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Québec Liberal Party leadership race

Québec Liberal Party leadership race

The Québec Liberal Party’s Leadership Convention was held on March 16-17, 2013. The Verdun Auditorium opened its doors to 2,377 Liberal delegates from all over Québec who came […]
The Auditorium – Political rally venue

The Auditorium – Political rally venue

In the fall of 2016, Philippe Couillard, Québec Premier and Québec Liberal Party Leader, presented at the Verdun Auditorium his Liberal candidate for the upcoming by-election in the […]
The “No” side supporters at the Verdun Auditorium

The “No” side supporters at the Verdun Auditorium

On the evening of October 24, 1995, a few days before the referendum on Québec sovereignty, the Verdun Auditorium hosted 12,500 supporters from the “No” side. Despite the […]
The “Yes” side gets its turn

The “Yes” side gets its turn

On the evening of October 25, 1995, it was the “Yes” side’s turn to take over the Verdun Auditorium to motivate its supporters one last time before voting […]
The evening of October 25, 1995

The evening of October 25, 1995

[…] we sent two-thirds of the representatives from Québec to the House of Commons as sovereigntist representatives. (Applause) In ’94, in ’94, we sent the Parti québécois government […]