Source-checked case file
René Lévesque leaves the Quebec Liberal Party (1967)
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-E-000215
- Publication status
- Verified
- Evidence level
- Corroborated
- Revision
- 2
Record identity
- Date
- October 14, 1967
- Date precision
- Exact day
- Jurisdiction
- Quebec
- Legislature
- National Assembly of Quebec
- Chamber
- National Assembly
- Transition type
- Left to sit as an independent
- Event scope
- Individual
- Legacy row ID
- 215
- Last source check
- August 1, 2026
Participants and affiliation change
After the switch
What happened next?
Only claim-cited outcomes with a recorded AI or human source check appear here. Timing alone never proves that a job or appointment was exchanged for a floor crossing.
René Lévesque
CTF-EP-000215-01
Other documented outcome
DocumentedRené Lévesque founded the Mouvement Souveraineté-Association 36 days after leaving the Quebec Liberal Party. This organizational step is not classified as a personal benefit.
- Date
- November 19, 1967
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- Pay not applicable
- Timing from crossing
- 36 days after
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Chronologie parlementaire depuis 1791 — René LévesqueAssemblée nationale du Québec · 14 octobre 1967; 19 novembre 1967; 14 octobre 1968; 15 novembre 1976; 25 novembre 1976
CTF-O-0017-LEVESQUE-MSA-19671119
Party leadership
DocumentedRené Lévesque became president of the Parti Québécois 366 days after the 1967 departure. The record does not establish the departure as the cause of this later leadership role.
- Date
- October 14, 1968
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- Pay not applicable
- Timing from crossing
- 366 days after
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Official title
- President of the Parti Québécois
- René Lévesque — BiographieAssemblée nationale du Québec · Mandats; Parti politique; Fonctions parlementaires; Activites professionnelles
CTF-O-0017-LEVESQUE-PQ-PRESIDENT-19681014
Defeated at election
DocumentedRené Lévesque was defeated as a Parti Québécois candidate in the 1970 election.
- Date
- 1970
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- Pay not applicable
- Timing from crossing
- Context only
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- René Lévesque — BiographieAssemblée nationale du Québec · Mandats; Parti politique; Fonctions parlementaires; Activites professionnelles
CTF-O-0017-LEVESQUE-DEFEATED-1970
Defeated at election
DocumentedRené Lévesque was defeated as a Parti Québécois candidate in the 1973 election.
- Date
- 1973
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- Pay not applicable
- Timing from crossing
- Context only
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- René Lévesque — BiographieAssemblée nationale du Québec · Mandats; Parti politique; Fonctions parlementaires; Activites professionnelles
CTF-O-0017-LEVESQUE-DEFEATED-1973
Elected
DocumentedAfter defeats in 1970 and 1973, René Lévesque won Taillon as a Parti Québécois candidate on November 15, 1976. This is voter authorization, not a conferred benefit.
- Date
- November 15, 1976
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- Pay not applicable
- Timing from crossing
- 3320 days after
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Appointment authority
- Electors of Taillon
- Chronologie parlementaire depuis 1791 — René LévesqueAssemblée nationale du Québec · 14 octobre 1967; 19 novembre 1967; 14 octobre 1968; 15 novembre 1976; 25 novembre 1976
CTF-O-0017-LEVESQUE-ELECTED-19761115
First-minister office
DocumentedRené Lévesque became Premier of Quebec on November 25, 1976, ten days after winning election and after two intervening election defeats. This election-authorized later office is not treated as a benefit conferred for the 1967 departure.
- Date
- November 25, 1976
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- Pay not applicable
- Timing from crossing
- 3330 days after
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Official title
- Premier of Quebec
- Appointment authority
- Lieutenant Governor following the 1976 general election
- Chronologie parlementaire depuis 1791 — René LévesqueAssemblée nationale du Québec · 14 octobre 1967; 19 novembre 1967; 14 octobre 1968; 15 novembre 1976; 25 novembre 1976
CTF-O-0017-LEVESQUE-PREMIER-19761125
Claims and evidence
Historical fact · Supported · High confidence
René Lévesque left the Quebec Liberal Party and sat as an Independent on October 14, 1967.
CTF-CL-000215-AFFILIATION
Chronologie parlementaire depuis 1791 — René Lévesque — source checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-ANQ-LEVESQUE-CHRONOLOGY
- Reliability
- Official primary source
- Source language
- French
- Locator
- record 14 octobre 1967; 19 novembre 1967; 14 octobre 1968; 15 novembre 1976; 25 novembre 1976
René Lévesque — Biographie — source checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-ANQ-LEVESQUE-BIO
- Reliability
- Official primary source
- Source language
- French
- Locator
- section Mandats; Parti politique; Fonctions parlementaires; Activites professionnelles
Revision history
Revision 2 · Expanded
Added the exact departure date and separately documented later-career outcomes.
CTF-R-000215-0002
Revision 1 · Created
Imported from the legacy archive as an unpublished research lead. Historical narrative, motive labels, and benefit scores were not treated as verified claims.
CTF-R-000215-0001