The ''Parti socialiste du Québec'' (PSQ, English: ''Socialist Party of Quebec'') was a

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. The PSQ was founded in November 1963 as the result of a split at the founding conference of the original

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, held in June 1963, over the issue of Quebec self-determination with

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, former leader of the

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, among the nationalists supporting self-determination.André Leclerc, ''Fernand Daoust. 1. Le jeune militant syndical, nationaliste et socialiste, 1926-1964'', M éditeur, 2013, 302 p. , à la p. 280 The

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NDP -Québec decided to concentrate its efforts on organizing for federal elections, leaving the more

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Parti Socialiste du Québec to work on the provincial level. While the party never managed to become an officially registered political party, it unofficially stood five candidates in the 1966 provincial election, by which time Chartrand had moved to a harder

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position and joined the

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, before dissolving in 1968, with many of its members joining the newly formed

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(which was both separatist and

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), while others rejoined the NDPQ, which would begin to run candidates in provincial elections in

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. The PSQ published a journal titled ''Le Peuple''.

Leaders

1963-1966 *

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1966-1968

Electoral results (Quebec general elections)

References

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