The Parti indépendantiste (English: Independentist Party) was a provincial party which advocated

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, Canada in the second half of the 1980s.

Denis Monière

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(PQ), who believed the party was not taking a strong enough position in promoting the cause of Québec independence. Monière had previously been interim leader of the

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, a federal political party, following the resignation of the party’s founder. Monière was defeated in the 1984 Canadian election that brought Brian Mulroney to power. Under Monière's leadership, the ''Parti indépendantistes influence failed to gain momentum. The party received less than one percent of the vote in the 1985 election.

Gilles Rhéaume

Gilles Rhéaume Gilles Rhéaume (25 October 1951 – 8 February 2015) was the former Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal president from 1981 to 1985. Rhéaume was leader of the Parti indépendantiste of Quebec from 1987 to its dissolution in 1990. He ...

became party leader in 1987. During his tenure, the party became radicalized and divided over strategy.

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succeeded

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as leader of the PQ on March 18, 1988, and took a stronger stance on

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. Many Parti indépendantiste supporters returned to the PQ fold. Rhéaume resigned on January 8, 1990, and the Parti indépendantiste lost its registration on June 15 of the same year.

Leaders of the Parti indépendantiste

* Denis Monière (1985-1987) *

(1987-1990)

Election results

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