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65-712: Union Nationale (English: National Union) may refer to several political parties: Union Nationale (Quebec) , Canada Rwandese National Union , Union nationale rwandaise in French National Union (Chad) , Union nationale in French Chadian National Union , Union nationale tchadienne , known as UNT National Union (Switzerland) , Union nationale in French See also [ edit ] National Union (disambiguation) ,
130-651: A few months later. Michel Le Moignan , the MNA for the district of Gaspé , took over as interim leader. This left the once-mighty party with only five seats. On January 9, 1981, federal Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Roch LaSalle was acclaimed leader of the Union Nationale. In the April 1981 provincial election , the party lost all of its seats, and would never elect another MNA. La Salle resigned as leader and returned to federal politics—winning
195-607: A first language, while those whose mother tongue was English accounted for 3.9%. The next most common first languages were Spanish (2%), Arabic (1.3%) and Dari (0.7%) As of 2021, approximately 88.7% of Sherbrooke residents were white, while 9.6% were visible minorities and 1.7% were Indigenous . The largest visible minority groups in Sherbrooke were black (3.1%), Latin American (2%), Arab (1.7%), and West Asian (1%). The Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) comprises
260-508: A government that was increasingly seen as tired and unfocused, despite Sauvé's efforts at reform. He called an election in 1960 , almost a year before it was due. The Union Nationale went into the contest under its third leader in less than a year, and narrowly lost to Jean Lesage 's Liberals. The new government implemented a vast program of social changes, which is now known as the Quiet Revolution . Daniel Johnson, Sr. became
325-720: A junior hockey team playing in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League . The Sherbrooke Canadiens competed in the American Hockey League from 1984 to 1990. Sherbrooke is the seat of the judicial district of Saint-François. Local governance is provided by the Sherbrooke City Council . The mayor is Évelyne Beaudin. Under the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec , Sherbrooke merged with most of
390-673: A local biochemical factory suffered an explosion, which killed 2, and injured 19, some severely. A large toxic cloud enveloped part of the city, raising health concerns. Located at the confluence of the Saint-François (St. Francis) and Magog rivers in the heart of the Eastern Townships and the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec , coextensive with
455-643: A majority of the province's seats in the 1958 federal election —something that the Tories hadn't done in over 60 years. Duplessis died in 1959 and was succeeded by his Minister of Social Welfare, Paul Sauvé . Well aware that he faced, at most, two years before the next election, Sauvé saw the need to modernize one of the most conservative governments in Canada, and initiated a program of reform called "100 Days of Change." However, he also died after only three months in office. Labour Minister Antonio Barrette took over
520-544: A minister in the Johnson government, as interim party leader on October 28, 1985. Earlier, Léveillé had announced the formation of his own Parti du progrès , which he subsequently abandoned. Léveillé led the party into the December 2, 1985, general election . However, the party ran only 19 candidates, none of whom came close to being elected. It only won 0.23% of the popular vote, its worst showing ever. This would prove to be
585-576: A minor political party which garners less than 1% of the popular vote, was founded in 2000 and emulates the Union Nationale by combining moderate Quebec nationalism with Christian social conservatism. It changed its name in 2012 to the Parti unité nationale . The party was re-registered in 2020 by Jonathan Blanchette who ran as the party's only candidate in the 2022 Quebec general election , receiving 159 votes in Abitibi-Ouest . The new Union Nationale
650-482: A number of small conservative and créditiste parties were created and were in competition with the Union Nationale for the few thousands of votes that were still up for grabs. Those parties included André Asselin's Progressive Conservative Party of Quebec , Jacques E. Tardif's Unité Québec and Jean-Paul Poulin's Parti crédit social uni . The situation accelerated the demise of the Union Nationale. On June 19, 1989, Quebec chief electoral officer Pierre F. Côté withdrew
715-532: A provincial income tax equal to 15 per cent of the federal income tax, claimed that the Godbout government failed to impose the strict respect for the principles established in the British North America Act of 1867 . The Liberals won a plurality of the vote in the 1944 election , finishing one point ahead of the Union Nationale. However, since rural areas were significantly overrepresented,
