''La Patrie'' was a

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daily

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founded by

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on February 24, 1879. It became a weekly in 1957 and folded in 1978. Its political affiliation was originally Liberal, but Beaugrand officially broke with the party in 1891 and the paper became deprived of its traditional support group. ''La Patrie's'' circulation numbers sagged until Beaugrand, in declining health, sold his newspaper for $50,000 to

Joseph-Israël Tarte Joseph-Israël Tarte, (January 11, 1848 – December 18, 1907) was a Canadian politician and journalist. Tarte came to prominence as editor of several newspapers, '' Le Canadien'', '' L'Événement'', '' La Patrie'', and the '' Quebec Daily M ...

in 1897. By the turn of the twentieth century Tarte had turned his new property into an increasingly nonpartisan publication with the city's second-largest circulation for a French-language daily newspaper (topped only by '' La Presse''). The victim of bitter circulation wars against old rival ''La Presse'' and the politically connected ''

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'', The daily ''La Patrie'' folded on November 15, 1957, but was survived by a weekly edition under the same name published until April 1978.

Notable staff

* Charles Mayer (1922 to 1933), sportswriter and municipal reporter * Télesphore Saint-Pierre, redactor

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Digitized issues of ''La Patrie''
at the National Library of Quebec Newspapers established in 1879 Publications disestablished in 1978 Defunct newspapers published in Quebec French-language newspapers published in Quebec Newspapers published in Montreal Daily newspapers published in Quebec 1879 establishments in Quebec 1978 disestablishments in Quebec {{Quebec-hist-stub

Notable staff

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