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Montreal premier at work. Rene and wife Levesque during opening of world bigest int. flower show at velodrome.
Montreal premier at work. Rene and wife Levesque during opening of world bigest int. flower show at velodrome.

Montreal premier at work. Rene and wife Levesque during opening of world bigest int. flower show at velodrome.

Date5/23/1980
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0062825F
The agony of defeat: Quebec Premier Rene Levesque, his wife Corinne at his side, delivers a tearful speech to a crowd of 6,000 suppoters at Montreal's Paul Sauve arena
The agony of defeat: Quebec Premier Rene Levesque, his wife Corinne at his side, delivers a tearful speech to a crowd of 6,000 suppoters at Montreal's Paul Sauve arena
5/20/1980
Collared: Quebec Premier Rene Levesque reacted quickly when he felt a hand on his collar during a reception during the premiers' conference in Toronto last night
Collared: Quebec Premier Rene Levesque reacted quickly when he felt a hand on his collar during a reception during the premiers' conference in Toronto last night
8/8/1983
Collared: Quebec Premier Rene Levesque reacted quickly when he felt a hand on his collar during a reception during the premiers' conference in Toronto last night
Collared: Quebec Premier Rene Levesque reacted quickly when he felt a hand on his collar during a reception during the premiers' conference in Toronto last night
8/8/1983
Premier david Barrett of British Columbia goes to Montreal tomorrow to try to convert Parti Quebecois Leader Rene Levesque to the New Democratic Party and away from separatism for Quebec
Premier david Barrett of British Columbia goes to Montreal tomorrow to try to convert Parti Quebecois Leader Rene Levesque to the New Democratic Party and away from separatism for Quebec
11/15/1973
Premier-Elect Rene Levesque speaks to supporters in Montreal as it becomes clear is separatist Parti Quebecois will win a majority in yesterday's provincial election
Premier-Elect Rene Levesque speaks to supporters in Montreal as it becomes clear is separatist Parti Quebecois will win a majority in yesterday's provincial election
11/15/1976
Pointing to map on 12-year-old Matt Rundle's T-shirt, Quebec Premier Rene Levesque tells Scarborough students in his Montreal office that relations between Alaska and rest of U
Pointing to map on 12-year-old Matt Rundle's T-shirt, Quebec Premier Rene Levesque tells Scarborough students in his Montreal office that relations between Alaska and rest of U
3/13/1978
His last respects: A mourner draped in the Quebec fleur de lis flag was among the thousands of Montreal-area people who lined up yesterday to say farewell to former premier Rene Levesque
His last respects: A mourner draped in the Quebec fleur de lis flag was among the thousands of Montreal-area people who lined up yesterday to say farewell to former premier Rene Levesque
11/3/1987
Final goodbye: Long lines formed yesterday outside the Quebec National Assembly where the body of former premier Rene Levesque lay in state after being flown to Quebec city from Montreal
Final goodbye: Long lines formed yesterday outside the Quebec National Assembly where the body of former premier Rene Levesque lay in state after being flown to Quebec city from Montreal
11/5/1987
Difficult decision: As he worries about when to call an election, Premier Rene Levesque is doing a juggling act the likes of which is rare even in the byzantine world of Quebec politics - projecting himself simultaneously as a good Canadian and as a sincere separatist
Difficult decision: As he worries about when to call an election, Premier Rene Levesque is doing a juggling act the likes of which is rare even in the byzantine world of Quebec politics - projecting himself simultaneously as a good Canadian and as a sincere separatist
5/20/1980
Quebec Premier Rene Levesque was by turns sincere, charming, sarcastic, intense and - always - his caricatured self during an address to the Empire and Canadian clubs
Quebec Premier Rene Levesque was by turns sincere, charming, sarcastic, intense and - always - his caricatured self during an address to the Empire and Canadian clubs
1/24/1980
Quebec Premier Rene Levesque was by turns sincere, charming, sarcastic, intense and - always - his caricatured self during an address to the Empire and Canadian clubs
Quebec Premier Rene Levesque was by turns sincere, charming, sarcastic, intense and - always - his caricatured self during an address to the Empire and Canadian clubs
1/24/1980
Quebec Premier Rene Levesque was by turns sincere, charming, sarcastic, intense and - always - his caricatured self during an address to the Empire and Canadian clubs
Quebec Premier Rene Levesque was by turns sincere, charming, sarcastic, intense and - always - his caricatured self during an address to the Empire and Canadian clubs
1/25/1980