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This article is about the 1980s political party. For the historical Conservative party of the 19th and early 20th century, see Conservative Party of Quebec (historical). For the modern 21st century Conservative party, see Conservative Party of Quebec. Political party
Progressive Conservative Party of Quebec
Parti progressiste conservateur du Québec
FounderDenis Carignan
Founded1982
Dissolved1989
Split fromUnion Nationale
IdeologyConservatism
Liberal conservatism
Economic liberalism
Progressive conservatism
Political positionCentre-right
Colours  Blue

The Parti progressiste conservateur du Québec (Eng: Progressive Conservative Party of Quebec) was formed in 1982 with Denis Carignan as leader but was rebuffed by federal Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark who told them to keep their distance.

The party was dormant until January 1985 when Carignan stepped aside to allow André Asselin, a lawyer and the mayor of the small town of Ste-Émilie-de-l'Énergie, and president of the Quebec Union of Regional Municipal Councils, to become the party leader. However, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney told the press following a meeting with the Quebec Liberal Party leader Robert Bourassa that he did not support the creation of a provincial Progressive Conservative Party. By the 1980s, the conservative Union Nationale was no longer a contender for office and in terminal decline, but it rebuffed an offer by Asselin for a merger with his Progressive Conservative Party.

After making an impression in a June 1985 by-election in which Asselin placed second with 30% of the vote in L'Assomption, the party nominated 48 candidates for the December 1985 provincial election but failed to make a major impact, receiving 1.03% popular vote. Asselin blamed the party's poor showing on what he called deliberate sabotage by federal officials who discouraged Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from giving money or otherwise being identified with the provincial group.

Asselin resigned as party leader in 1989 leaving Robert Coppenrath to lead the party into the 1989 election where it ran 12 candidates and received 0.14% of the vote. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, the party disbanded shortly afterward.

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Election results

General election # of candidates # of seats won % of popular vote
1985 48 0 1.03%
1989 12 0 0.14%

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References

  1. Ian Macdonald, L. (2002). From Bourassa to Bourassa: Wilderness to Restoration. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 9780773523913.
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