Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis, QC (French pronunciation: [dyplɛsi]; April 20, 1890 – September 7, 1959) byname "Le Chef" ("The Boss"), was a Canadian lawyer...

The Duplessis Orphans (French: les Orphelins de Duplessis) were a population of Canadian children wrongly certified as mentally ill by the provincial...

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...

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...

Parliament Building in Quebec City, during the administration of Maurice Duplessis. Legislation governing its usage was enacted on March 9, 1950. Quebec's...

Duplessis was a historical television series in Quebec, Canada, that aired in 1978. It tells the story of Maurice Duplessis, the controversial premier...

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...

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...

expression the "Two Solitudes". In the wake of the conscription crisis, Maurice Duplessis of the Union Nationale ascended to power and implemented conservative...

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...

Look up Duplessis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Duplessis may refer to: Duplessis (surname) Maurice Duplessis (1890–1959), the 16th premier of Quebec...

Lucile Duplessis, a French Revolutionary figure, wife of Camille Desmoulins Marie Duplessis, a French courtesan and mistress Maurice Duplessis (1890-1959)...

party. He served as minister without portfolio in the government of Maurice Duplessis until resigning in 1939 to protest the Quebec government's opposition...

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...

Dundun Press, 2007 page 149 Maurice Duplessis reprend le pouvoir, Les Archives de Radio-Canada, August 8, 1944 Duplessis triomphe devant ses partisans...

first book on Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis. Black had been granted access to Duplessis' papers, housed in Duplessis' former residence in Trois-Rivières...

basketball player Maurice Crum (disambiguation), multiple people Maurice Deligne (1861–1939), French politician Maurice Duplessis (1890–1959), 16th Premier...

S2CID 144929356. Rumilly, Robert (1978). Maurice Duplessis et son temps, Tome II. Montreal: Fides. Black, Conrad (1977). Duplessis. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart...

Problems or Tremblay Commission was called for by the premier of Quebec, Maurice Duplessis in 1953. The commission, chaired by Mr. Justice Thomas Tremblay, studied...

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...

Province of Quebec, Canada. The Union Nationale, led by former premier Maurice Duplessis, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Adélard Godbout...

Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Georges-Émile...

demotion by "The Chief" (Duplessis). Some say that he stood alone in a cabinet of "yes men". Sauvé succeeded Maurice Duplessis as leader of the Union Nationale...

they ran a candidate. Less than a year later, Conservative Leader Maurice Duplessis, a rising star in provincial politics, tried to pressure ALN Leader...

proposed St. Lawrence Seaway project with the United States. In 1937, Maurice Duplessis, the conservative Union Nationale premier of Quebec, passed the Padlock...

Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Adélard Godbout...

(MLAs) (membres de l'Assemblée législative (M.A.L.s)), which Premier Maurice Duplessis noted in his speech on the bill, "can sometimes be pronounced as 'mal'...

is based in Montreal, Quebec, with head office at 11011 Boulevard Maurice-Duplessis. Metro is the third-largest grocer in Canada, after Loblaw Companies...

Quebec under the system of responsible government. Under this system, Maurice Duplessis was Quebec's longest-serving premier, holding office for a total of...

during the Duplessis years, such as the tragedy of the Duplessis Orphans. Agitation for reform came from liberal Quebeckers during the Duplessis years, although...