Template:Quebec MNA 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 ever 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

Use instead for parliamentarians who never held an elective office.

This includes members of the following non-elective, appointed bodies:
 * 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

Description of parameters

 * ID (or just use first unnamed parameter): This is part of the URL for the MNA'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 MNA's surname
 * 3) Find the MNA'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   (or  )
 * Note: If the URL is of the form, use  instead.

If no ID is provided, the template will fetch the ID from [{Wikidata]].


 * Example:  for Robert Dutil
 * Result:


 * Example:  for Robert Dutil
 * Result:


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


 * Other 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.