The Parti national populaure or PNP (in English: People's National Party) was one of the various creditist political parties in Québec, Canada that operated in the 1970s.

The PNP is born of the division of the Ralliement créditiste du Québec after Fabien Roy, one of the two creditist MNAs that were elected in the 1973 Quebec general election, was expelled from the party. It is not clear whether Roy was expelled on January 15, 1974 or November 3, 1975.

On December 14, 1975, Roy teamed up with former Liberal minister Jérôme Choquette to form the Parti national populaire under Choquette's leadership. The PNP and the Union Nationale under Rodrigue Biron announced the merger of their two parties, but the idea was abandoned by the Union Nationale one month later.

In the November 15, 1976 general elections, Fabien Roy was the only PNP candidate elected, while Choquette was defeated.

Roy was appointed leader of the federal Social Credit Party of Canada on March 30, 1979, and resigned his National Assembly seat on April 5, 1979, bringing the Parti national populaire to an end.

Election results

See also

• Ralliement créditiste du Québec
• Politics of Quebec
• List of Quebec general elections
• List of Quebec premiers
• List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition
• National Assembly of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• Political parties in Quebec

External links

• National Assembly historical information (http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/patrimoine/)
• National Assembly of Quebec Chronology (http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/patrimoine/chronologie/chrono3.html)
• La Politique québécoise sur le Web (http://www.quebecpolitique.com/)