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    Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis, QC (French pronunciation: [dyplɛsi]; April 20, 1890 – September 7, 1959), byname "Le Chef" ("The Boss"), was a Canadian lawyer...
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    The Duplessis Orphans (French: les Orphelins de Duplessis) were a population of Canadian children wrongly certified as mentally ill by the provincial...
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  • Maurice Duplessis was Premier of Quebec, Canada, from 1936 to 1939 and again from 1944 to 1959 as leader of the Union Nationale (UN) caucus in the Legislative...
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    Parliament Building in Quebec City, during the administration of Maurice Duplessis. Legislation governing its usage was enacted on March 9, 1950. Quebec's...
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    Union Nationale (Quebec) (category Maurice Duplessis)
    from 1944 to 1960 and from 1966 to 1970. The party was founded by Maurice Duplessis, who led it until his death in 1959. The party was often referred...
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  • Look up Duplessis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Duplessis may refer to: Duplessis (surname) Maurice Duplessis (1890–1959), the 16th premier of Quebec...
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    Duplessis, [1959] S.C.R. 121, was a landmark constitutional decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The court held that in 1946 Maurice Duplessis, both...
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    expression the "Two Solitudes". In the wake of the conscription crisis, Maurice Duplessis of the Union Nationale ascended to power and implemented conservative...
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  • Lucile Duplessis, a French Revolutionary figure, wife of Camille Desmoulins Marie Duplessis, a French courtesan and mistress Maurice Duplessis (1890-1959)...
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  • Grande Noirceur (category Maurice Duplessis)
    the governing body of Quebec Premier Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis from 1936 to 1939 and from 1944 to 1959. Duplessis favoured rural areas over city development...
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    Dundun Press, 2007 page 149 Maurice Duplessis reprend le pouvoir, Les Archives de Radio-Canada, August 8, 1944 Duplessis triomphe devant ses partisans...
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  • strike. [citation needed] The strike was illegal. Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis sided strongly with the companies, largely due to his hostility to...
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  • basketball player Maurice Crum (disambiguation), multiple people Maurice Deligne (1861–1939), French politician Maurice Duplessis (1890–1959), 16th Premier...
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    propaganda. The law was introduced by the Union Nationale government of Maurice Duplessis and made it illegal to "use [a house] or allow any person to make...
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    Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was the father of Premier Maurice Duplessis. Duplessis was born in 1855 in Yamachiche, Mauricie, Canada East, the son...
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    first book on Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis. Black had been granted access to Duplessis' papers, housed in Duplessis' former residence in Trois-Rivières...
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  • party. He served as minister without portfolio in the government of Maurice Duplessis until resigning in 1939 to protest the Quebec government's opposition...
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    second in a row) that Duplessis led his party to a general election victory. It was Godbout's third (and final) loss to Duplessis in a general election...
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  • S2CID 144929356. Rumilly, Robert (1978). Maurice Duplessis et son temps, Tome II. Montreal: Fides. Black, Conrad (1977). Duplessis. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart...
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  • and was known for his crusading work against Quebec's then-Premier Maurice Duplessis. In 1950, he graduated from the Law School at the Université de Montreal...
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    proposed St. Lawrence Seaway project with the United States. In 1937, Maurice Duplessis, the conservative Union Nationale premier of Quebec, passed the Padlock...
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    is based in Montreal, Quebec, with head office at 11011 Boulevard Maurice-Duplessis. Metro is the third largest grocer in Canada, after Loblaw Companies...
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  • Duplessis was a historical television series in Quebec, Canada, that aired in 1978. It tells the story of Maurice Duplessis, the controversial premier...
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  • premier Adélard Godbout, defeated the incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis. This was Godbout's second non-consecutive term of office and his...
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  • row) that Duplessis led his party to a general election victory. No party has since been able to win more than three elections in a row. Duplessis died in...
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    Quebec under the system of responsible government. Under this system, Maurice Duplessis was Quebec's longest-serving premier, holding office for a total of...
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  • to Saumur was the case of Roncarelli v Duplessis [1959] S.C.R. 121. The court held that in 1946 Maurice Duplessis, both Premier and Attorney General of...
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    August 9, 1948 in opposition to the repressive rule of Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis and the decadent "social establishment" in Quebec, including the Catholic...
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    Gouin and Ozias-Leduc W Henri-Bourassa via Gouin and Ozias-Leduc 49 Maurice Duplessis E Rivière-des-Prairies W Henri-Bourassa Anjou 51 Édouard-Montpetit...
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  • Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Georges-Émile...
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