Party of Socialist Democracy
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The Parti de la Democratie Socialiste (PDS) (in English: Socialist Democratic Party) was a political party in Quebec, Canada.
The early origins of the PDS can be traced back to the Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif (FCC), later renamed Parti social-démocratique (PSD) (Social democratic Party). The FCC/PSD was the Quebec counterpart of the Canadian Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF).
After the CCF became the New Democratic Party in 1961, the Quebec wing was refounded as the Nouveau Parti démocratique du Québec (NPD-Québec or NPDQ) (New Democratic Party of Quebec). The NPD-Québec contested Quebec general elections in 1970, 1976, 1985, 1989 and 1994. The NPDQ became independent from the federal NDP in 1989. A new branch of the New Democratic Party of Canada, called New Democratic Party of Canada (Quebec), was refounded in 1990, and is active only on the federal level in the province.
The NPDQ was expelled from the NDP in 1992 after it elected former Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) terrorist Paul Rose as its leader, and adopted a program calling for Quebec independence. It became the Parti de la démocratie socialiste in 1995, and contested the 1998 Quebec election.
In 2002, it joined with the Rassemblement pour l'alternative progressiste (Union for a progressive alternative) and the Parti communiste du Québec (Communist Party of Quebec) to form the Union des forces progressistes (UFP). It remains an organized tendency within the UFP under the name Québec socialiste. In 2006 the UFP merged with Option Citoyenne to form Quebec Solidaire.
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[edit] Leaders of the NPDQ and the PDS
- Robert Cliche (1964-1968)
- Roland Morin (1970-1973)
- Henri-François Gautrin (Member of the National Assembly for the Parti libéral du Québec since 1989) (1973-1979)
- Jean-Paul Harney (1985-1988)
- Roland Morin (1987-1989)
- Gaétan Nadeau (1989-1990)
- Michel Parenteau (1990-1992)
- Jean-François Sirois (1992-1994)
- Jocelyne Dupuis (1994-1996)
- Paul Rose (former militant of the Front de Libération du Québec) (1996-2002)
[edit] Election results
| General election | # of candidates | # of elected candidates | % of popular vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 (NPDQ) | 13 | 0 | 0.15% |
| 1973 (NPDQ) | The party did not run candidates in this election. | ||
| 1976 (coal.†) | 21 | 0 | 0.05% |
| 1981 (NPDQ) | The party did not run candidates in this election. | ||
| 1985 (NPDQ) | 90 | 0 | 2.42% |
| 1989 (NPDQ) | 55 | 0 | 1.22% |
| 1994 (NPDQ) | 41 | 0 | 0.85% |
| 1998 (PDS) | 97 | 0 | 0.59% |
†coalition Nouveau Parti démocratique du Québec / Regroupement des militants syndicaux
[edit] See also
- 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
