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    Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis, QC (French pronunciation: [dyplɛsi]; April 20, 1890 – September 7, 1959), byname "Le Chef" ("The Boss"), was a Canadian lawyer...
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    The Duplessis Orphans (French: les Orphelins de Duplessis) were a population of Canadian children wrongly certified as mentally ill by the provincial...
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  • Maurice Duplessis was Premier of Quebec, Canada, from 1936 to 1939 and again from 1944 to 1959 as leader of the Union Nationale (UN) caucus in the Legislative...
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    Union Nationale (Quebec) (category Maurice Duplessis)
    from 1944 to 1960 and from 1966 to 1970. The party was founded by Maurice Duplessis, who led it until his death in 1959. The party was often referred...
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    expression the "Two Solitudes". In the wake of the conscription crisis, Maurice Duplessis of the Union Nationale ascended to power and implemented a set of...
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    Duplessis, [1959] S.C.R. 121, was a landmark constitutional decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The court held that in 1946 Maurice Duplessis, both...
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    Parliament Building in Quebec City, during the administration of Maurice Duplessis. Legislation governing its usage was enacted on March 9, 1950. Quebec's...
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  • Lucile Duplessis, a French Revolutionary figure, wife of Camille Desmoulins Marie Duplessis, a French courtesan and mistress Maurice Duplessis (1890-1959)...
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  • Look up Duplessis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Duplessis may refer to: Duplessis (surname) Maurice Duplessis (1890–1959), the 16th premier of Quebec...
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    Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was the father of Premier Maurice Duplessis. Duplessis was born in 1855 in Yamachiche, Mauricie, Canada East, the son...
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