The Union Nationale (French pronunciation: [ynjɔ̃ nasjɔnal]) was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that identified with conservative Québécois autonomist nationalism. It was created during the Great Depression and held power in Quebec from 1936 to 1939, and from 1944 to 1960 under the leadership of Premier Maurice Duplessis, and from 1966 to 1970.
The party was often referred to in English as the National Union, especially when it was still an...
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The Union Nationale (French pronunciation: [ynjɔ̃ nasjɔnal]) was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that identified with conservative Québécois autonomist nationalism. It was created during the Great Depression and held power in Quebec from 1936 to 1939, and from 1944 to 1960 under the leadership of Premier Maurice Duplessis, and from 1966 to 1970.
The party was often referred to in English as the National Union, especially when it was still an electoral force; in at least one case, the party itself used that name in an English-language election ad.
The party started as a loose coalition of legislators, the Action libérale nationale (a group dissidents from the Quebec Liberal Party) and the Conservative Party of Quebec. In the 1935 Quebec election the two parties agreed to run only one candidate of either party in each district. The Action libérale nationale (ALN) elected 26 out of 57 candidates and the Conservatives won 16 seats out of 33 districts.
Conservative Leader Maurice...
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