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Bourassa, Joseph Napoleon Henri (Joseph)
1868 - Henri Bourassa was born in Montreal on the 1st of September.
- He was educated at schools in that city and at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass.
- As a young man of 22, he was elected mayor of Montebello, a small town to which he had gone to recover his health.
- He won election to Parliament as a Liberal and as a follower of Wilfrid Laurier, the first French-Canadian prime minister.
1907 - He had had enough and left Parliament to run for the Quebec legislature, which he, as a Québecois, felt should be his area of action.
1925-1930 - He was a successful Independent candidate for Parliament, and during World War II he was a frequent performer on nationalist platforms.
1952 - He died in Outremont on the 31st of August, at the age of 83, he was the grand old man of Canadien nationalism, but it had been 35 years since he had been a power in the land.
- He was educated at schools in that city and at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass.
- As a young man of 22, he was elected mayor of Montebello, a small town to which he had gone to recover his health.
- He won election to Parliament as a Liberal and as a follower of Wilfrid Laurier, the first French-Canadian prime minister.
1907 - He had had enough and left Parliament to run for the Quebec legislature, which he, as a Québecois, felt should be his area of action.
1925-1930 - He was a successful Independent candidate for Parliament, and during World War II he was a frequent performer on nationalist platforms.
1952 - He died in Outremont on the 31st of August, at the age of 83, he was the grand old man of Canadien nationalism, but it had been 35 years since he had been a power in the land.
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