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#1732765479434780-406: Is 10.32 students per 100 inhabitants, giving Sherbrooke the largest concentration of students in Quebec. Sherbrooke rose as a manufacturing centre in the 1800s, and today the service sector is prominent. The Sherbrooke region is surrounded by mountains, rivers, and lakes. There are several ski hills nearby and various tourist attractions in regional flavour. Mont-Bellevue Park , a large park in
845-523: Is a city in southern Quebec , Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec , coextensive with the city of Sherbrooke. With 172,950 residents at the Canada 2021 Census , it is the sixth largest city in
910-451: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Union Nationale (Quebec) Provincial Politics Economy The Union nationale ( French pronunciation: [ynjɔ̃ nɑsjɔnal] ) was a conservative and nationalist provincial political party in Quebec , Canada , that identified with Québécois autonomism . It
975-469: Is large, averaging at 287 centimetres (113 in), sometimes falling in May and October. Precipitation is not sparse any time of the year, but is the greatest in summer and fall and at its least from January to April, totalling 1,100 millimetres (43.3 in) annually. The highest temperature ever recorded in Sherbrooke was 36.7 °C (98 °F) on 1 & 2 July 1931. The coldest temperature ever recorded
1040-710: Is represented by Guy Hardy of the PLQ and Richmond is represented by Karine Vallières of the PLQ. In 2007, the crime rate was 5,491 per 100,000. Sherbrooke does not host any units from the Regular Force with the exception of a recruiting centre, but four Primary Reserve units are stationed in the city: A Canadian military artifact is preserved at the William Street Armoury: the Sherman tank "Bomb" . The tank helped liberate Europe fighting with
1105-488: The 1948 election . The Liberals were decimated; nearly all of their 14 MNAs were from Montreal 's West Island . Godbout himself lost his own seat, leaving the Liberals without a full-time leader in the legislature. On the debit side, Duplessis' relations with labour in general and trade unions in particular were difficult and led to a number of strikes. The government was also accused of being too strongly aligned with
1170-705: The Action libérale nationale , a group of dissidents from the Quebec Liberal Party , formed a loose coalition with the Conservative Party of Quebec . In the 1935 Quebec election , the two parties agreed to run only one candidate of either party in each riding. The Action libérale nationale (ALN) elected 26 out of 57 candidates and the Conservatives won 16 seats out of 33 districts. Conservative leader Maurice Duplessis became Leader of
1235-573: The Action libérale nationale , led by Paul Gouin, and the Quebec Conservative Party , led by Maurice Duplessis elected, which elected 42 MLAs (27 ALN and 15 Conservatives) running as an electoral alliance under the banner of the Union nationale . The two parties formally merged prior to the 1936 election. Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( / ˈ ʃ ɜːr b r ʊ k / SHUR -bruuk , Quebec French : [ʃɛʁˈbʁʊk] )
1300-617: The Centre des arts de la scène Jean-Besré (CASJB), built by the city with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Communications , has assisted in the creation and production of material for the region's artistic community. It serves as the location for training theatre, music, and dance professionals. It contains three rehearsal studios, a production room, a decoration workshop, and a costume workshop, as well as administrative offices for each of its resident companies. The Sherbrooke Expos of
1365-671: The Legislative Council of Quebec and completed the dam and the generating station of Manic-5 in 1968 and laid the groundwork for the public health insurance plan that would later be implemented by the Liberal government of Robert Bourassa . The official visit of French President Charles de Gaulle in Canada in 1967 and Daniel Johnson, Sr.'s sudden death in 1968 left the party divided between its nationalist wing and members who clearly positioned themselves as federalists . The latter prevailed when Jean-Jacques Bertrand won
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#17327654794341430-522: The Ligue de Baseball Majeur du Québec , an amateur baseball league, play their home games at Amedée Roy Stadium . The city also hosted some games of the 2002 World Junior Baseball Championship , and the 2013 Canada Games . Historically, several professional teams based in Sherbrooke competed in Minor League Baseball or in independent baseball leagues : The Sherbrooke Phoenix is
1495-502: The Quebec Charter of Rights and Freedoms . It was the first time in Quebec that a party had lost its official status as a result of its debts. Le Brun resurrected the Union Nationale under the name Parti Renaissance on June 26, 1992. It ran candidates in two by-elections in 1993, but the party did not field any eligible candidates in the 1994 election and lost its registration on August 27, 1994. Although another attempt
