In Canadian elections, a number of candidates have run as Nationalists. These groups did not necessarily have anything to do with one another other than the use of the word "national".

Quebec

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• At the provincial level, Honoré Mercier led the Parti national in the 1880s. In effect, this was the same as the Parti libéral du Québec, and soon changed its name accordingly.

• In the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, Maurice Duplessis's Union nationale was a major political force that dominated provincial elections.

• At the federal level, Quebec political parties also used the word "national" and "nationalist", although the meaning is not the same as in English.

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Federal politics

Several candiadtes and Members of Parliament used the "nationalist" label at various times:

• In the 1887 election, six candidates aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada ran in Quebec as "Nationalist" candidates, although only one was elected.

• Guillaume Amyot, a former supporter of the Conservatives latterly became a Nationalist Conservative.

• The "Nationalist" label was used occasionally by Liberal candidates until 1912.

• Another prominent nationalist in Quebec was Henri Bourassa, although he never sat as a "Nationalist" Member of Parliament (MP), but as a "Liberal" or "Independent".

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• Adrien Arcand, a fascist, created the Christian National Socialist Party at the provincial level in Quebec by obvious analogy with the National Socialist (Nazi) Party of Hitler's Germany. Arcand also created the "National Unity Party of Canada" at the federal level. Neither party was ever elected to office.

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Self Described Nationalists in Canada

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Nationalist Political Parties and groups

• Canadian
  • Canadian Action Party
  • Council of Canadians
  • National Party of Canada- now defunct
  • Campaign for Canada - David Orchard's organization
  • Vive Le Canada

• Provincial Separatist
• Quebec
  • Parti Quebecois
  • Bloc Quebecois
• Western Canada
  • Western Canada Concept (Defunct)
  • Western Block Party
  • Western Canada Party
• Alberta
  • Separation Party of Alberta

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See also

• Canadian Nationalism
• Nationalism
• Politics of Quebec

• List of political parties in Canada