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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-no_accent-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> (May 2, 1926 – November 17, 1993) was a longtime <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> politician and <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(government)" title="Cabinet (government)">Cabinet</a> minister, who twice served as <a href="/wiki/Interim_leader_(Canada)" title="Interim leader (Canada)">interim leader</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Liberal_Party" title="Quebec Liberal Party">Quebec Liberal Party</a>. </p><p>Levesque was first elected to what is now called the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Quebec" title="National Assembly of Quebec">Quebec National Assembly</a> in the riding of <a href="/wiki/Bonaventure_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Bonaventure (provincial electoral district)">Bonaventure</a> in <a href="/wiki/1956_Quebec_general_election" title="1956 Quebec general election">1956</a> and sat in the <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislature</a> continuously until the end of his life. Under <a href="/wiki/Premier" title="Premier">Premier</a> <a href="/wiki/Jean_Lesage" title="Jean Lesage">Jean Lesage</a> he served as minister of housing and fisheries and then as minister for trade. In the first cabinet of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bourassa" title="Robert Bourassa">Robert Bourassa</a>, who came to power in <a href="/wiki/1970_Quebec_general_election" title="1970 Quebec general election">1970</a>, he served in various capacities including minister of trade, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_(Quebec)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Justice (Quebec)">Minister of Justice</a> and deputy premier. </p><p>After the defeat of the Bourassa government in <a href="/wiki/1976_Quebec_general_election" title="1976 Quebec general election">1976</a>, Levesque served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_Quebec_leaders_of_the_Opposition" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition">Leader of the opposition</a> until 1979, while leaders <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bourassa" title="Robert Bourassa">Robert Bourassa</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Claude_Ryan" title="Claude Ryan">Claude Ryan</a> were without parliamentary seats. Levesque was noted for his fierce opposition to what was introduced as Bill 1, the <a href="/wiki/Charter_of_the_French_Language" title="Charter of the French Language">Charter of the French Language</a>; his procedural wrangling meant it had to be eventually reintroduced as Bill 101. Levesque was also <a href="/wiki/Interim_leader_(Canada)" title="Interim leader (Canada)">interim leader</a> of the party between Bourassa's resignation and the election of Ryan. Levesque again served as Leader of the Opposition and acting leader of the party from August 1982 to September 1983 after the resignation of Ryan and until the return of Bourassa for his second stint as party leader. </p><p>In the second Bourassa government, elected in <a href="/wiki/1985_Quebec_general_election" title="1985 Quebec general election">1985</a>, Levesque served as minister of finance, a position he held until his death in 1993 at the age of 67. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G%C3%A9rard_D._Levesque&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name of the fictional character Gérard D. 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Levesque, le maître politique</i></a></span>. Sainte-Foy: GID Design. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-9802952-0-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-9802952-0-1"><bdi>978-2-9802952-0-1</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/26930803">26930803</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=G%C3%A9rard+D.+Levesque%2C+le+ma%C3%AEtre+politique&rft.place=Sainte-Foy&rft.pub=GID+Design&rft.date=1992&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F26930803&rft.isbn=978-2-9802952-0-1&rft.aulast=Lambert&rft.aufirst=Serge&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgerarddlevesquel0000lamb&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AG%C3%A9rard+D.+Levesque" class="Z3988"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G%C3%A9rard_D._Levesque&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/levesque-gerard-d-4211/biographie.html">"Biography"</a>. <i>Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours</i> (in French). <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Quebec" title="National Assembly of Quebec">National Assembly of Quebec</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Dictionnaire+des+parlementaires+du+Qu%C3%A9bec+de+1792+%C3%A0+nos+jours&rft.atitle=Biography&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assnat.qc.ca%2Fen%2Fdeputes%2Flevesque-gerard-d-4211%2Fbiographie.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AG%C3%A9rard+D.+Levesque" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G%C3%A9rard_D._Levesque&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-D-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-D_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">He was universally known as "Gérard D." during his lifetime and contemporary newspaper articles did not omit the middle initial. Various other attestations include: <ul><li>A section of <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Route_132" title="Quebec Route 132">Route 132</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bonaventure,_Quebec" title="Bonaventure, Quebec">Bonaventure</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Carlisle,_Quebec" title="New Carlisle, Quebec">New Carlisle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pasp%C3%A9biac" title="Paspébiac">Paspébiac</a> runs along "boulevard Gérard-D.-Levesque" (see, e.g., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=48.008989,-65.33741">Google Maps</a>)</li> <li>Note also a direct quote from one of his former constituents: <i>«Moi, j'ai fait partie de l'organisation de Gérard D. pendant quinze ans alors on respecte la tradition», a dit Adéodat Gignac.