The National Assembly of Quebec (French: Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the legislative body of the Canadian province of Quebec. The lieutenant governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.
Since the abolition in 1968 of the Legislative Council, hitherto the upper house of the Quebec legislature, the lower house, previously known a...
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