Gilles Lamontagne fonds [textual record, graphic material, object]

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Gilles Lamontagne fonds [textual record, graphic material, object]

Item ID number:

5053990

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1940-1997 (predominant 1979-1997).

Reference:

R16009-0-7-E

Type of material:

Photographs, Objects (including medals and pins), Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5053990

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Gilles Lamontagne fonds
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Fonds includes:

3 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1940-1997 (predominant 1979-1997).

Bilingual equivalent:

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Place of creation:

Canada

Added country of publication:

France

Extent:

32.75 m of textual records.
69 photographs.
1 coin.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French

Accession:

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Gilles Lamontagne deposit [Multiple Media]

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The fonds essentially reflects the activities of Gilles Lamontagne as a Member of Parliament and Federal Minister. It mainly contains documents concerning his position as Minister of National Defense.

Provenance:

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Lamontagne, J.-Gilles, 1919-2016

Biography/Administrative history:

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Lamontagne, J.-Gilles, 1919-2016 : Joseph Georges Gilles Claude Lamontagne was born in Montreal on April 17, 1919. He studied at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales. He was a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during the Second World War. His plane was shot down over the Netherlands in 1943, and he was taken prisoner of war until 1945. Businessman in Quebec City after his release, he entered municipal politics in 1962 and was elected Quebec City mayor in 1965. He remained in office until 1977. He was elected as a Liberal MP in the House of Commons in 1977, in a by-election in Langelier district. In 1978, he became Minister of Posts and in 1980 Minister of National Defense. He held this position until August 11, 1983. He left federal politics in 1984 to become Quebec lieutenant-governor, a position he held until 1990. He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1990. Gilles Lamontagne died on June 14, 2016 in Quebec City.

Finding aid:

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Textual record, graphic material, object (Electronic) Finding aid is a file list describing volumes 1 to 167 MSS2669 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/p000003575.pdf

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Associated material note:

There is also a Gilles Lamontagne fonds at the Quebec City archives.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2020-00022-9
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000001377.pdf

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[Consultation90 Open]

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[Consultation90 Open]

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Date modified:: 2023-03-06

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Gilles Lamontagne fonds [textual record, graphic material, object]

Gilles Lamontagne fonds [textual record, graphic material, object]