</i> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/regional/archives/2011/12/20111204-222731.html">"Élection partielle dans Bonaventure: Les Gaspésiens aux urnes"</a>. <i>TVA Nouvelles</i>. 4 December 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=TVA+Nouvelles&rft.atitle=%C3%89lection+partielle+dans+Bonaventure%3A+Les+Gasp%C3%A9siens+aux+urnes&rft.date=2011-12-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftvanouvelles.ca%2Flcn%2Finfos%2Fregional%2Farchives%2F2011%2F12%2F20111204-222731.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AG%C3%A9rard+D.+Levesque" class="Z3988"></span>)</li> <li>The minutes of Quebec cabinet meetings (<i>mémoires des déliberations du <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_Quebec" title="Executive Council of Quebec">Conseil exécutif</a></i>) are publicly released after a 25-year delay. In the printed minutes for meetings after the <a href="/wiki/1985_Quebec_general_election" title="1985 Quebec general election">Liberals returned to power in December 1985</a>, his is consistently the only name in the list of attendees that has a middle initial given: e.g., the cabinet meeting on 4 June 1986 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.acces.mce.gouv.qc.ca/documents-publies-ministere/memoires/1986-06-04.pdf">PDF file</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged February 2018">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup>) or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.acces.mce.gouv.qc.ca/documents-publies-ministere/demande-acces.asp">others</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20121216021432/http://www.acces.mce.gouv.qc.ca/documents-publies-ministere/demande-acces.asp">Archived</a> 2012-12-16 at <a href="/wiki/Archive.today" title="Archive.today">archive.today</a>.</li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-no_accent-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-no_accent_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">His last name is sometimes given with the more common spelling for this surname, <b>Lévesque</b> (with acute accent), but authoritative sources omit the accent. Many other persons with this last name spell it with an accent, for instance <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_L%C3%A9vesque" title="René Lévesque">René Lévesque</a>. However, various sources attest to the lack of accent on his last name, including: <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/levesque-gerard-d-4211/biographie.html">"Biography of Gérard D. Levesque"</a>. <i>Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours</i> (in French). <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Quebec" title="National Assembly of Quebec">National Assembly of Quebec</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Dictionnaire+des+parlementaires+du+Qu%C3%A9bec+de+1792+%C3%A0+nos+jours&rft.atitle=Biography+of+G%C3%A9rard+D.+Levesque&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assnat.qc.ca%2Fen%2Fdeputes%2Flevesque-gerard-d-4211%2Fbiographie.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AG%C3%A9rard+D.+Levesque" class="Z3988"></span> (an earlier version in printed-book form is at: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cqx-SEL9g9YC&pg=PA472"><i>Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec, 1792-1992</i></a> (in French). Sainte-Foy: Université Laval. 1993. p. 472. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-7637-7304-4" title="Special:BookSources/2-7637-7304-4"><bdi>2-7637-7304-4</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 January</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dictionnaire+des+parlementaires+du+Qu%C3%A9bec%2C+1792-1992&rft.place=Sainte-Foy&rft.pages=472&rft.pub=Universit%C3%A9+Laval&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=2-7637-7304-4&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dcqx-SEL9g9YC%26pg%3DPA472&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AG%C3%A9rard+D.+Levesque" class="Z3988"></span>)</li> <li>the title of the book <i>Gérard D. Levesque, le maître politique</i> by his biographer Serge Lambert</li> <li>the Google Maps spelling of the road named for him in his electoral district, cited above</li> <li>the printed minutes of the <i>Conseil exécutif</i> (cabinet) meetings from mid-December 1985 onward, cited above</li> <li>the title and text of his <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_D._Levesque" class="extiw" title="fr:Gérard D. Levesque">French Wikipedia article</a></li></ul> </span></li> </ol></div></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Quebec" title="National Assembly of Quebec">National Assembly of Quebec</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henri_Jolicoeur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henri Jolicoeur (page does not exist)">Henri Jolicoeur (Union Nationale)</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Quebec" title="National Assembly of Quebec">MNA</a>, District of <a href="/wiki/Bonaventure" title="Bonaventure">Bonaventure</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1956_Quebec_general_election" title="1956 Quebec general election">1956</a>–1993 </td> <td 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Opposition">Official Opposition</a> <a href="/wiki/House_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="House Leader">House Leader</a> </b><br />1985–<a href="/wiki/1985_Quebec_general_election" title="1985 Quebec general election">1985</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Guy_Chevrette" title="Guy Chevrette">Guy Chevrette (PQ)</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Landry" title="Bernard Landry">Bernard Landry</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Minister of Finance (Quebec) </b><br />1985–1993 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Monique_Gagnon-Tremblay" title="Monique Gagnon-Tremblay">Monique Gagnon-Tremblay</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" 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