1962 in Quebec

January [ edit | edit the code ]

 * January 9 : Opening of the Third Session of the 26th Legislature (en) . The Throne Speech announced the creation of a General Investment Corporation .
 * January 12 : A French agency, the steel Research Institute, received the mandate Lesage government to study the feasibility of a proposed Quebec steel industry .
 * January 17 : For the first time, René Lévesque leaves publicly glimpse a future nationalization of hydroelectric companies .

February [ edit | edit the code ]
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March [ edit | edit the code ]

 * March 6 : the speech of the budget Jean Lesage plans to spend $ 1.2 billion for the year 1962-1963. Hospital insurance alone will cost nearly $ 168 million .

April [ edit | edit the code ]
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Mai [ edit | edit the code ]

 * May 15 : lifting the sod on the construction site Montreal Metro .
 * May 17 : Jean Lesage announced the construction of a bridge-tunnel linking to Montreal in Boucherville and whose cost is estimated at $ 50 million .
 * May 18 : A bill filed now putting hospitals under state control.

June [ edit | edit the code ]

 * June 1 : toll positions are abolished on the Jacques Cartier Bridge .
 * June 16 : First issue of youth today to Télé-Métropole . Led by Pierre Lalonde, it allows to share a new generation of singers and singers in Quebec public .
 * June 17 : a riot at the penitentiary Saint-Vincent-de-Paul caused damage estimated at several thousand dollars. New buildings are destroyed. The case ends with one dead and 14 injured .
 * June 18 : the Conservative Party of John Diefenbaker won the general election but his government will be a minority. In Quebec, the result was 14 Conservatives 35 Liberals and 26 créditistes .
 * June 24 : The sheep of the parade of the St. John's stolen a few hours before the event. He was found in the evening with an explanatory note around his neck. The National Liberation Movement was stolen in order to attract attention to himself and to denounce the "symbol of submission and alienation" .
 * June 28 : Inauguration of the Champlain Bridge linking Montreal to the South Shore .

July [ edit | edit the code ]

 * July 3 : First Black was admitted to the Quebec Bar .
 * July 11 : The Legislative Assembly adopts bill to create 35 school boards .

August [ edit | edit the code ]

 * August 1 : The Salvas Commission criticizes the politicians and officials who were involved in the scandal of natural gas and recommends the adoption of a law preventing such abuse .
 * August 19 : Marcel Chaput announced its intention to transform the RIN political party.

September [ edit | edit the code ]

 * September 4 : Jean Lesage meets his caucus Lac-to-shoulder in the Parc des Laurentides in order to discuss a possible nationalization of electricity .
 * September 12 : Jean Lesage made ​​public the names of the members of the first board of directors of SGF among which is Jacques Parizeau .
 * 13 September : Inauguration of Place Ville Marie .
 * September 19 : Jean Lesage announced the extension of the session and the general election for November 14 . He wants, he says, get the mandate to nationalize the hydroelectric network in Quebec. The cost is estimated at $ 600 million.

October [ edit | edit the code ]

 * October 21 : Marcel Chaput moved away from the presidency of the RIN in favor of Guy Pouliot, nominee André D'Germany .

November [ edit | edit the code ]

 * November 11 : Jean Lesage won the first televised election debate in the history of Quebec face a Daniel Johnson visibly uncomfortable in front of cameras .
 * November 13 : before the discontinuance Moscow , Montreal was chosen as the future site of Expo 67 .
 * November 14 : The Liberal Party of Jean Lesage won the elections with 63 against 31 counties with the National Union . Its percentage of the vote was 56.4%, a score that even Maurice Duplessis had never obtained .
 * November 19 : the parliamentary committee in Ottawa Railway asking the President of Canadian National , Donald Gordon (in), why there is no speaking to the 17 vice-president of the corporation positions. He replies that promotions are merit .
 * 30 November : nearly two-thirds of Quebec MPs in Ottawa adopt a resolution calling for the CN to appoint without delay of French Canadians at all levels of its senior management.

December [ edit | edit the code ]

 * December 5 :
 * 300 French students burn Donald Gordon (en) in effigy in Parliament in Ottawa.
 * Jean Lesage announced a cabinet reshuffle. Pierre Laporte became Minister of Municipal Affairs and Gérard D. Lévesque Minister of Industry and Trade. Claire Kirkland-Casgrain and Carrier Fortin are ministers of state .
 * December 11 : A student demonstration of the University of Montreal against the sentence of Donald Gordon turns to violence. The Red Ensign is burned. Police baton charge; 12 demonstrators were arrested.Among the organizers of the event, there was Bernard Landry and Pierre Marois .
 * December 17 : Marcel Chaput left the RIN and founded the Republican Party of Quebec .
 * December 21 : the Dow Brewery announced that it will fund the construction of a planetarium in Montreal .
 * December 28 : Jean Lesage announced that the nationalization of electricity will cost $ 604 million of which $ 303 million will be financed by Hydro-Québec .

Births [ edit | edit the code ]

 * January 12 - Luna Vachon (wrestler).
 * March 21 - Jean-Marc Parent (comedian).
 * March 24 - Angèle Dubeau (violinist).
 * April 23 - James Hyndman (actor).
 * May 29 - Chloé Sainte-Marie (singer).
 * May 31 - Corey Hart (singer).
 * June 9 - Isabelle Miquelon (actress).
 * June 16 - Patrick Bourgeois (singer and musician).
 * July 12 - Pierre Verville (comedian).
 * July 22 - Martine St-Clair (singer).
 * August 7 - Bruno Pelletier (singer).
 * August 22 - Massimo Pacetti (politician).
 * August 23 - Martin Cauchon (politician).
 * September 9 - Réal Bossé (actor).
 * September 22 - Normand D'Amour (actor).
 * November 17 - André Fortin ( singer-songwriter, founding member and leader of the musical group The Naughty ) († 8 May 2000 ).
 * December 1 - Sylvie Daigle (athlete).
 * December 17 - André-Philippe Gagnon (comedian).
 * December 19 - Ghislain Taschereau (comedian).

Death [ edit | edit the code ]

 * March 3 - Cairine Wilson (first woman senator of Canada)
 * June 2 - Victor Marchand (politician)
 * June 29 - Rodolphe Mathieu (musician)
 * July 25 - Thibaudeau Rinfret (lawyer)
 * August 20 - Joseph-Arsène Bonnier (entrepreneur and politician)
 * October 15 - Ralph Frederick Stockwell (politician).
 * November 13 - Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (politician).
 * December 28 - Hector Charland (actor).

Related articles [ edit | edit the code ]

 * The year 1962 in the world
 * Timeline of Quebec history (1960 to 1981)
 * Canadian federal election, 1962
 * Quebec general election, 1962
 * Nationalization of electricity in Quebec

See also [ edit | edit the code ]

 * 1962 by countries in Africa
 * 1962 by country in America , in 1962 in Canada , the United States in 1962 , 1962 in Alberta , Ontario in 1962 , 1962 in New Brunswick
 * 1962 by countries in Asia
 * 1962 by country in Europe , in France in 1962 , 1962 in Paris , in 1962 in Italy , Switzerland 1962
 * 1962 by countries in the Middle East
 * 1962 at the United Nations