The Bloc populaire canadien (lit.'Canadian Popular Bloc'), often shortened to the Bloc populaire or the Bloc, was a political party in the Canadian province of Quebec from 1942 to 1947. It was founded on September 8, 1942 by opponents of conscription during the Second World War. The party ran candidates at both federal and provincial levels.
The Blocpopulaire canadien (lit. 'Canadian Popular Bloc'), often shortened to the Blocpopulaire or the Bloc, was a political party in the Canadian province...
(2001–2002; split from Canadian Alliance), and Québec debout (2018; split from Bloc Québécois). The Senate of Canada is Canada's unelected upper chamber. It...
Senegalese Popular Bloc (in French: BlocPopulaire Sénégalais (BPS)) was the result of the merger of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc (BDS) of Léopold Sédar...
Leader Solon Earl Low Maxime Raymond Tim Buck Party Social Credit Blocpopulaire Labor–Progressive3 Leader since April 6, 1944 February 10, 1943 1929...
People's Rhinoceros Notable historical parties and groups Anti-Confederate Blocpopulaire Canadian Alliance Conservative Co-operative Commonwealth Democratic...
Conscription Crisis of 1944 may have contributed to his defeat. The BlocPopulaire won four seats on an anti-conscription platform. More importantly, they...
government passed Bill 80 for overseas service. Protests exploded and the BlocPopulaire emerged to fight conscription. The stark differences between the values...
conscription, Michel Chartrand became an outspoken opponent and joined the Blocpopulaire canadien movement to campaign against conscription. In February 1942...
politics. The Union populaire was succeeded by the Parti nationaliste du Québec in the 1984 federal election, and subsequently by the Bloc Québécois. Only...
political force wanted to enter Quebec politics: the anti-conscriptionist Blocpopulaire. It was a brainchild of such figures as Lionel Groulx and Georges Pelletier [fr]...
party in 1942 over the conscription issue, many of whom joined the Blocpopulaire canadien when it was formed that fall to campaign against the government...
government of the new Conservative Party. Further, in 1993 the separatist Bloc Québécois won seats for the first time. It has been a constant presence in...
in World War II though less effectively, and he was a member of the Blocpopulaire. His influence on Quebec's politics can still be seen in all major provincial...
Duplessis again, this time placing their hopes in another new party, the Blocpopulaire Canadien, led by André Laurendeau. Future Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau...
out of 90 seats thanks to vote-splitting between the Liberals and the Blocpopulaire. The now-opposition Liberals, however, initially dismissed the return...
and became the Leader of the Blocpopulaire canadien on February 10, 1943. Raymond was re-elected in 1945 as a Blocpopulaire MP but did not run for re-election...
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