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The Parti présidentiel () was a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
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, Canada. It was founded on May 5, 1974 by former
Liberal Party of Quebec The Quebec Liberal Party (QLP; , PLQ) is a provincial political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955. The QLP has traditionally supported a form of Quebec federalist ideology with nuan ...
Member of the
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Yvon Dupuis Yvon Dupuis, (October 11, 1926 – January 1, 2017) was a Canadian politician. Political career Born in Montreal, Dupuis was educated at Collège de Varennes in Longeuil, Quebec, and worked as an insurance agent and as the owner of two music st ...
. Dupuis founded the party after resigning from the leadership of the Ralliement créditiste du Québec. It was "a group that defended conservative ideas likely to bring together activists from the Union nationale or disappointed Créditistes." Dupuis resigned from the leadership on October 21, 1974, and announced his withdrawal from political life.Assemblée nationale du Québec, Parliamentary chronology since 1764 (1973-1974)
/ref> He was replaced by Yvon Brochu. On May 31, 1975, the party merged with the Union Nationale party.


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Politics of Quebec The politics of Quebec are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces, namely a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital of Quebec is Quebec City, where the Lieutenant Governor, Pr ...
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List of Quebec general elections This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Quebec's unicameral legislative body, the National Assembly of Quebec (and its predecessor, the Legislative Assembly of Quebec). The number of sea ...
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National Assembly of Quebec The National Assembly of Quebec (, ) is the Legislature, legislative body of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; ). The lieutenant governor of Que ...
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Timeline of Quebec history This article presents a detailed timeline of Quebec history. Events taking place outside Quebec, for example in English Canada, the United States, Britain or France, may be included when they are considered to have had a significant impact on ...
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List of political parties in Quebec The following is a list of all political parties in the Canadian province of Quebec. Parties represented in the National Assembly Other registered parties Other parties authorized by the Director-General of Elections: Unregistered parties ...


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Provincial political parties in Quebec Political parties established in 1974 Political parties established in 1975 Defunct political parties in Canada 1974 establishments in Quebec 1975 disestablishments in Quebec {{Canada-party-stub