1560-662: The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment and is the only Canadian tank to have landed on the Normandy beach on D-Day ; it fought through to VE Day without being knocked out. Transdev Limocar provides bus service to Montreal via Granby and Magog . Formerly, Autobus Jordez linked Sherbrooke to Drummondville and Trois-Rivières , and also to Victoriaville and Quebec City , but since the company lost their licence to operate heavy vehicles, they have sold their licence to Autobus La Québécoise, who now provide
1625-411: The 1950s, some the steel and textile industries declined, giving way to government services and education. As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec , the city grew considerably on 1 January 2002, when it absorbed Ascot, Bromptonville, Deauville, Fleurimont, Lennoxville , Rock Forest, and Saint-Élie-d'Orford. Part of Stoke was also annexed to the newly expanded Sherbrooke. In 2012,
1690-628: The Catholic clergy. Indeed, many priests openly supported the Duplessis government and attacked the Liberals by using the slogan Le ciel est bleu, l'enfer est rouge (Heaven is blue, hell is red)--a reference to the primary colours of both parties (blue for the UN, red for the Liberals). The government was also accused of discrimination against Jehovah's Witnesses , receiving insufficient royalties for
1755-586: The English equivalent to this term Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Union Nationale . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Union_Nationale&oldid=1115612520 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Political party disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1820-557: The Liberals won a plurality of the vote in the 1966 election , the Union Nationale eked out a narrow majority in part because rural areas were significantly overrepresented. Among the newly elected MLAs, there were three former federal politicians: Rémi Paul , Jean-Noël Tremblay and Clément Vincent . Johnson set a slower pace, but sustained many reforms initiated by the Liberals. His administration established CEGEPs ( Collèges d'enseignement général et professionnel , or 'College of General and Vocational Education') in 1967, abolished
1885-474: The Liberals. The pledge was devastating to the Union Nationale, which lost the 1939 election . While serving in His Majesty's Loyal Opposition , the party opposed Women's suffrage which was enacted by the government of Adélard Godbout in 1940. The Union Nationale enjoyed a surge after a majority of Canadian voters allowed the federal government to pass conscription. Duplessis, who would later create
1950-589: The Opposition . He soon rose to prominence as he used the Standing Committee on Public Accounts to expose the corrupt practices of the Liberal government of Alexandre Taschereau and force it to call an early election. Capitalizing on his success, Duplessis called a caucus meeting at Sherbrooke 's Magog Hotel and received the support of 15 Conservatives and 22 ALN members in favour of a merger of
2015-458: The Union Nationale name. In May 1976, business owner Rodrigue Biron , a former card-carrying Liberal supporter who had no experience in provincial politics, was chosen as party leader. Bellemare tried to flush out potential candidates for the leadership of the UN (such as former Liberal cabinet minister Jérôme Choquette ) by calling a leadership convention for May 1976, but was unsuccessful. His impulsive policy statements and poor relations with
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2080-481: The Union Nationale won 48 seats to the Liberals' 37, allowing Duplessis to return as premier. World War II prosperity kept unemployment low. Machine politics , fiscal conservatism and a program of rural electrification consolidated the dominance of the Union Nationale over the province. The Duplessis government adopted the current flag of Quebec to replace the Union Jack . It won a landslide victory in
2145-474: The area. It prioritized speculation over immigration. In 1852 a railway linked Montreal and Portland, Maine via Sherbrooke. By the 1890s, there were rail connections to Boston , Halifax , and New York City . Immigration from the rest of Quebec began in 1850, and by 1871 francophones were in the majority. By the turn of the 20th century, Sherbrooke was a thriving industrial city, with manufacturing benefiting from locally-produced hydroelectricity . From
2210-543: The average population is 7,200 inhabitants. Sherbrooke is split into the federal electoral districts of Sherbrooke , represented by Élisabeth Brière of the Liberal party of Canada and Compton—Stanstead , represented by Marie-Claude Bibeau of the Liberals . Provincially, Sherbrooke is divided into three electoral districts. Sherbrooke is represented by Christine Labrie of the Québec solidaire (QS), Saint-François
