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	Maurice Duplessis (1890-1959) - Quebec History - Histoire du Québec
		First elected to the Quebec House of Assembly in 1927, Duplessis became the leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec in 1933; his party joined forces with Paul Gouin's Action libérale nationale in 1935 to form the Union Nationale party which was successful at the polls in 1936.
		Prime Minister of Quebec in a period of widespread centralization, in the war and post-war periods, Duplessis became the most important proponent of provincial autonomy.
		Such harsh judgments have been nuanced by the more recent research and writing on Duplessis; some praise the stability of the province and its economic performance under his rule; others increasingly recognized him as having initiated the modernisation of Quebec.
	faculty.marianopolis.edu /c.belanger/quebechistory/bios/duplessi.htm (0 words)

	Duplessis, Maurice Le Noblet
		Duplessis, Maurice Le Noblet, prime minister and attorney general of Québec 1936-39 and 1944-59 (b at Trois-Rivières, Qué 20 Apr 1890; d at Schefferville, Qué 7 Sept 1959).
		Duplessis himself lived riotously (he was a lusty and somewhat alcoholic bachelor in these times, and never did marry), and he blundered disastrously in September 1939 by calling a snap election on the issue of participation in the war effort.
		Maurice Duplessis was an enigmatic and picturesque character, the public demagogue at some variance with his urbane, elegant and witty private personality.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002468 (772 words)

	Horton Journal of Canadian History
		Maurice Duplessis was born on April 20, 1890.
		Duplessis soon became involved in politics and was first elected to the Québec House of Assembly in 1927.
		As head of the Union Nationale, Maurice Duplessis led Québec from 1936 to 1939 and again in 1944 until his death in 1959.
	www.angelfire.com /ns2/hjch2001/Demarco.htm (1167 words)

	Maurice Duplessis
		Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis (20 April 1890–7 September 1959) served as the premier of the; Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959.
		Born in Trois-Rivières, Duplessis studied at the Séminaire Saint-Joseph de Trois-Rivières, obtained a law degree from Université Laval in Quebec City and was admitted to the Barreau du Quebec in 1913.
		During Duplessis' mandates, several significant labour strikes occurred such as the Dominion Textile in Valleyfield in 1946, the asbestos in the; Beauce region in 1949 and the Murdochville copper mine strike in 1957.
	maurice-duplessis.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Maurice_Duplessis (1079 words)

	Maurice Duplessis - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis (20 April, 1890–7 September, 1959) served as the premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959.
		Born in Trois-Rivières, Duplessis obtained a law degree from Laval University (former name for University of Montreal) and was admitted to the Barreau du Quebec in 1913.
		In 1932, the Conservative caucus chose Duplessis to be the leader of the Opposition, and he formally won the leadership of the party in 1933.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Maurice_Duplessis (720 words)

	Maurice Duplessis
		Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis (20 April, 1890 - 7 September, 1959) served as the Prime Minister of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959).
		Duplessis and the UN won the August 1936 election in a landslide, putting an end to 39 consecutive years of Liberal rule.
		Duplessis' first government was defeated in the 1939 election, a snap election called by the Premier in hopes of exploiting the issue of Canadian participation in World War II.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/m/ma/maurice_duplessis.html (637 words)

	Peter Black's column for 9/10/99 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Black’s thesis is that Duplessis, far from conspiring with the Catholic Church to keep Quebec shackled in a backward prison, was actually the one to begin wresting control of schools, hospitals and social welfare from the religious orders and pave the way for reforms in all aspects of Quebec society.
		Duplessis delivered a minimum wage, demanded and got taxing power from the federal government and embarked upon a vast program of public works, not the least of which was the St. Lawrence Seaway.
		Duplessis earned much of his bad reputation mostly through a series of bitter labor conflicts that came to symbolize the showdown between the stagnant forces of the past versus the emerging wave of modernism.
	archive.pressrepublican.com /Archive/1999/09_1999/09101999pb.htm (879 words)

	James Laxer: Neo-Laurentianism: Mario Dumont in the Guise of Maurice Duplessis
		Neo-Laurentianism: Mario Dumont in the Guise of Maurice Duplessis
		Duplessis led his party to power, ditched the young Liberals and went on to dominate Quebec for a quarter of a century.
		Duplessis became the master of a Quebec nationalism of the right, a nationalism that was heavy on symbolism.
	www.jameslaxer.com /2007/03/neo-laurentianism-mario-dumont-in-guise.html (1385 words)

	Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis
		A Friends of Duplessis association was in operation to promote his legacy after he died, but it disbanded after the death of Duplessis's personal secretary, Aurea Clouthier, a legend in her own right as a female pioneer in a male-dominated political world.
		The situation has only grown worse with the controversy surrounding the Duplessis Orphans, the group of children born out of wedlock or into poverty during the period Duplessis was premier, and who were institutionalized and often abused after being falsely labeled mentally deficient.
		Duplessis, who perfected the art of political patronage, was a legendary campaigner who also mastered the art of ballot-box stuffing and vote-fixing.
	www.wednesday-night.com /Duplessis.asp (0 words)

	Final Four: Louis Riel vs. Maurice Duplessis \| Tim Hudak
		Duplessis remains a controversial figure in Canadian and Quebec history.
		Duplessis was turfed in the 1939 election, but re-emerged in 1944 to begin a 15-year reign.
		But Duplessis had a powerful political machine, legendary for its patronage, and critics charge it was corrupt.
	www.timhudak.ca /final-four-louis-riel-vs-maurice-duplessis (332 words)

	F0303 - Maurice Duplessis fonds
		Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis (1890-1959) was twice premier and attorney general of Quebec, in the period 1936-1939 and again in 1944-1959.
		Although he lost the next election, Duplessis was returned to power in 1944 and was re-elected in three ensuing elections.
		Duplessis was known in Quebec as an ardent nationalist who frustrated federal government plans to enact a more centralist national government in the 1940s and 1950s while at the same time passing social legislation and building a public infrastructure (schools, roads, hospitals) on an unprecedented scale in Quebec.
	archivesfa.library.yorku.ca /fonds/ON00370-f0000303.htm (421 words)

	Duplessis' Orphans
		The Duplessis' Orphans case is widely recognized as the largest case of institution-based youth abuse in Canadian history.
		The premier of the province during that time was Maurice Duplessis, thus the name.
		At these hospitals, that were also run by religious orders, the Duplessis' Orphans claim doctors wrongfully labelled many children as mentally deficient.
	members.tripod.com /~rootsunknown/intro1.htm (708 words)

	Maurice Duplessis
		Duplessis et les traditionalistes s'opposèrent fermement à l'adoption du programme fédéral des allocations familiales qu'ils disaient être «une atteinte à l'autonomie provinciale et à la conception chrétienne de la famille».
		L'époque Duplessis apparaît pour eux comme un espèce de sombre Moyen âge qui précéda la Renaissance du Québec; cette période qu'on a surnommée la «Révolution tranquille».
		Bref, on peut l'aimer ou le détester, il n'en reste pas moins que Duplessis écrivit un important chapitre de l'histoire du Québec moderne et son héritage est encore bien présent dans notre société actuelle, pour le meilleur et pour le pire.
	www.republiquelibre.org /cousture/DUPLESSIS.HTM (1547 words)

	The gentleman from Trois-Rivières - Maurice Duplessis - CBC Archives
		Also, on Jan. 21, 1948, Maurice Duplessis was the first premier to raise the Fleur-de-lis flag over Quebec's National Assembly.
		While some supporters argued that Duplessis was sincere in fighting what he believed to be a genuine communist threat, others argued that he abused his power to persecute non-conformists.
		Duplessis' eyes possessed a magnetism that was inexpressible, but real.
	archives.radio-canada.ca /IDC-1-74-1461-9819/people/maurice_duplessis/clip5 (431 words)

	The French Canadian Political and Cultural Evolution: 1867 to 1960 - Associated Content
		Duplessis and Gouin advocated for the primacy of agricultural reforms, including rural electrification (similar to that of the United States during this time), low interest rate banking for farmers, and price guarantees to preserve the existence of the farmlands.
		Maurice Duplessis’ two administrations would prove to be the death knell of a long period of popular French nationalism.
		Duplessis took advantage of this by using rhetoric of nationalism that bordered on fascism, popular amongst small factions in Quebec and throughout Canada before the atrocities of the war in Europe were discovered.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/26822/the_french_canadian_political_and_cultural.html?page=3 (751 words)

	The Prime Ministers of Canada - Pierre Elliott Trudeau Biography
		During the five months they were on strike, the miners closed down the town's asbestos mines, and Québec premier Maurice Duplessis sent in the Québec Provincial Police as strikebreakers.
		Pitting the unions and church against the government of Duplessis, this strike marked the beginning of the Quiet Revolution.
		Maurice Duplessis was the leader of the Union Nationale, the political party that governed Québec from 1936 to 1960.
	www.primeministers.ca /trudeau/bio_2.php?context=b (572 words)

	10IACC {Workshops} (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Maurice Duplessis was Prime Minister of the province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and from 1944 to 1959
		Duplessis has shown the Rector of Laval University, just as he knows that, in return, he can count on the sincerity and on the tenacity of the deep friendship of the Rector of Laval.
		They were in the forefront of opposition to the Duplessis government during the 1949 Asbestos strike and inspired a collective pastoral letter in 1950 that expressed a new sensitivity to labour and to the concerns of women.
	www.10iacc.org /content.phtml?documents=122&art=71 (18622 words)

