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unusual facts about Union Nationale


Marcel Côté

In the 1973 Quebec general election, Côté was a candidate for Union Nationale in the riding of Sherbrooke, but lost to Jean-Paul Pépin of the Quebec Liberal Party.


26th Quebec Legislature

The Union Nationale, which had previously governed for more than 15 years, formed the official opposition under successive interim leaders Yves Prévost and Antonio Talbot, and then under Daniel Johnson, Sr. The Legislature lasted only two years as Lesage called the 1962 election as a referendum for the nationalization of hydroelectricity under Hydro-Québec.

Guy Bacon

Bacon ran as a Liberal candidate in the district of Trois-Rivières in 1970, and won against Union Nationale incumbent Gilles Gauthier.

Marcel Bérard

Bérard ran as a Liberal candidate to the National Assembly of Quebec in the district of Saint-Maurice in 1973 and defeated Union Nationale incumbent Philippe Demers.

Paul Sauvé

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Philippe Demers

He successfully ran as the Union Nationale candidate in the provincial district of Saint-Maurice in the 1966 general election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, defeating the liberal incumbent Jean-Guy Trépanier.

Roger Lapointe

Lapointe was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 1973 provincial election, defeating Union Nationale incumbent Fernand Lafontaine in the division of Labelle.


see also

Chadian National Union

The Chadian National Union (Union Nationale Tchadienne or UNT) was a radical Muslim political party founded in 1958 in Chad by Issa Dana, Mahamut Outman and Abba Siddick.

Loubier

Gabriel Loubier (born 1932), Canadian Union Nationale politician

National Union of Professional Footballers

The National Union of Professional Footballers (French language, Union nationale des footballeurs professionnels, UNFP) is an association founded on 16 November 1961 by two football players (Eugène N'Jo Léa, Just Fontaine) and a jurist (Jacques Bertrand).

Paul Sauvé Arena

It was named after Paul Sauvé (March 24, 1907 – January 2, 1960), a Quebec Premier with the Union Nationale.

Simon Pierre Tchoungui

The participants decided to "reinforce national unity" by merging their parties into one, the Cameroon National Union (In French: Union Nationale Camerounaise - UNC).