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| | Quebec and Federal Elections, 1867-2006 - Readings - Quebec History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05) |
 | | On the whole, Quebec has voted as a block, has voted for the winner, has supported the favourite son and has refused to vote for third parties, unless they came from Quebec and were specifically dedicated to defending the interests of Quebec. |
 | | Macdonald paid attention to Quebec, made certain that it got its fair share of patronage, stayed away as much as possible from contentious issues, always kept the counsel of a strong lieutenant from Quebec (Cartier, Chapleau, Langevin) and manoeuvred reasonably well through the minefield of sectional issues. |
 | | The irony was that, though Trudeau continously scorned nationalism in Quebec, he was one of the main beneficiaries of it, as his compatriots continued to vote for him, at least in part, because he was "from Quebec". |
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