Today in Canada's Political History - May 26, 1957: Happy birthday Premier François Legault!

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Quebec’s Premier, François Legault, celebrates his big day today. Quebec’s 32nd Premier since Confederation, Legault is turning 67. He has held Quebec’s top political job since 2018 after defeating the Liberals to assume office. Legault leads the Coalition Avenir Québec and has enjoyed support from across the political spectrum. In 2022 he led his party to their second majority victory. In recent months, however, Legault’s support in the polls has been slipping.

Happy birthday from Art’s History Premier Legault!


Arthur 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.