Second vice-president Marc Friolet, acting president Adeline Savoie, Thomas D. Irvine, president of the Provincial Command, provincial executive director Paulette Cook, past president Harnold Savard and third vice-president Normand Moreau attended the provincial convention.
Photo by Alcide Maillet courtesy of Branch 265
LEGION REPORT: Royal Canadian Legion Quebec Branch holds 60th Provincial Convention in Quebec City
Submitted by Jean Gervais, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 265
The 60th Provincial Convention of the Quebec Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion was held in Quebec City on May 17, bringing together over 100 volunteer directors representing all the branches of this movement whose mission is to support and recognize former military personnel.
The opening ceremony took place in the traditional military fashion. Former presidents and executive officers were escorted to their places of honour to the sound of the bagpipes, under the direction of the sergeant-at-arms.
Participants then paraded from the Québec Inn, where the convention was being held, to the Royal Canadian Legion, Lt. Col. J. Charles Forbes RMWO Quebec, Branch 265, on Boul. Hamel.
A ceremony was held on site to commemorate those who made the supreme sacrifice of their lives during conflicts. Veterans laid wreaths at the foot of the Korean War Memorial.
Comrade Thomas D. Irvine, C.D., president of the Quebec Command, recited the Act of Remembrance.
Attendees had the privilege of meeting guest speaker Brig. Gen. (ret.) Gaston Côté.
Discussions between comrades from different regions of Quebec were brief but highly instructive. The delegates returned to the Québec Inn to continue the convention with a busy schedule, including the election of a new executive committee.
Photo by Alcide Maillet courtesy of Branch 265
Photo by Alcide Maillet courtesy of Branch 265
Photo by Alcide Maillet courtesy of Branch 265
Photo by Alcide Maillet courtesy of Branch 265
Members of the Royal Canadian Legion, Quebec Branch 265 funeral committee are Denis Robitaille, Gaétan Guillemette, Gérard Trudeau, funeral director Réal Dumas, Yvon Ouellette and Normand Moreau. (Photo by Alcide Maillet, courtesy of Branch 265)
Several members of the military from the Quebec City area received Quilts of Valour in recognition of their commitment at the Nov. 30 ceremony. (Photo by Alcide Maillet courtesy of Branch 265) 
GardaWorld has been donating $1,000 annually to the Poppy Campaign for many years. This tradition was initiated by Patrice Carrier, the former Quebec director for GardaWorld. It continues thanks to the collaboration of François Houde (left), the current regional director for Eastern Quebec, and Pierre Pépin (right), director of operations, who welcomed Richard Roger (centre), director of the Legion’s Poppy Committee to GardaWorld’s Quebec City headquarters on Oct. 28. (Photo by Alcide Maillet courtesy of Branch 265) 
The current branch president and many of his predecessors over the past 30 years attended the anniversary celebration. Jean-François Petitpas, Padre of Branch 265; Bruno Dumas; André Girard; Jean-René Décary; Harnold Savard; Michel Bonnet; Claude Racine and André Lavallée get ready to cut the cake. (Photo by Alcide Maillet courtesy of Branch 265) 
In the photo are, from left to right, president Harnold Savard of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 265; Nancy Leroux, founder of Le Répit des Vétérans; and Richard Roger, director of the Poppy Committee.
Photo by Alcide Maillet, Branch 265
Branch 265 members Carol Mazurat and Mark O’Brien (centre) speak with a visitor happy to obtain information about the Royal Canadian Legion. (Photo by Alcide Maillet courtesy of Branche 265)