2275-644: The by-election created by his resignation from parliament a few months earlier. In 1982, lawyer Jean-Marc Beliveau, who had been appointed interim leader by the party executive following Lasalle's resignation, was elected Union Nationale leader by acclamation at what would be the party's final leadership convention. The party was $ 150,000 in debt, but appeared poised to return to the National Assembly when one public opinion poll in October 1984 showed it with 18% public support, its best showing since 1976, in
2340-460: The cities of Sherbrooke, Magog and Waterville , the municipalities of Ascot Corner , Compton , Saint-Denis-de-Brompton , Stoke and Val-Joli ; the township municipalities of Hatley and Orford ; and the village municipality of North Hatley . The population in 2021 was 227,398. The median age was 43. Approximately 90.5% of the greater Sherbrooke area residents were white, while 7.7% were visible minorities and 1.8% were Aboriginal . French
2405-631: The city of Sherbrooke. Its geographical code is 43. Sherbrooke has a humid continental climate ( Köppen Dfb ), with long, cold, and snowy winters, warm summers, and short but crisp springs and autumns. Highs range from −5.8 °C (21.6 °F) in January to 24.6 °C (76.3 °F) in July. In an average year, there are 34 nights at or colder than −20 °C (−4 °F), and 6.5 nights at or colder than −30 °C (−22 °F); 4.1 days will see highs reaching 30 °C (86 °F). Annual snowfall
2470-432: The city, is used for downhill skiing . The city was named in 1818 for John Coape Sherbrooke , a former Governor General of Canada . First Nations settled the region between 8,000 and 3,000 years ago. The Abenaki called it Ktinékétolékouac / Kchi Nikitawtegwak ('the large forks'), or Shacewanteku (where one smokes). The first non-native settler was the farmer Jean-Baptiste Nolain, in 1779. The area
2535-405: The extraction the province's natural resources and allowing election fraud for its own benefit. Nonetheless, the Union Nationale was re-elected in the 1952 election with a reduced majority, and in the 1956 election . Moreover, its influence was made obvious when its organization helped defeat Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau in 1957 and helped John Diefenbaker 's Progressive Conservative 's win
2600-440: The final general election in which the Union Nationale fielded candidates. By the 1980s, the Union Nationale no longer could rely on a significant get-out-the-vote organization or attract any media attention. The electorate was increasingly polarized over the constitutional issue, with conservative-leaning voters split between either the federalist Liberals or the sovereigntist Parti Québécois in provincial elections. Furthermore,
2665-525: The last Union Nationale members elected to the legislature) announced the formation of a new Conservative Party of Quebec . Fontaine had asked Éric Caire of the ADQ to join the party and become its leader, with a view to attract disaffected ADQ supporters, but this did not materialize and Caire now sits as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec . The Parti démocratie chrétienne du Québec,
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2730-437: The leader of the Union Nationale in 1961. He was chosen by party delegates rather than by his colleagues only. The party was heavily defeated in the 1962 election , but it held a convention to discuss its platform in 1965 and opened its structures to card-carrying supporters. Johnson published a book called Égalité ou indépendance (Equality or independence), which appealed to a number of nationalist voters. Even though
2795-686: The legislature passed the Act to protect the Province Against Communistic Propaganda , better known as the Padlock Law , in 1937, which provided evidence of Duplessis's interest in appearing tough on communism . Duplessis called an election shortly after Canada declared war against Germany . Federal Cabinet Member Ernest Lapointe , the Quebec lieutenant of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King , promised that no one would face conscription if voters supported
2860-550: The nearby city of Cookshire-Eaton . Sherbrooke Airport no longer offers scheduled passenger services as of March 2010. According to data from the Institut de la statistique du Québec , average personal income per capita in the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) of Sherbrooke amounted to CA$ 30,976 in 2010. Estrie's GDP for the same year was $ 9.59 billion. The hockey equipment manufacturer Sherwood
2925-415: The old guard of the party led to resignations of party officials, including Jacques Tétreault , who had been his most serious opponent for the party leadership. In September 1976, Biron abandoned a plan to unite his party with Choquette's Parti National Populaire , despite prior efforts made by the two groups. The Union Nationale made a modest recovery in the 1976 election , winning 11 seats and 18.2% of
