The (National Unity Party), formerly the (Christian Democracy Party of Quebec), was a

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political party in

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, Canada. It was founded in 2000 by Roman Catholics associated with the Centre d’Information nationale Robert Rumilly. The founding leader of the party was Gilles Noël. The party's leader since 2010 has been Paul Biron, a retired engineer, whose brother,

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, was leader of the conservative Union Nationale party from 1976 to 1980. Its program was a combination of Christian orthodoxy and

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. The party is concerned about the declining birth rate in Quebec, opposed to

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and

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, wants more support for families, and wider availability of Quebec-made consumer products. The Parti démocratie chrétienne du Québec's 24 candidates won 3,575 votes in the April 2003 general election, or about 0.1% of the popular vote. It proposed to fight the aging of Quebec's population by favouring the family through the creation of a family benefit of $430 per month per child under the age of 18. The party also proposed eliminating the $5/day universal child care program offered by the Government of Quebec at the time.Jeanne Corriveau, "Le parti Démocratie chrétienne du Québec - Défendre les valeurs chrétiennes", ''Le Devoir'', 12 Avril 2003
/ref> The party won 1,620 votes in the March 2007 general election, or about 0.04% of the popular vote. On 29 June 2012 the

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approved the name of the party to be changed to "Parti Unité Nationale".

Party leaders

# Gilles Noël (2000-2005) # Michel Bélanger (2005-2006) interim # Gilles Noël (2006-2007) # Albert Malcom Tremblay (2007-2010) # Michel Bélanger (2010) # Paul Biron (since 21 December 2010)

Election results

References

External links

Website of the Parti unité nationale
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Party leaders

Election results

Election results

See also

References

External links