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Canadians

Canadians (Canadiens / Canadiennes) are people identified with the country of Canada.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Civic Party of Montreal

The Civic Party of Montreal (Parti Civique de Montréal) was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Concordia University

Concordia University (commonly referred to as Concordia) is a public comprehensive university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on unceded Indigenous lands.

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Conscription

Conscription, sometimes called the draft, is the compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service.

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Conscription Crisis of 1944

The Conscription Crisis of 1944 was a political and military crisis following the introduction of forced military service for men in Canada during World War II.

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Corridart

Corridart (occasionally, though incorrectly, stylized as Corrid'Art) was an almost 6-km-long public exhibit of monumental installation artwork that took place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Sherbrooke Street for about six days in the summer of 1976.

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Cost overrun

A cost overrun, also known as a cost increase, underrated or budget overrun, involves unexpected costs incurred in excess of budgeted amounts due to an underestimation of the actual cost during budgeting.

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Editorial cartoon

An editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is a drawing containing a commentary expressing the artist's opinion.

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Expo 67

The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, as it was commonly known, was a general exhibition, Category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967.

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Front de libération du Québec

The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ; "Quebec Liberation Front") was a separatist and Marxist-Leninist paramilitary group in Quebec.

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Henry Morgentaler

Henekh "Henry" Morgentaler, (March 19, 1923 – May 29, 2013), was a Jewish Polish-born Canadian physician and pro-choice advocate who fought numerous legal battles aimed at expanding abortion rights in Canada.

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Jean Doré

Jean Doré (12 December 1944 – 15 June 2015) was a Canadian politician and mayor of the City of Montreal, Quebec.

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Jean-Drapeau station

Jean-Drapeau station is a Montreal Metro station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Lawyer

A lawyer or attorney is a person who practices law, as an advocate, attorney, attorney at law, barrister, barrister-at-law, bar-at-law, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor at law, or solicitor, but not as a paralegal or charter executive secretary.

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Lionel Groulx

Lionel Groulx (13 January 1878 – 23 May 1967) was a French Canadian Roman Catholic priest, historian and Quebec nationalist.

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Lottery

A lottery is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers for a prize.

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Loyola College (Montreal)

Loyola College was an anglophone Jesuit college in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

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Maurice Duplessis

Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis (20 April 1890 – 7 September 1959) served as the 16th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959.

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Mayor of Montreal

The Mayor of Montreal is head of the executive branch of the Montreal City Council.

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Milan

Milan (Milano; Milan) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with the city proper having a population of 1,380,873 while its province-level municipality has a population of 3,235,000.

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Montreal

Montreal (officially Montréal) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada.

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Montreal Citizens' Movement

The Montreal Citizens' Movement (MCM, Rassemblement des citoyens et des citoyennes de Montréal or RCM) was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Montreal Expos

The Montreal Expos (Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal, Quebec.

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Montreal Metro

The Montreal Metro (Métro de Montréal) is a rubber-tired, underground rapid transit system and the main form of public transport in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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National Order of Quebec

The National Order of Quebec, termed officially in French as l'Ordre national du Québec, and in English abbreviation as the Order of Quebec, is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Quebec.

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Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery

Founded in 1854, Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges is a cemetery located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Notre Dame Island

Notre Dame Island (Île Notre-Dame) is an artificial island in the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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October Crisis

The October Crisis (La crise d'Octobre) occurred in October 1970 in the province of Quebec in Canada, mainly in the Montreal metropolitan area.

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Order of Canada

The Order of Canada (Ordre du Canada) is a Canadian national order and the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.

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Pacifique Plante

Pacifique Plante (1907 – August 9, 1976 in Guadalajara, Mexico) was a crime fighting Montreal lawyer from the 1940s to the 1950s.

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Parc Jean-Drapeau

Parc Jean-Drapeau (formerly called Parc des Îles) is situated to the east of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the Saint Lawrence River.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Place des Arts

View of the Place des Arts esplanade. The Musée d'art contemporain is on the left; behind it is the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, with the Théâtre Maisonneuve on the right Place des Arts cultural complex entrance, view from Sainte-Catherine Street. Place des Arts is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the largest cultural and artistic complex in Canada.

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Politician

A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government.

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Premier of Quebec

The Premier of Quebec (French: Premier ministre du Québec (masculine) or Première ministre du Québec (feminine)) is the head of government of the Canadian province of Quebec.

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Prime Minister of Canada

The Prime Minister of Canada (Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Canada's head of government, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or Governor General of Canada on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution.

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Quebec

Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.

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Quebec general election, 1944

The Quebec general election of 1944 was held on August 8, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada.

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Quebec referendum, 1980

The 1980 Quebec independence referendum was the first referendum in Quebec on the place of Quebec within Canada and whether Quebec should pursue a path toward sovereignty.

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René Lévesque

René Lévesque (Quebec French pronunciation:; August 24, 1922 – November 1, 1987) was a reporter, a minister of the government of Quebec (1960–1966), the founder of the Parti Québécois political party and the 23rd Premier of Quebec (November 25, 1976 – October 3, 1985).

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Roger Taillibert

Roger Taillibert (born 21 January 1926) is a French architect, active as a designer from about 1963 to 1987.

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Rome

Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).

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Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), also known since 2012 as Architecture Canada, is a Canadian association that represents over 4,800 Canadian architects, faculty, and graduates of Canadian schools of architecture.

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Saint Helen's Island

Saint Helen's Island (Île Sainte-Hélène) is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Saint Lawrence River

The Saint Lawrence River (Fleuve Saint-Laurent; Tuscarora: Kahnawáʼkye; Mohawk: Kaniatarowanenneh, meaning "big waterway") is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America.

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Sarto Fournier

Sarto Fournier (15 February 1908 – 23 July 1980) was a Canadian politician.

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Sir George Williams University

Sir George Williams University is a former university that was located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Terrorism

Terrorism is, in the broadest sense, the use of intentionally indiscriminate violence as a means to create terror among masses of people; or fear to achieve a financial, political, religious or ideological aim.

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Terry Mosher

Christopher Terry Mosher, (born 11 November 1942) is a Canadian political cartoonist for the Montreal Gazette.

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The Canadian Encyclopedia

The Canadian Encyclopedia (abbreviated as TCE) is a source of information on Canada published by Historica Canada of Toronto.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

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Union Nationale (Quebec)

The Union Nationale was a conservative and nationalist provincial political party in Quebec, Canada, that identified with Québécois autonomism.

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Université de Montréal

The Université de Montréal (UdeM) is a public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer.

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War Measures Act

The War Measures Act (Loi sur les mesures de guerre) (5 George V, Chap. 2) was a statute of the Parliament of Canada that provided for the declaration of war, invasion, or insurrection, and the types of emergency measures that could thereby be taken.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially called the Games of the XXI Olympiad (French: Les XXIes olympiques d'été), was an international multi-sport event in Montreal, Quebec, in 1976, and the first Olympic Games held in Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Drapeau

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