Tremblay
Encyclopedia
Tremblay is a French language
surname
. It is the most common family name in Quebec
(having all the same French ancestor Pierre Tremblay). In France, it is more a place-name.
wood') is the name or part of the name of six communes of France
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Tremblay is also the name of a place in Quebec
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French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. It is the most common family name in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
(having all the same French ancestor Pierre Tremblay). In France, it is more a place-name.
People
- Arthur TremblayArthur TremblayArthur Julien Tremblay, was a Canadian politician.Born in St-Bruno, Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec, he received a Master of Arts degree in 1942 from Université Laval and a Master of Education degree in 1945 from Harvard University.In 1979, he was appointed by Joe Clark to the Senate representing the...
, Canadian politician - Charles-Henri TremblayCharles-Henri Tremblay-Background:He was born on March 14, 1919, in Jonquière. He was a technician with Hydro-Québec.-Political career:Tremblay successfully ran as a Parti Québécois candidate to the National Assembly of Quebec in the district of Sainte-Marie in the 1970 election...
, Canadian politician - François Leclerc du TremblayFrançois Leclerc du TremblayFrançois Leclerc du Tremblay , also known as Père Joseph, was a French Capuchin friar, confidant and agent of Cardinal Richelieu...
(1577 – 1638), French friar and agent - Gaston TremblayGaston TremblayGaston Tremblay was a politician in Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec .-Member of the legislature:...
, Canadian politician - Gérald TremblayGérald TremblayGérald Tremblay is a Canadian politician and businessman currently serving his third term as mayor of Montreal and as president of the Montreal Metropolitan Community...
, mayor of Montreal - Gilles TremblayGilles TremblayGilles Tremblay, is a Canadian composer. He studied at the Conservatories of Montreal and Paris , where his teachers including Olivier Messiaen , Yvonne Loriod , and Maurice Martenot . He also attended Stockhausen's summer courses at Darmstadt, where he became interested in electro-acoustic...
, Canadian composer - J.C. TremblayJ.C. TremblayJean-Claude Tremblay was an ice hockey defenceman for the NHL Montreal Canadiens and the WHA Quebec Nordiques, notable for playmaking and defensive skills....
, Canadian hockey player - Jean-Noël TremblayJean-Noël TremblayJean-Noël Tremblay, CM is a former Canadian politician, who made career at both the federal and the provincial levels.-Member of Parliament:...
, Canadian politician - John Paul TremblayJohn Paul TremblayJohn Paul Tremblay is a Canadian actor who stars in the hit Canadian TV show Trailer Park Boys, playing Julian, a newly released ex-con returning to his home in a trailer park in Nova Scotia...
, Canadian actor Trailer Park Boys - Kay TremblayKay TremblayKay Tremblay was a Canadian film actress, also appearing on television and theatre. She was best-known for her Gemini Award-winning role of Great Aunt Eliza on Road to Avonlea....
, Canadian dancer - Kathy TremblayKathy TremblayKathy Tremblay is a professional Canadian triathlete and member of the National Team.Tremblay placed 29th in the 2008 Summer Olympics....
, a Canadian professional triathlete - Lucie Blue TremblayLucie Blue TremblayLucie Blue Tremblay is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, who performs music with lesbian themes. She writes and performs material in both English and French....
, Canadian folk singer - Marc TremblayMarc TremblayMarc Tremblay is a distinguished engineer at Microsoft. Prior to joining Microsoft in April 2009, he was senior vice president and chief technology officer of the microelectronics business unit at Sun Microsystems. He was instrumental in the design of various microprocessors at Sun, including the...
, General Director of the CDEA, (Economic Development Council of Alberta) - Mario TremblayMario TremblayMario Tremblay is a former professional ice hockey player and former coach in the National Hockey League...
, Canadian hockey player and coach - Mario TremblayMC MarioMario Tremblay, better known under his moniker MC Mario, is a French Canadian song producer, disc jockey and radio host from Montreal, Quebec...
(aka MC MarioMC MarioMario Tremblay, better known under his moniker MC Mario, is a French Canadian song producer, disc jockey and radio host from Montreal, Quebec...
), Canadian disk jockey - Michel TremblayMichel Tremblay (politician)Michel Tremblay is a politician from Québec, Canada. A teacher by profession, he has served in several education-related positions in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region before being elected in the National Assembly of Quebec as a Liberal in Rimouski in 1985. He was defeated in 1994 and then served as...
, Canadian politician - Michel TremblayMichel TremblayMichel Tremblay, CQ is a Canadian novelist and playwright.Tremblay grew up in the Plateau Mont-Royal, a French-speaking neighbourhood of Montreal, at the time of his birth a neighbourhood with a working-class character and joual dialect, something that would heavily influence his work...
, Canadian writer - Monique Gagnon-TremblayMonique Gagnon-TremblayMonique Gagnon-Tremblay is a politician in Quebec, Canada. She is the current MNA member for the riding of Saint-François in the Estrie region. She served as Liberal leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec from May 1998 to December 1998 and Deputy Premier in 1994 and from 2003...
