Pierre Laporte (February 25, 1921 - October 1970), was a Canadian politician who was assassinated by members of the terrorist group, the Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front). February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jack Ruby murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, in a very public manner In its most common use, assassination has come to mean the killing of an important person. ... Terrorism is the unconventional use of violence for political gain. ... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a socialist and nationalist terrorist group founded in the 1960s, during the early days of the Quebec independence movement. ...

Pierre Laporte

Pierre Laporte was born in Montreal, Quebec. He was a journalist with Le Devoir newspaper from 1945 to 1961, and was known for his crusading work against the government of Quebec's then-Premier Maurice Duplessis. Fair use of an image from: membres. ... Fair use of an image from: membres. ... This article needs cleanup. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Le Devoir on the 2003 Quebec election. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The first European explorer of what is now Quebec was Jacques Cartier, who planted a cross either in the Gaspé in 1534 or at Old Fort Bay on the Lower North Shore and sailed into the St. ... Duplessis and the Clergy. ...

After Duplessis' death Laporte successfully ran for a seat in the Quebec National Assembly and served in the government of Premier Jean Lesage. Laporte was a member of the Quebec Liberal Party, and considered to be a leading member of the party's left wing. In 1969 after Lesage stepped down as party leader Laporte ran to succeed him, but lost the position to fellow cabinet member Robert Bourassa. The Quebec Parliament Building at night The National Assembly is the legislative body of the Canadian province of Quebec. ... The Honourable Jean Lesage, PC , CC , CD (June 10, 1912–December 12, 1980) was a lawyer and politician in Quebec, Canada. ... The Parti libéral du Québec (Liberal Party of Quebec), or PLQ, is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Quebec. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms that refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially but not exclusively in the American sense of the word... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... A portrait of Robert Bourassa, taken during his second term as premier of Quebec (1985–1994). ...

When Bourassa was elected Premier of Quebec in 1970, he appointed Laporte as his Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour.

Canada Post stamp - note the error in the year of Laporte's death, which was really 1970

On October 10, 1970 Laporte was kidnapped from his home in Saint-Lambert, Quebec by a gang of radical Quebec nationalists known as the FLQ. They dubbed him the "Minister of Unemployment and Assimilation," and held him hostage in an anti-government protest. The events that followed became known as the "October Crisis" when martial law was declared and Pierre Laporte's dead body was found in the trunk of a car seven days later on October 17. He had been strangled. His kidnappers were subsequently captured and sentenced to long prison terms for his murder, but in fact only served terms ranging from 7 to 11 years. Image File history File links PierreLaporteStamp. ... Image File history File links PierreLaporteStamp. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Saint-Lambert, Quebec is a borough of the city of Longueuil, on the south shore of Montreal, and on the bank of the St. ... 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. ... Military cordon in support of police taking surrender of terrorist Liberation cell, December 3, 1970 The October Crisis was a series of dramatic events triggered by two terrorist kidnappings in the province of Quebec, Canada, in October 1970, which ultimately resulted in a brief invocation of the War Measures Act... Martial law is the system of rules that takes effect (usually after a formal declaration) when a military authority takes control of the normal administration of justice. ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ...

Pierre Laporte is interred in the Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges in Montreal, Quebec. Front entrance, Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Founded in 1854, Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges is a 343-acre (1. ...

A bridge near Quebec City is named the Pierre Laporte Bridge. Several schools in Quebec and other parts of Canada have been named after Pierre Laporte. Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir (Gift of God shall make prosper) Area: 547. ... Quebec and Laporte Bridges, photo by André Audet / and structurae The Pierre Laporte Bridge was originally named the New Quebec Bridge. ...

External links

• BBC On this day October 10, 1970 Canadian minister seized by gunmen
• CBC Archives October 11, 1970 Labour minister kidnapped