Patriote leader Louis-Joseph Papineau speaks to the crowd at the Assembly of the Six Counties.

The Parti canadien (also Parti patriote) was a political party in what is now Quebec, Canada, that was founded by members of the liberal elite of Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century. Its members included François Blanchet, Pierre-Stanislas Bédard, John Neilson, Jean-Thomas Taschereau, James Stuart, Louis Bourdages, Denis-Benjamin Viger, Daniel Tracey, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, Andrew Stuart, and Louis-Joseph Papineau. Image File history File linksMetadata Assemblée_des_six-comtés_painting. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Assemblée_des_six-comtés_painting. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Flower Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor Linné) Tree Yellow Birch Bird Snowy Owl Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of... Political Liberalism is an update to John Rawls 1971 Theory of Justice in which Rawls attempts to show that his theory of justice is not a comprehensive conception of the good, but is instead compatible with a liberal conception of the role of justice: namely, that government should be neutral... François Blanchet (April 3, 1776 – June 24, 1830) was a physician, businessman, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. ... Pierre-Stanislas Bédard (September 13, 1762 – April 26, 1829) was a lawyer, judge, journalist and political figure in Lower Canada. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Jean-Thomas Taschereau can be: Jean-Thomas Taschereau (politician) (1778-1832), a Canadian politician. ... Sir James Stuart (March 2, 1780 – July 14, 1853) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada. ... Louis Bourdages (July 6, 1764 – January 20, 1835) was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. ... Denis-Benjamin Viger Denis-Benjamin Viger (August 19, 1774 – February 13, 1861) was a 19th century Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman. ... Dr. Daniel Tracey, M.D. (1795-July 19th, 1832) was born in Rosecrea, Tipperary County, Ireland, a doctor, journalist and Canadian politician. ... Edmund Bailey OCallaghan, (probably 27 February 1797 – 29 May 1880) born in Mallow, Ireland, was a doctor and journalist. ... Andrew Stuart (November 25, 1785 – February 21, 1840) was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada. ... Portrait of Louis-Joseph Papineau. ...

History

Under the leadership of Pierre-Stanislas Bédard, the party campaigned for ministerial responsibility and a responsible government in which the members of the Legislative Council of Quebec would be appointed by the Legislative Assembly's majority party. At that time, the council was chosen by an appointed British governor, whom the Parti canadien considered to be severely corrupted and hostile to the interests of the majority of the population. The chamber of the Legislative Council of Quebec before its abolition From 1867 until 1968, the Legislative Council of Quebec (French; Conseil législatif du Québec) was the unelected upper house of the bicameral legislature in the Canadian province of Quebec. ... The Legislative Assembly of Quebec (French; Assemblée législative) was the name of the lower house of Quebecs legislature until 1968, when it was renamed the National Assembly. ...

In 1806, the Parti canadien imitated its political adversaries, the Tory Château Clique, in founding a newspaper named Le Canadien. In 1810, Bédard and some of his colleagues at the newspaper were arrested and imprisoned without trial for a comment published in Le Canadien. The term Tory (from Irish Gaelic tóraighe, an outlaw or guerrilla fighter, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms — literally meaning pursued man) applied to the Tory Party, the ancestor of the modern UK Conservative Party. ... The Château Clique was a group of wealthy families in Lower Canada in the early 19th century. ... Le Canadien was a French language newspaper published in Lower Canada from November 13, 1806 to March 14, 1810. ...

In 1811, James Stuart became leader of the Parti canadien in the assembly and in 1815, reformer Louis-Joseph Papineau was elected Assembly Speaker. Papineau's reformist ideas gained in authority and popularity until the suspension of the Constitutional Act in 1837. Sir James Stuart (March 2, 1780 – July 14, 1853) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada. ... The Constitutional Act of 1791 was a British law which changed the government of the province of Quebec to accommodate the many English-speaking settlers, known as the United Empire Loyalists, who had arrived from the United States following the American Revolution. ...

In 1826, the party took the name of Parti patriote following a change of strategy. The new strategy was considered too radical by some of its members who eventually left the party, most notably John Neilson. This article needs cleanup. ...

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