For francophones outside Montreal, it was about protecting their culture, language and identity.
For the younger set: Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis — people sure knew how to give kids great middle names in those days, like U.S. President Harry Truman whose middle name was the simple letter S —. Maurice Duplessis was a dominant figure in Quebec politics, premier between 1944 and his death in 1959, plus three years in the 1930s, because he knew exactly how to appeal to white, Catholic, French-speaking voters who weren’t from downtown Montreal.
He was first elected in 1998 with the Parti Québécois of Lucien Bouchard and served as industry and education minister. That ended in 2008 with the return of the provincial Liberals under the same Jean Charest who just lost the leadership of the federal Conservative party to Pierre Poilievre. Legault kept his seat in 1998 but resigned in 1999.Article content
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