A lawyer and politician in Quebec, Canada, Jean Lesage served as the 19th Premier of Quebec from 1960 to 1966 (Gossage & Little, 2012, p. 233). On June 22, 1960, Jean Lesage and his Liberal government won the Quebec general election with 51 of 95 seats, lobbying with the slogans “L’équipe de Tonnerre” and “C’ést le temps que ça change” (McWhinney, 2008, p. 5). His electoral triumph terminated the Union Nationale and Maurice Duplessis’ lengthy conservative supremacy since 1944, depicted by seclusion, social traditionalism, and mostly undesirable autonomist attitudes (Cook, 1964, p. 9). In the eyes of voters, the Lesage government assured a fresh beginning following sixteen years of Duplessisme (Gossage & Little, 2012, p. 233; Cook, 1964, p. 9).
