Jacques Lanctôt (born November 5, 1945, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) was an important member of the Quebec terrorist group the FLQ. November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article needs cleanup. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... This article describes the Canadian province. ... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a separatist group founded in the 1960s and based primarily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

Lanctôt joined the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) group in 1963 at the age of 17 and was involved in several violent demonstrations in Quebec during the 1960s along with his sister, Louise Lanctôt. The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a separatist group founded in the 1960s and based primarily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Events January-February January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. ... This article describes the Canadian province. ...

In 1968, Lanctôt, a member of the FLQ's Liberation cell, met Paul Rose, leader of the Chénier Cell. See also: Paul Rose (UK politician) Paul Rose, born October 16, 1943 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a political scientist and a trade unionist. ...

As a member of the Liberation Cell of the FLQ he was partners with:

• Jacques Cossette-Trudel
• Louise Lanctôt (Mrs. Louise Cossette-Trudel)
• Marc Carbonneau
• Yves Langlois (aka Pierre Seguin)
• Nigel Barry Hamer (his participation discovered in 1980)

Lanctôt was involved in the kidnapping of the British High Commissioner, James Richard Cross, on October 5, 1970, sparking the October Crisis. Lanctôt and his group held James Cross hostage, taking his photo and sending it to police with a list of demands that included money and the release of other convicted FLQ members. The Liberation Cell advised authorities that Cross will be executed and further threats to Cross' life were delivered to several radio stations along with the FLQ demands. On October 10, their counterparts in the Chénier Cell kidnapped the Quebec Government's Labour Minister, Pierre Laporte, who shortly thereafter was found strangled to death and stuffed in the trunk of a car. Marc Carbonneau (born May 29, 1933) is a convicted terrorist and taxi driver. ... There are three Yves Langlois on the public scene in Canada: one is a film director, the second is a film editor, and the third has been a member of the Front de Libération du Quebec (FLQ). ... James Richard Cross (September 29, 1921-) was a British diplomat in Canada who was kidnapped by the Front de libération du Québec during the October Crisis of October 1970. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... The October Crisis was a series of dramatic events triggered by two terrorist kidnappings that occurred in Quebec, Canada, during the month of October, 1970. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... Pierre Laporte (February 25, 1921 - October 1970), was a Canadian politician who was assassinated by members of the FLQ. Pierre Laporte Pierre Laporte was born in Montreal, Quebec. ...

On December 3, 1970, Lanctôt and the four other known FLQ members who had kidnapped James Cross negotiated his release in exchange for a flight to Cuba. Cross was unharmed and reported being well treated by his captors. Later, he secretly left Cuba and went to live in Paris, France. December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Republic of Cuba is an archipelago in the northern Caribbean that lies at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ...

Jacques Lanctôt returned from exile in Paris on January 11, 1979. He was arraigned in Court and released on bail pending his trial. He was also charged with the February 1970 conspiracy to kidnap Moshe Golem, the Israeli trade commissioner to Canada. He was sentenced to one year in jail for these crimes. January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ...

After serving his sentence he reentered Quebec society and became a successful book publisher.