Parti national populaire

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Parti national populaire




Former Provincial Party
Founded	1975
Dissolved	1979

Leader	n/a
President	n/a
Headquarters	n/a

Political ideology	conservatism, populism, social credit
International alignment	none
Colours	Gray and Red

Website	n/a

The Parti national populaire or PNP (in English: "Popular National Party") was one of the various social credit political parties in Québec, Canada that operated in the 1970s.

The PNP was created out of a split in the Ralliement créditiste du Québec after Fabien Roy was expelled from the party. Roy was one of the two créditiste Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) that were elected in the 1973 Quebec general election. 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 conservative Union Nationale party, led by 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, placing third in his riding with 14.2% of the vote, behind the Liberal and Parti Québécois candidates.

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.