André Laurendeau

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André Laurendeau
André Laurendeau
Born
Joseph-Edmond-André Laurendeau

(1912-03-21)March 21, 1912
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
DiedJune 1, 1968(1968-06-01) (aged 56)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Journalist, politician, and playwright

Joseph-Edmond-André Laurendeau (March 21, 1912 – June 1, 1968) was a journalist, politician, co-chair of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, and playwright in Quebec, Canada. He is usually referred to as André Laurendeau. He was active in Québécois life, in various spheres and capacities, for three decades. Laurendeau's career also "spanned the most turbulent periods in the history of Canada".[1]

Early life

André Laurendeau was born March 21, 1912, into a 'notable'

Collège Sainte-Marie in 1931.[3] Due to a bout with depression, Laurendeau did not pursue a university degree immediately thereafter. The fact that he reached young adulthood as the Great Depression struck naturally influenced his social views.[4]

Starting in 1933, Laurendeau and several friends from the

Hitler that the group died down. In 1963 Laurendeau wrote an article in the French edition of Maclean's magazine, which essentially denounced this period of his life as ignorant, youthful passion.[6]

Career

In 1935 he left Quebec with his spouse to study

Protestant) power based in Ottawa.[7]

In 1942, Laurendeau entered into politics in

Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MNA) from 1944 to 1948 in Montréal-Laurier
electoral district.

In 1947, Laurendeau became associate editor-in-chief of Le Devoir and, in 1957, became its editor-in-chief. As editor, he was known first for his battles against Maurice Duplessis and later as a leading spokesman for the rising national identity of Quebec during the Quiet Revolution. His editorial column of November 18, 1958, Maurice Duplessis à l'Assemblée nationale: la théorie du roi nègre ("Maurice Duplessis at the National Assembly: the theory of the negro king") was widely cited by Quebecers of all political stripes for years afterwards.[8] This piece compared the status of Duplessis in Quebec in Canada to that of an indigenous ruler in an imperial colony, the parallel being that violations of civil rights and liberties, perpetrated by Duplessis, were tolerated by English Canadians. In the colonial case, the same would hold true even though such violations would not be tolerated by colonists in their imperial lands of origin.

Laurendeau is known for having popularized the word "joual". From 1953 to 1961, he was the host of the television show Pays et Merveilles broadcast by Radio-Canada.

From 1963 until his death, Laurendeau served as co-chair, along with Davidson Dunton, of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, a position that brought him considerable criticism from his nationalist colleagues. The stress caused by this criticism was blamed for Laurendeau's relatively early death by historian Charles Godin.

In many of his publications, Laurendeau attached particular importance to the education and future of youth. Schools were named in his honour in

Franco-Ontarian
school closed in 1999 and was later converted into a primary school).

Works

  • L'abbé Lionel Groulx, 1939[9]
  • Voyages au pays de l'enfance (récits) (1960)[10]
  • La crise de la conscription 1942 (essai) (1962)[11]
  • Une vie d'enfer (roman) (1965)[12]
  • Ces choses qui nous arrivent. Chronique des années 1961-1966 (1970)[13]
  • Théâtre (1970)[14]
  • Journal tenu pendant la Commission royale d'enquête sur le bilinguisme et le biculturalisme (1990),[15] The Diary of André Laurendeau: Written during the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism 1964-67, 1991[16]

Biographies

"Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.[17]

Bouvier, Félix. André Laurendeau, LIDEC, Montréal, 1996.[18] Horton, Donald. André Laurendeau, French-Canadian Nationalist, 1912-1968,[19] Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1992. Laurendeau, André in Ramsay Cook & Michael Behiels, Eds.The Essential Laurendeau, Copp Clark Publishing, Toronto, 1976.[20]

References

  1. ^ Cook & Behiels, The Essential Laurendeau, Copp Clark Publishing, Toronto, 1976, p.7.
  2. ^ Horton, André Laurendeau, French-Canadian Nationalist, 1912-1968, Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1992.
  3. ^ Bouvier, André Laurendeau, LIDEC inc., Montréal, 1996, p. 5
  4. ^ a b Cook & Behiels, The Essential Laurendeau, Copp Clark Publishing, Toronto, 1976.
  5. ^ Laurendeau, «Politiciens et Juifs» in Cook & Behiels, Eds.,The Essential Laurendeau, Copp Clark Publishing, Toronto, 1976, p. 37.
  6. ^ Langlais, Jews and French Quebecers, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, 1991.
  7. ^ Laurendeau in Cook & Behiels, Eds., The Essential Laurendeau, Copp Clark Publishing, Toronto, 1976.
  8. ^ Laurendeau, André (18 November 1958). "Maurice Duplessis à l'Assemblée nationale: la théorie du roi nègre". Le Devoir. Archived from the original on 2007-01-14. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
  9. OCLC 7745105
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  10. OCLC 9446572
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  11. OCLC 15318001
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  12. OCLC 4116282
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  13. OCLC 679415
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  14. OCLC 2001168
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  15. ISBN 978-2-89005-396-0
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  16. OCLC 23976689
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  17. ^ "André Laurendeau - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  18. OCLC 932901493
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  19. OCLC 243770046
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  20. OCLC 2895125
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