Français : Le premier gouvernement Maurice Duplessis (Québec) en 1936. Assis dans la première rangée, de gauche à droite : Henry Auger (Colonisation), Albiny Paquette (secrétaire), Martin Fisher (trésorier), Maurice Duplessis (Premier ministre ; procureur général), Oscar Drouin (Terres et Forêts), Onésime Gagnon (Mines ; Chasse et Pêcheries), William Tremblay (Travail). Debout dans la seconde rangée, de gauche à droite : Gilbert Layton (ministre sans portefeuille), Joseph Bilodeau (Affaires municipales ; Industrie et Commerce), Bona Dussault (Agriculture), John Bourque (Travaux publics), François Leduc (Voirie), Antonio Élie (sans portefeuille), Thomas Joseph Coonan (sans portefeuille). Photographie prise probablement vers le 26 août 1936, jour de l'assermentation des ministres.
English: The first Maurice Duplessis government (Quebec) in 1936. Seated in the front row, from left to right: Henry Auger (Colonization), Albiny Paquette (Secretary), Martin Fisher (Treasurer), Maurice Duplessis (Prime minister; Solicitor General), Oscar Drouin (Lands and Forests), Onésime Gagnon (Mines; Hunting and Fisheries), William Tremblay (Labour). Standing in the second row, from right to left: Gilbert Layton (minister without portfolio), Joseph Bilodeau (Municipal Affairs; Industry and Commerce), Bona Dussault (Agriculture), John Bourque (Public Works), François Leduc (Roads), Antonio Élie (without portfolio), Thomas Joseph Coonan (without portfolio). Photograph taken probably circa August 26, 1936, the day the ministers were sworn in.
Studio W.B. Edwards (Not mentioned in the description at BAnQ. This photograph is by the studio W.B. Edwards according to Alain Lavigne on page 37 in his book Duplessis. Pièce manquante d'une légende. L'invention du marketing politique., Septentrion, Québec, 2012, 194 p., ISBN978-2-89448-688-7)
Licensing
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:
it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
it was in the public domain in its home country (Canada) on the URAA date (1 January 1996).
For background information, see the explanations on Non-U.S. copyrights. Note: This tag should not be used for sound recordings.
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
This Canadian work is in the public domain in Canada because its copyright has expired due to one of the following:
1. it was subject to Crown copyright and was first published more than 50 years ago, or
it was not subject to Crown copyright, and
2. it is a photograph that was created prior to January 1, 1949, or
3. the creator died prior to January 1, 1972.
You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
Note that this work might not be in the public domain in countries that do not apply the rule of the shorter term and have copyright terms longer than life of the author plus 50 years. In particular, Mexico is 100 years, Jamaica is 95 years, Colombia is 80 years, Guatemala and Samoa are 75 years, Switzerland and the United States are 70 years, and Venezuela is 60 years.