Template:Quebec MLC biography/doc

Usage
This template creates a citation link to the biography page at the National Assembly of Quebec website of a parliamentarian in Quebec (or its predecessor entities, Lower Canada and Canada East) who never held elective office.

This includes members of the following non-elective, appointed bodies: Also some governors and administrators: who were never members of a lower, elective parliamentary house.
 * the Legislative Council of Quebec (1867 until abolition on December 31, 1968)
 * the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada 1841–1867, for Canada East (elective from 1856–1867)
 * the Special Council of Lower Canada 1838–1841
 * the Legislative Council of Lower Canada 1792–1838
 * the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec 1867 to present
 * the Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada 1792–1841

In general, the lower parliamentary houses were elected, the upper houses were appointed.

Use Quebec MNA biography instead for those who held an elective office (even if later appointed to a non-elective body).

This includes members of the following elective bodies: Note: there was no elected house from 1838 to 1841, in the aftermath of the Lower Canada Rebellion.
 * The present-day unicameral house, the National Assembly of Quebec
 * The above under its former name of Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1867 until name change on December 31, 1968)
 * The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada 1841–1867, for Canada East
 * The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada 1792–1838

Description of parameters

 * ID (or just use first unnamed parameter): This is part of the URL for the member's biography. To look it up:
 * 1) Go to http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/membres/notices/index.html
 * 2) In the   header, click on the letter corresponding to start of the member's surname
 * 3) Find the member's name in the resulting listing and click on it (or right-click and use "copy URL" in your browser)
 * 4) Extract the part of the URL between   and
 * Note: If the URL is of the form, use Quebec MNA bio instead.


 * Example:  for William Gerard Power
 * Result:


 * Example:  for William Gerard Power
 * Result:


 * Note: the old (pre-2010) external-link URLs of the form
 * are now deadlinks. Replace them.
 * are now deadlinks. Replace them.


 * Optional parameters
 * name (or just use second unnamed parameter): if specified (and text is unspecified), sets link text to "Biography of name at National Assembly of Quebec website". This is useful if you need to cite a person's biography on some other person's page. Ignored if text was specified.
 * text : The link text. If unspecified (and name is also unspecified), this defaults to "Biography at National Assembly of Quebec website".  Overrides name.
 * fr : Specify  to suppress the default notification that the webpage is in French.
 * Note: Nearly all of the biographies are available in French only, even if the URL uses  instead of.