Reconstructing Debates of the Quebec Legislative Assembly from 1907 to 1962‪.‬

Two particularly important dates in Quebec's parliamentary history are 1792, the year of the first sitting of the Assembly of Lower Canada, and 1867, which marked the establishment of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. While several parliamentary institutions possess a reconstructed Hansard or some similar record dating back to their inception, Quebec historians have no official report of the debates prior to 1964 to relate the work carried on by the Members who sat in the two Houses. Even compilations of press clippings were not available until recently, although for years there was a will among politicians and journalists to rectify these shortcomings. This article looks at the evolution of the reconstruction project. **********