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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Rene Levesque, Henri Bourassa, Serge Monast, Adam Thom, Richard Burnett, Andre Laurendeau, Olivar Asselin, Jacques Godbout, Guy Roberge, Nick Auf der Maur, Yves Michaud, Ludger Duvernay, Jean-Francois Lisee, Gilles Proulx, Thomas Storrow Brown, Pierre Bourgault, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, Jean-Pierre Charbonneau, Nicole Germain, Honore Beaugrand, William Johnson, Gil Courtemanche, Andre Pratte, Robin Philpot, Frederic Houde, Gretta Chambers, Lise Bissonnette, Mark Kelley, Josee Legault, Jean-Paul Desbiens, Etienne Parent, Michel Vastel, Rene Mailhot, Jules-Paul Tardivel, Charles Laberge, Alain Dubuc, Edgar Andrew Collard, Lisette Lapointe, Clement Richard, Richard Garneau, Kristian Gravenor, Red Fisher, Michel Venne, Richard Guay, Todd van der Heyden, Dennis Trudeau, Alain Stanke, Bill Haugland, Jean-Claude Germain, Jean-Guy Allard, Mutsumi Takahashi, Lysiane Gagnon, Michel David, Michel C. Auger, Hector Berthelot, John David Gravenor, Jamie Orchard, Michael Whalen. Excerpt: Rene Levesque (French pronunciation: August 24, 1922 - November 1, 1987) was a reporter, a minister of the government of Quebec, Canada (1960-1966), the founder of the Parti Quebecois political party and the 23rd Premier of Quebec (November 25, 1976 - October 3, 1985). He was the first Quebec political leader since Confederation to attempt, through a referendum, to negotiate political separation for Quebec. The oldest of four children, Levesque was born in the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Campbellton, New Brunswick and raised 133 km away in New Carlisle, Quebec, in the Gaspe peninsula, by his parents, Diane (nee Dionne) and Dominic Levesque, a lawyer. Levesque attended the Seminaire de Gaspe and the Saint-Charles-Garnier College in Quebec City, both of which were run by the Jesuits. He studied for a law degree at Universite Laval in Quebec City, but...