Pellaken Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 we see the united right in modern light, but what about the past? has something similar ever happend before? yes Provincially in Quebec. for 35 years, the Conservative Party had been out of power. Suddenly, in 1935, a group of Liberals, pro-nationalist, breaks away, and finishes 2nd in the election. The two parties merged. The new name would be the Union Nationale. The Conservatives were recogonized as the larger partner. Maurice Duplisses, leader of the Conservatives (the larger partner in the merger) became leader of the Union Nationale. He was elected Preimier within a year. While, in that originial election, no Nationalist Liberals ran, in elections after they did. (The smaller partner's party lived after the merger because the leader for the larger partner became leader of the new party) however originally, the party (the former smaller party) had a huge impact, but after that election, they were wiped off the map so to recap 2 parties unite leader of larger party becames leader of new party party forms government some members of the former smaller party break away the government of this new party is defeated this new party returns to government (with the same leader) and the smaller party dies off this is history, but if you talk to political scientists trying to predict our 'future' I think you see some similarties. go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maplesyrup Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Pell....thanks for the history lesson. Did you know that Jack Layton's grandfather was a member of the Union Nationale Government? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Baron of Banality Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Did you know that Jack Layton's grandfather was a member of the Union Nationale Government? - YOU ARE CORRECT ... Layton's grandfather was part of the Union Nationale government but resigned from Duplessis's cabinet in 1939 over the conscription issue because he favoured our participation against Hitler in WWII. - More intersting to me is that Jack Layton's father Robert was a long time Liberal before "seeing the light" and becoming a junior minister in Brian Mulroney's PC government. This is not something Jack brings up very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maplesyrup Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 BB....you are correct about Jack's Dad. Politics, like the legal profession, is an incestuous game, it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1963 Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 and now the merged party is dead, I believe (There is no Union Nationale anymore is there). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaken Posted February 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 your right, it died it's voters meandered between the PLQ and PQ before finding a home in the ADQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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