2990-526: The party leadership over Jean-Guy Cardinal , but the controversy over a language legislation known as Bill 63 prompted a number of nationalist supporters, and legislators such as Antonio Flamand and Jérôme Proulx to join the Parti Québécois . In addition, the Union Nationale lost a portion of its conservative base, including MNA Gaston Tremblay , to the Ralliement créditiste . Bertrand
3055-580: The party's registration after the party was found to be nearly $ 350,000 in debt. As a result of this decision, it was no longer able to receive contributions or make expenditures. The next day, the interim leader of the party, Michel Le Brun, told a reporter that he would contest the decision before the Quebec Superior Court , arguing that the decision was unfair, and a violation of both the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and
3120-504: The party, while Rouville Beaudry and Grégoire Bélanger left politics. The government adopted a farm credit policy in 1936, which was popular in rural areas where the party's most loyal base of supporters lived, but for the most part the administration of Maurice Duplessis protected the status quo. For instance, it gave the Catholic clergy government money to provide public education , health care and other social services. Also,
3185-473: The popular vote. While it came up just short of official party status in the legislature, the party appeared to be back from the brink. However, this did not last. From 1978 to 1980, five MNAs either crossed the floor , moved to federal politics or retired. The party bottomed out in 1980, when Biron resigned as leader and left the party to sit as an independent, and then joined the Parti Québécois
3250-538: The population each while buddhist made 0.2%. Sherbrooke, which is the economic centre of Estrie , is a significant cultural, industrial, and academic hub in the province. The city is directly served by two railways: the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad and the Canadian Pacific Railway . Sherbrooke is also served by four highways as well as the regional airport named Sherbrooke Airport but located in
3315-688: The province and the 30th largest in Canada. The Sherbrooke Census Metropolitan Area had 227,398 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Quebec and 19th in Canada. Sherbrooke is the primary economic, political, cultural, and institutional centre of Estrie, and was known as the Queen of the Eastern Townships at the beginning of the 20th century. There are eight institutions educating 40,000 students and employing 11,000 people, 3,700 of whom are professors, teachers and researchers. The direct economic effect of these institutions exceeds one billion dollars . The proportion of university students
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#17327654794343380-669: The suburban municipalities in the surrounding area: Rock Forest, Saint-Élie-d'Orford, Deauville, Fleurimont, Bromptonville, Ascot, and Lennoxville. This resulted in the creation of six Boroughs of Sherbrooke : Brompton , Fleurimont , Lennoxville , Mont-Bellevue , Rock Forest–Saint-Élie–Deauville , and Jacques-Cartier . Each of the boroughs is subdivided into electoral districts , with the number varying based on population. For example, there are only two districts in Brompton, which only has 6,314 inhabitants, whereas Fleurimont (pop. 40,824) has five. Sherbrooke has 21 districts total, for which
3445-950: The summer season, several festivals, concerts, and events are held in the city, such as the Fête du Lac des Nations , Sherblues & Folk , and the Festival des traditions du monde . Come winter, the city hosts the Carnaval de Sherbrooke . The city has British architectural heritage , as seen in the buildings in Vieux-Nord . Sherbrooke has the fourth largest theatre in Quebec, the Maurice O'Bready University Cultural Centre of Sherbrooke (Salle Maurice-O’bready du centre culturel de l’Université de Sherbrooke). Music, theatre, and dance shows are staged there. The Centennial Theatre of Bishop's University also hosts music and dance concerts from around
3510-538: The two parties under his leadership under the name Union nationale . The new party had no formal ties to the federal Conservatives . It ran candidates in every district and won a majority of the seats in the 1936 election . Even though Duplessis had run on ideas inspired from the ALN platform, he soon alienated the more progressive members of his caucus. René Chaloult , Oscar Drouin , Joseph-Ernest Grégoire , Philippe Hamel , François Leduc and Adolphe Marcoux quit
3575-682: The wake of the 1984 federal election in which the Progressive Conservatives won Quebec and the country in a landslide. However, Béliveau contested a June 3, 1985 by-election in Trois-Rivières and was defeated, finishing third with 16% of the vote. He tried to merge the UN with the fledgling Progressive Conservative Party of Quebec , but negotiations came to nothing. In September, after a group of veteran party members demanded his immediate resignation, Beliveau stepped down as leader. The party appointed André Léveillé ,
