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Maurice Duplessis

Premier of Quebec · 1890-1959

Ran the province for eighteen years in an era his opponents named the Great Darkness.

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Life story

1. April 20, 1890 · Trois-Rivières, Quebec
   Born at Trois-Rivières
2. August 17, 1936 · Quebec City
   Took power at the head of the Union Nationale
3. 1937 · Quebec City
   Passed the Padlock Law, letting police shut any premises suspected of communism
4. 1944 · Quebec City
   Returned to office for fifteen unbroken years of rural patronage and clerical alliance
5. 1949 · Val-des-Sources, Quebec
   Sent provincial police against the asbestos strikers at Asbestos
6. September 7, 1959 · Schefferville, Quebec
   Died at Schefferville; the Quiet Revolution followed within a year

Sources

• Wikipedia article: Maurice Duplessis
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Canadian Encyclopedia