Antonio Barrette, one of modern Quebec’s lesser-known Premiers, died on this date in 1968.M. Barrette first entered Quebec’s National Assembly in 1936 and held a seat in the legislature continuously until 1960. A Union Nationale cabinet minister for 16 years under the governments of Maurice Duplessis and Paul Sauvé, he became party leader and Premier upon the latter's death, in early 1960.Barrette’s time in Quebec’s top political job was brief as he and his government were defeated by Jean Lesage and his Liberals only six months after assuming office.  Though he had retained his seat in that 1960 election, Barrette retired from politics later that year.  He served as Canada’s Ambassador to Greece from 1963-66.caption id="attachment_598333" align="alignleft" width="606" Former Quebec Premier Antonio Barrette/captionArthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist.  He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy.  A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.