The
Natural Law Party of Quebec
The Natural Law Party of Canada (NLPC) was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practised Transcendental Meditation.
Description and history
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ran thirty-five candidates in the
1998 Quebec provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Candidates
Berthier: Louise Roy
Louise Roy received 268 votes (0.72%), finishing fifth against
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois (; ; PQ) is a sovereignist and social democratic provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. The PQ advocates national sovereignty for Quebec involving independence of the province of Quebec from Canada and establishin ...
incumbent
Gilles Baril. She is not to be confused with a better known
Montreal administrator of the same name.
Brome—Missisquoi
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: Jean-Charles Rouleau
Jean-Charles Rouleau became active with the
transcendental meditation
Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a form of silent mantra meditation advocated by the Transcendental Meditation movement. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi created the technique in India in the mid-1950s. Advocates of TM claim that the technique promotes a ...
movement in 1984 and identifies as an Ayurvedic scholar. He received 194 votes (0.61%), finishing fourth against
Liberal Party
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incumbent
Pierre Paradis
Pierre Paradis (born 16 July 1950) is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He represented Brome-Missisquoi in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1980 to 2018. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as a cabinet minister in the ...
.
Louis-Hébert Louis-Hébert could refer to:
*Louis-Hébert (provincial electoral district)
*Louis-Hébert (federal electoral district)
Louis-Hébert () is a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec. Represented in the House of Common ...
: Jean Cerigo
Jean Cerigo was a Natural Law Party candidate in one federal and two provincial elections. He has lectured on
transcendental meditation
Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a form of silent mantra meditation advocated by the Transcendental Meditation movement. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi created the technique in India in the mid-1950s. Advocates of TM claim that the technique promotes a ...
. In 2003, he led a group of the
's
Montreal
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followers in a bid to construct a twelve-thousand square-foot "peace palace" on the
West Island
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.
Mercier
Mercier is French for ''notions dealer'' or ''haberdasher'', and may refer to:
People
* Agnès Mercier, French curler and coach
*Annick Mercier (born 1964), French curler
*Amanda H. Mercier (born 1975), American Judge
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: Pierre Bergeron
Pierre Bergeron was a Natural Law candidate in one federal and two provincial elections. He described himself as a professor in 1993.
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Natural Law
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Gilles Duceppe
Gilles Duceppe (; born July 22, 1947) is a Canadian retired politician, proponent of the Quebec sovereignty movement and former leader of the Bloc Québécois. He was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for over 20 years and ...
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Bloc Québécois
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Viau
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William Cusano
William Cusano (October 19, 1943 – November 14, 2012) was an Italian-born former politician in Quebec, Canada. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1981 to 2007.
Born in Sepino, Sepino-Campobasso, Italy, Cusano and his ...
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Liberal
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** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
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* Sexually liberal feminism
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Mercier
Mercier is French for ''notions dealer'' or ''haberdasher'', and may refer to:
People
* Agnès Mercier, French curler and coach
*Annick Mercier (born 1964), French curler
*Amanda H. Mercier (born 1975), American Judge
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Robert Perreault
Robert Perreault (born 13 May 1947) is a Canadian politician and administrator in the province of Quebec. He was a prominent city councillor in Montreal from 1982 to 1994, a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 ...
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Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois (; ; PQ) is a sovereignist and social democratic provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. The PQ advocates national sovereignty for Quebec involving independence of the province of Quebec from Canada and establishin ...
Official results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec
References
Candidates in Quebec provincial elections