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5 unusual facts about Charlesbourg


Catherine Roberge

Catherine Roberge (born February 8, 1982, in Charlesbourg, Quebec) is a judoka from Canada.

Charlesbourg-Jacques-Cartier

It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into a new Charlesbourg riding, and Charlevoix—Montmorency and Portneuf ridings.

Les Rivières, Quebec City

Lebourgneuf got its name as a portmanteau from the last letters of Charlesbourg and the first letters Neufchatel because Charlesbourg-Ouest was located between Charlesbourg and Neufchâtel.

Richard Marceau

He ran unsuccessfully as the Parti Québécois candidate in Charlesbourg in the 2007 Quebec election.

A lawyer in both Québec and Ontario, Marceau was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1997 federal election for the Bloc Québécois in the riding of Charlesbourg at the age of 26.


Jacques Cartier

On August 18, 2006, Quebec Premier Jean Charest announced that Canadian archaeologists had discovered the precise location of Cartier's lost first colony of Charlesbourg-Royal.

Michel Pigeon

Michel Pigeon (born 1945) is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of Charlesbourg in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election.


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