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. A founder and leader of the conservative Union Nationale party, he built his reputation by exposing the misconduct and patronage of Liberal Premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau but is most remembered today for the graft and corruption endemic in his government. He was a strong supporter of provincial rights, but was contemptous to individual civil rights. It is said that Quebec's Quiet Revolution of the 1960s, in which the French majority cast off its religious and colonial heritage, would never have taken root if not for the widespread discontent sown by his government. He was a life-long bachelor.

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20 April - 1890 - 7 September - 1959 - Premier - Canadian - Quebec - 1936 - 1939 - 1944 - Union Nationale - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau - Civil right - Quiet Revolution

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