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Bourassa, Robert(Robert)

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Born: 1933 AD
Died: 1996 AD, at 63 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Politician

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1933 - Robert Bourassa was born in Montreal on the 14th of July.

1956 - Robert Bourassa graduated from the Université de Montréal law school and was admitted to the Barreau du Québec the following year.

1958 - On the 23rd of August, he married Andrée Simard.

1959-1960 - He studied at the University of Oxford and also obtained a degree in political economy at Harvard University.

         - He also worked as a professor in public finances at Université de Montréal and Université Laval.

1966 - He was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA) for the riding of Mercier.

1970 - He went on to lead the Quebec Liberal Party on the 17th of January.

         - He successfully led his party into government in the election, defeating the conservative Union Nationale government and becoming the youngest Premier of Quebec.

1974 - He introduced Bill 22, the first legislation designed to strengthen the position of French within Quebec.

         - Bourassa initiated the James Bay hydroelectric project in that led to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of with the Cree and Inuit inhabitants of the region.

1976 - Bourassa lost the provincial election to René Lévesque, leader of the separatist Parti Québécois.

1983 - He remained in political exile until when he returned to provincial politics.

1994 - Bourassa retired from politics in poor health and having lost the popularity that had returned him to the premier's office.

1996 - He died on the 2nd of October in Montreal of skin cancer at the age of 63, and was interred at the Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges in Montreal, Quebec.






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