, Canadian politician - Paul G. TremblayPaul G. TremblayPaul G. Tremblay is an American author and editor of contemporary horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction. Tremblay received two Bram Stoker Award nominations in 2007 and he is a juror for the Shirley Jackson Awards.- Biography :...
, American author - Raymond D. TremblayRaymond D. TremblayRaymond D. Tremblay graduated with a Masters in Social Work from Carleton University in 1969. He is a writer of Métis origin...
, Canadian writer - Rodrigue TremblayRodrigue TremblayRodrigue Tremblay is a Canadian-born economist, humanist and political figure. He taught economics at the Université de Montréal. He specializes in macroeconomics, international trade and finance, and public finance. He is a prolific author of books in economics and politics.- Biography :Born in...
, economist and former minister in the Quebec government - Roland Michel TremblayRoland Michel TremblayRoland Michel Tremblay is a French Canadian author, poet, scriptwriter, development producer and science-fiction consultant. He has been living in London since 1995.- Biography :...
, Canadian writer - Sébastien Tremblay, Canadian motorcycle racer
- Stéphan TremblayStéphan TremblayStéphan Tremblay was a politician who was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from Quebec from 1996 to 2002.-Member of Parliament:...
, Canadian politician - Suzanne TremblaySuzanne TremblaySuzanne Tremblay is a politician from Quebec, Canada, and a member of the Bloc Québécois, a federal political party that promotes the independence of Quebec from Canada....
, Canadian politician
Places
Tremblay ('aspenAspen
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wood') is the name or part of the name of six communes of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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- TremblayTremblay, Ille-et-VilaineTremblay is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Bretagne in north-western France.-Demographics:Inhabitants of Tremblay are called Tremblaisiens.-References:* ;* -External links:*...
in the Ille-et-VilaineIlle-et-VilaineIlle-et-Vilaine is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country.- History :Ille-et-Vilaine is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
département - Le TremblayLe TremblayLe Tremblay is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France....
in the Maine-et-LoireMaine-et-LoireMaine-et-Loire is a department in west-central France, in the Pays de la Loire region.- History :Maine-et-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. Originally it was called Mayenne-et-Loire, but its name was changed to Maine-et-Loire in 1791....
département - Tremblay-en-FranceTremblay-en-FranceTremblay-en-France is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.More than one-quarter of Charles de Gaulle Airport lies on the territory of the commune of Tremblay-en-France, in particular terminals 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D...
in the Seine-Saint-DenisSeine-Saint-Denis- Culture :A number of hip hop artists come from the Seine-Saint-Denis, including one of the first major hip-hop groups in France, NTM, as well as Lord Kossity, or more recent acts such as Tandem or Sefyu.- Miscellaneous topics :...
département - Tremblay-les-VillagesTremblay-les-VillagesTremblay-les-Villages is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.-Population:-References:*...
in the Eure-et-LoirEure-et-LoirEure-et-Loir is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers.-History:Eure-et-Loir is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790 pursuant to the Act of December 22, 1789...
département - Le Tremblay-OmonvilleLe Tremblay-OmonvilleLe Tremblay-Omonville is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France.-Population:-References:*...
in the EureEureEure is a department in the north of France named after the river Eure.- History :Eure is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
département - Le Tremblay-sur-MauldreLe Tremblay-sur-MauldreLe Tremblay-sur-Mauldre is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.-References:*...
in the YvelinesYvelinesYvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France.-History:Yvelines was created from the western part of the defunct department of Seine-et-Oise on 1 January 1968 in accordance with a law passed on 10 January 1964 and a décret d'application from 26 February 1965.It gained the...
département - Tremblay parkTremblay parkTremblay Park is a park located in the commune of Champigny-sur-Marne, in the department of Val-de-Marne in the region Île-de-France. This green space with an area of 73 hectares offering games and sporting activities. Originally, this was a horse race track called Hippodrome du Tremblay...
, an urban park in the commune of Champigny-sur-MarneChampigny-sur-MarneChampigny-sur-Marne is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Name:Champigny-sur-Marne was originally called simply Champigny...
(a part of ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
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Tremblay is also the name of a place in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
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- Tremblay Township, part of Saguenay, QuebecSaguenay, QuebecSaguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City....
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Other
- Tremblay v. DaigleTremblay v. DaigleTremblay v. Daigle [1989] 2 S.C.R. 530, was a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in which it was found that a fetus has no legal status in Canada as a person, either in Canadian common law or in Quebec civil law...
Canadian court case over abortion - Tremblay Commission, or Royal Commission of Inquiry on Constitutional ProblemsRoyal Commission of Inquiry on Constitutional ProblemsPremier of Quebec, Maurice Duplessis, called for the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Constitutional Problems in 1953. The commission, chaired by Mr. Justice Thomas Tremblay, studied the problem of tax sharing between different levels of government and greater constitutional problems in Canada.The...
, a Quebec government report on Canada's constitution - Tremblay a microbrew beer sold in Québec