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Monique Vézina, PC OQ (July 13, 1935 – December 15, 2024) was a Canadian politician and cabinet minister in the government of Brian Mulroney. She subsequently worked with a non-governmental organization in the field of international development.
Vézina is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Antoine Vézina (21st century), Canadian actor; Frédérique Vézina (born c. 1977), Canadian singer; Georges Vézina (1887–1926), Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender; Joseph Vézina (1849–1924), Canadian conductor; Monique Vézina (1935–2024), Canadian politician
Georges, the fifth of eight children, was born on January 21, 1887, in Chicoutimi, Quebec, to Georges-Henri Vézina, a local baker and his wife Clara Belley. [1] Georges attended school at the Petit Séminaire de Chicoutimi from 1898 until the age of fourteen, when he left the school to help at his father's bakery.
Vézina later went on to found and direct a number of military, amateur and professional orchestras, most notably the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec (1902-until his death). On June 24, 1880, he conducted the first performance of O Canada which eventually became Canada's national anthem. Vézina was also an accomplished composer.
A 2000 alumnus of the Université du Québec à Montréal with a bachelor's degree in theatre, Vézina has a strong improvisational theatre background, having performed in the Quebec improvisational leagues, the Ligue universitaire d'improvisation (LUI, league of Université Laval), the Ligue d'improvisation centrale de l'UQAM (LicUQAM, league of the Université du Québec à Montréal), the ...
The Vezina continued to be awarded to the goaltender who started the most games for the team that allowed the fewest goals, but the Vezina winners of 1954–55, 1960–61, 1962–63 and 1963–64 did not have the lowest GAAs. The National Hockey League began allowing teammates to split the Vezina Trophy following the 1964–65 NHL season.
LOL:-) is a Canadian silent comedy television series created by Pierre Paquin and Denis Savard. [1] It premiered on February 27, 2011. The series stars Réal Bossé, Martin Drainville, Antoine Vézina, Sylvie Moreau, Sharlene Royer and Julie Ménard.
Frédérique Vézina (born c. 1977) is a Canadian operatic soprano. Vézina gained recognition when she made her Canadian Opera Company debut in 2002–2003 as Lisa and Mascha in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades. [1] [2] Critics hailed the arrival of a major presence on the operatic stage. [3]