3640-563: The world. The Vieux Clocher, owned by the Université de Sherbrooke , has two stages, the primary being used by various music groups and comedians from around the province. The Théâtre Granada , designated as a historical site by the Canadian government, holds music concerts. It has retained its original architecture since its opening. The Petit Théâtre de Sherbrooke , located downtown, presents musicals and plays for children. Since 2007,
3705-473: Was mother tongue to 87.3% of residents. The next most common mother tongues were English (4.5%), Spanish (1.6%), Arabic (1.0%) Dari (0.5%), Mandarin (0.2%), Portuguese (0.2%) and Serbian (0.2%). About 55.7% of the population identified as Catholic in 2021 while 32.2% said they had no religious affiliation, 2.9% were Muslim , 0.5% Anglican , 0.5% Eastern Orthodox , 0.4% Jehovah's Witness and 0.4% Baptist . United Church and Pentecostals made up 0.3% of
3770-530: Was created during the Great Depression and held power in Quebec from 1936 to 1939, and 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 to in English as the National Union , especially when it was still an electoral force, by both the media and, at times, the party. The party started when
3835-580: Was first surveyed in 1792. Americans from Vermont built mills in the area in 1802. Gilbert Hyatt led a group of loyalists , who settled around 1803. He dammed the Magog River and a gristmill and a sawmill were soon built nearby. The settlement was then known as Hyatt's Mills. The first immigrants from England arrived in 1815. The British American Land Company was formed in 1832 to acquire and develop almost 1,100,000 acres (1,719 sq mi; 4,452 km ) of Crown land and other lands in
3900-787: Was founded in Sherbrooke in 1949. The city is also home to the hockey puck manufacturer Inglasco . As of 2010, the largest employers in Sherbrooke are Université de Sherbrooke (6,000 employees), Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (5,511), Commission scolaire de la Région-de-Sherbrooke (3,050), Centre de santé et de services sociaux – Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Sherbrooke (2,650), City of Sherbrooke (1,913), Desjardins Group (1,713), Cégep de Sherbrooke (800), Centre Jeunesse de l'Estrie (527), Nordia Inc. (500), Canada Post (497), Kruger Inc. - Publication papers business unit (455), Bishop's University (450) and McDonald's (400). These include enterprises operating in Sherbrooke only and having 400 or more employees. In
3965-473: Was founded in opposition to health restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada . The media claimed that the Parti Québécois was going through a phase of Union-Nationalization ( French : unionnationalisation ) when, in the mid-1980s, it chose Pierre-Marc Johnson as its leader and put the issue of Quebec sovereignty on the back burner. Source: [1] Compared to the 1935 election in which
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#17327654794344030-548: Was made to revive the Union Nationale in 1998, it failed when the party failed to nominate enough candidates to be registered. The Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) was established about at the same time and made a significant breakthrough in the districts that were once considered the base of the Union Nationale's support. This has continued with Coalition Avenir Québec , which has sometimes drawn comparisons with Union Nationale. In 2009, former Union Nationale MNAs Serge Fontaine and Bertrand Goulet (both of whom had been among
4095-492: Was not enough to halt the party's decline, and at the 1973 election , it was shut out of the legislature for the first time. In 1974, former UN Cabinet Member and interim leader Maurice Bellemare won a by-election , and the party again was represented in the National Assembly . On May 31, 1975, the party merged with the tiny Parti présidentiel , a group of Créditiste dissidents led by Yvon Brochu , and kept
4160-560: Was unable to inspire voters and the party seemed to have lost touch with Quebec society. In the 1970 election , the Union Nationale was resoundingly defeated, winning only 17 seats. While it finished third in the popular vote behind the PQ, it still managed to become the Official Opposition. Gabriel Loubier took over as leader and the party became known as Unité Québec from October 25, 1971 to January 14, 1973. The name change
4225-522: Was −41.2 °C (−42.2 °F) on 15 January 2004. The city includes several neighbourhoods: In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Sherbrooke had a population of 172,950 living in 80,476 of its 86,019 total private dwellings, a change of 7.2% from its 2016 population of 161,323 . With a land area of 353.4 km (136.4 sq mi), it had a population density of 489.4/km (1,267.5/sq mi) in 2021. As of 2021, 86.4% of Sherbrooke residents spoke French as
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