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.

Elections as party leader

He won the 1936 election, lost the 1939 election, won the 1944 election, 1948 election, 1952 election, and 1956 election and died in office in 1959.

Related Topics:
1936 election - 1939 election - 1944 election - 1948 election - 1952 election - 1956 election - 1959

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