	Maurice Duplessis à l'Assemblée nationale: la théorie du roi nègre - Le Devoir
		Le Devoir / Le Devoir: une histoire / 90e anniversaire du Devoir / Maurice Duplessis à l'Assemblée nationale...
		Duplessis considère, sincèrement croyons-nous, le pouvoir comme une propriété personnelle.
		Duplessis paraît croire juste et légitime d'affamer l'opposition: qu'il s'agisse de situation ou de routes, d'écoles ou de ponts, seuls ses favoris sont servis.
	www.ledevoir.com /histoire/90ans/90_duples.html (1013 words)

	CM Magazine: Maurice Duplessis: Powerbroker, Politician. (Quest Library, No. 26).
		Maurice Duplessis was born in 1890 into a political family in Trois-Rivières.
		Maurice was sent to boarding school in Montreal and went on to law school at the Université de Laval where he impressed his classmates with his oratorical skills.
		When the Union Nationale formed the new government in 1944, Premier Duplessis was also something of a new man. Formerly a heavy drinker and smoker, health problems including diabetes had forced him to stop drinking alcohol.
	www.umanitoba.ca /cm/vol12/no10/mauriceduplessis.html (0 words)

	CBC.ca - The Greatest Canadian - Top Ten Greatest Canadians - Pierre Trudeau
		He took a job as an advisor to the Privy Council in Ottawa and became a vocal supporter of workers involved in the Asbestos Strike in 1949 Quebec.
		Trudeau was a harsh critic of the ultra-conservative Union Nationale regime headed by Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis, and when he helped to found the progressive intellectual journal Cité Libre, he could air his grievances and anti-nationalist sentiments in print.
		In 1965, he would find a better venue for his political views.
	www.cbc.ca /greatest/top_ten/nominee/trudeau-pierre.html (0 words)

	The Child Protection Racket; Freedom Magazine
		In the mid-20th century, under the regime of Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis, tens of thousands of disadvantaged children were transferred from orphanages into asylums in a corrupt ploy to divert funding into psychiatric coffers.
		Subjected to a lifetime of brutal psychiatric "treatment" subsidized by the Quebec government under Maurice Duplessis (above) and others, the children above are lined up in a "waiting zone" orphanage.
		Most will be transferred to Canadian mental hospitals — their only "crime" a poverty-stricken background or a lack of education.
	www.freedommag.org /english/vol38i/page18.htm (638 words)

	Dans la Bibliothèque de Livresse - Maurice Duplessis, biographie par Conrad Black
		Maurice Duplessis a été un jeune politicien plein de panache et de verve durant les années 1920, un défenseur acharné d'un programme de réformes durant les 1930, suscitant puis décevant les espoirs des Québécois.
		Pendant plus de deux décennies, Maurice Duplessis incarna la politique québécoise.
		Dès sa première publication, en 1976, le livre de Conrad Black fut considéré comme l'étude la plus importante publiée jusque-là sur Duplessis et son époque, et cette oeuvre n'a jamais été dépassée depuis.
	www.livresse.com /Bibliotheque/black-conrad/maurice-duplessis-recension.htm (358 words)

	Opinion of Maurice Duplessis
		This is not unlike the unholy alliance between evangelicals, war hawks, and big corporations that was able to sustain the Republican Party until fairly recently.
		So you can say that Maurice Duplessis is an extreme version of George Bush in Quebec.
		You're just saying that in order to make a political point (and bearing in mind what sort of politician Duplessis was, it's not that far off from claiming that Bush is some sort of fascist).
	uselectionatlas.org /FORUM/index.php?topic=58185.0 (363 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Render Unto Caesar: The Life and Legacy of Maurice Duplessis: Books: Conrad Black (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This long-awaited new edition of Conrad Black's best-selling book on Maurice Duplessis and his times has been abridged and re-edited by the author.
		The original 'Render Unto Caesar: The Life and Legacy of Maurice Duplessis' has long been admired as the ultimate work on the once-powerful Quebec politician.
		In the new introduction, Conrad Black places Duplessis in the context of our times.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Render-Unto-Caesar-Maurice-Duplessis/dp/1552630323 (263 words)

	Cross Country Checkup - Booklist June 25, 2006
		Maurice Duplessis, by Conrad Black (Editions de l'Homme, 1999)
		"Shows Quebec the way it was under Duplessis and the way he set up Quebec for what would eventually lead to the Parti Québécois.
		Should be required reading for the rest of Canada."
	www.cbc.ca /checkup/Summer06.html (0 words)

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