Jean-Bernard Landry, born March 9, 1937 in Saint-Jacques, Quebec, (near Joliette), is a Quebec lawyer, teacher, politician, past Premier of Quebec, Canada, (2001–2003), former leader of the Opposition (2003–2005) and former leader of the Parti Québécois (2001–2005). On June 26, 2004, he married script writer and former yé-yé singer Chantal Renaud. He speaks three languages fluently: French, Spanish and English. Jump to: navigation, search March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Honourable Lucien Bouchard, PC (born December 22, 1938 in Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, Quebec, Canada) is a Quebec lawyer and politician. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Honourable Jean Charest, PC, MNA (born June 24, 1958) is a Quebecois lawyer and politician. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Chantal Renaud is a Quebecois script writer, and a past yé-yé singer and actress. ... The Parti Québécois or PQ is a political party that advocates national sovereignty for Quebec from Canada. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Joliette is a town is southwest-central Quebec, Canada on the Rivière lAssomption and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. ... Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ... The Premier of Quebec (in French Premier ministre du Québec, sometimes literally translated to Prime Minister of Quebec) is the first minister for the Canadian province of Quebec. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of the leaders of the Opposition of Quebec, Canada since Confederation (1867). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Parti Québécois or PQ is a political party that advocates national sovereignty for Quebec from Canada. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yé-yé is a style of music, popular in France in the 1960s. ... Chantal Renaud is a Quebecois script writer, and a past yé-yé singer and actress. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

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Bernard Landry received a degree in economics and finance from the Université de Montréal in Montreal, and a degree in economics and finance from L'Institut d'études politiques in Paris. The Université de Montréal (UdeM) (University of Montreal) is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Jump to: navigation, search City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 500. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Institut détudes politiques de Paris (Paris Institute of Political Studies), familiarly known as Sciences Po, is Frances premier institute for the study and research of politics, international relations, and other related subjects. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

A practising lawyer, he was a partner in the Montreal law firm of "Lapointe Rosenstein" when he was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 1976 general election. Under the Parti Québécois government of René Lévesque, he served as Minister of State of Economic Development from February 2, 1977 to March 12, 1981. Re-elected in the riding of Laval-des-rapides at the 1981 general election, he was again Minister of State of Economic Development until September 9, 1982 when he was made Delegate Minister to Exterior Commerce. He was later Minister of International Relations and Exterior Commerce, and Minister of Finance in the same government. The Quebec Parliament Building at night The National Assembly of Québec (French: Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ... The Quebec general election of 1976 was held on November 15, 1976 to elect members to National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ... Jump to: navigation, search René Lévesque (IPA /levεk/) (August 24, 1922 - November 1, 1987), was a reporter, a minister of the government of Quebec, Canada, (1960 - 1966), the founder of the Parti Québécois political party, and 23rd Premier of Quebec (November 25, 1976 - October 3, 1985). ... Jump to: navigation, search February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the Quebec general election on April 13, 1981, the incumbent Parti Québécois under René Lévesque won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party under Claude Ryan. ... Jump to: navigation, search September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After the defeat of Parti Québécois in the 1985 general election, he taught in the Department of Administrative Sciences at the Université du Québec à Montréal until 1994. fter the victory of the PQ in the 1994 general election, the newly elected premier, Jacques Parizeau, made him his Deputy Minister, a position he held from September 26, 1994 to December 15, 1998. In the Quebec general election on December 2, 1985, the Quebec Liberal Party under Robert Bourassa defeated the incumbent Parti Québécois under Pierre-Marc Johnson. ... The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Categories: Stub | Quebec general elections ... Jacques Parizeau, Ph. ... Jump to: navigation, search September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Jump to: navigation, search December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

He became Premier of Quebec on March 8, 2001, following the resignation of Lucien Bouchard. Landry is a Quebec independentist advocating a supranational confederation of Quebec and Canada, inspired by the institutions of the European Union. As such, he is one of the most faithful followers of René Lévesque and the other sovereigty-associationists. He is the author of Commerce sans frontières ("Trade without Borders"), published in 1987. This is a list of the Premiers of Quebec, Canada since Confederation (1867). ... Jump to: navigation, search March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Honourable Lucien Bouchard, PC (born December 22, 1938 in Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, Quebec, Canada) is a Quebec lawyer and politician. ... Quebec The Quebec sovereignty movement is a movement calling for the attainment of sovereignty for Quebec, a province of the country of Canada. ... Quebec The Quebec sovereignty movement is a movement calling for the attainment of sovereignty for Quebec, a province of the country of Canada. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2003, he lost the Quebec general election to Jean Charest's Liberal Party of Quebec. A renowned documentary named À Hauteur d'homme about Bernard Landry's viewpoint of the election was produced in 2003. At the August 2004 Parti Québécois National Council, after a long period of reflection that began the day after the election, he announced on August 27, 2004 that he would remain president of the party, and lead the PQ to the next election in order to bring Quebec to independence. Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Quebecs ridings and how they voted by percentage The Quebec general election of 2003 was held on April 14, 2003, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec (Canada). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Honourable Jean Charest, PC, MNA (born June 24, 1958) is a Quebecois lawyer and politician. ... The Parti libéral du Québec (Liberal Party of Quebec), or PLQ, is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Quebec. ... Chantal Renaud, Landrys girlfriend, runs to the campaign bus. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: August 2004 in sports Deaths in August 2004 • 30 Fred Whipple • 26 Laura Branigan • 24 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 18 Elmer Bernstein • 15 Amarsinh Chaudhary • 14 CzesÅ‚aw MiÅ‚osz • 13 Julia Child • 8 Robert... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On June 4th, 2005, Bernard Landry announced he would resign as party leader after gaining only 76.2% approval in a leadership confidence vote at a party convention in Quebec City.[1] Jump to: navigation, search June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno (mythology), wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Elections as party leader

• He lost the 2003 election.

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Further reading

• Vastel, Michel. Landry, le grand dérangeant, Les éditions de l'Homme, 2001. ISBN 276191676X

See also

• Parti Québécois leadership election, 1985
• Politics of Quebec
• List of Quebec Premiers
• List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition
• Quebec general elections
• Timeline of Quebec history

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