the Legislative Council of Quebec, the provincial equivalent of the Canadian Senate. Since then, the Legislative Assembly of Quebec is known as the National Assembly of Quebec. Leader of the Official Opposition The Union Nationale lost the 1970 election to Robert Bourassa's Liberals. While the party managed to obtain the status of Official Opposition, it finished third in the popular vote behind the PQ. The UN never significantly recovered from that defeat and no longer exists as a political party. A year later, Bertrand resigned as Leader of the Union Nationale. In 1971, he received an honorary doctorate from Sir George Williams University, which later became Concordia University. He died a few months before the 1973 election. Personal life His son, Jean-François Bertrand, was the Member of the National Assembly for the district of Vanier from 1976 to 1985 and a Cabinet Member of René Lévesque's Parti Québécois government. Bertrand's widow Gabrielle served as Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for the district of Brome—Missisquoi from 1984 to 1993. See also Politics of Quebec List of Quebec general elections Timeline of Quebec history Footnotes External links 1916 births 1973 deaths Lawyers in Quebec Justice ministers of Quebec Premiers of Quebec Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs Leaders of the Union Nationale (Quebec) Deputy premiers of Quebec Université de Montréal alumni University of Ottawa alumni People from Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts 20th-century Canadian lawyers