Quentin Durgens, M.P.

Quentin Durgens, M.P. is a Canadian dramatic television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1965 to 1969.<ref name=mbc>Quentin Durgens, M.P. Template:Webarchive at the Museum of Broadcast Communications.</ref> It was one of the first hour-long drama series produced by the CBC, and helped to establish Gordon Pinsent as a major star in Canada.<ref name=mbc/> Created by George Robertson,<ref>"Writer created TV series Quentin Durgens M.P.". The Globe and Mail, November 11, 2000.</ref> the series first aired in 1965 under the title Mr. Member of Parliament, as a short-run series within the CBC's drama anthology The Serial.<ref name=globe1965>"Durgens, TV MP". The Globe and Mail, October 6, 1965.</ref> It was spun off into a standalone series and retitled Quentin Durgens, M.P. in its second season.<ref name=globe1966>"QUENTIN DURGENS MP". The Globe and Mail, December 3, 1966.</ref>

Plot

Set in Ottawa, Ontario and the fictional community of Moose Falls,Template:Efn the series starred Pinsent as Quentin Durgens, an idealistic young lawyer who wins election as a Member of Parliament, succeeding his father in a by-election after his father's death in office.<ref name=globe1965/> Durgens was a backbench member of the governing party in the House of Commons,<ref name=globe1966/> but had a maverick streak and aspired to do the right thing even if it wasn't politically expedient.<ref name=globe1966/> Some of the storylines within the series were fictionalized depictions of real-life events in Canadian politics,<ref name=mbc/> and the series incorporated some documentary filmmaking techniques inspired by the National Film Board.<ref name=mbc/>

Production

Alan Macnaughton, the retiring Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, and David Vivian Currie, the incumbent Sergeant-at-Arms, served as script consultants to ensure that Canadian political process was accurately depicted.<ref name=globe1965/>

The series was frequently compared in the Canadian press to Slattery's People, an American series about a state legislator which aired on CBS in the 1964–65 season.<ref name=globe1965/>

The cast also included Suzanne Lévesque, Budd Knapp, Cec Linder, Ovila Légaré and Chris Wiggins.<ref name=mbc/>

External links

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