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...Marvel of It. It was a marvelous triumph-so sweeping that next day the whole of Quebec gasped. Quebec's Liberal leader, Adelard Godbout, had hoped, this time, to carry the province. The Liberals had sent in External Affairs Secretary...
...Godbout had lost his own seat in the Quebec legislature. St. Laurent's own riding had been carried by Duplessis' Union Nationale. Union Nationale had swept all four constituencies in Quebec City, regarded as a Liberal stronghold. Before election, the Liberals held 33 seats in the legislature; now they have eight. Funny-money L'Union des Electeurs elected none of its 92 candidates, the socialist CCF's seven candidates were all defeated, and so was the lone Communist. One Nationalist and one Independent squeezed in. Union Nationale, which had 52 seats before, will now have...
...plot to bring in 350,000 British votes to drown out French Canada, that Prime Minister King started World War II by "provoking Hitler," that Louis St. Laurent was a discredited leader of the French Canadians and should resign. When it was all over, jubilant Union Nationale supporters paraded Godbout in effigy through Quebec City streets...
...Reformers almost brought down the Blue Room ceiling with their cheers, King spoke vigorously for 45 minutes on the theme of the great Liberals Quebec has produced. To the list of "giants" headed by Laurier, King tactfully added the name of Quebec Liberal Leader Adélard Godbout, with whom he had "shared so many years ... in the pursuit of Liberal ideals...
Bigger issues were at stake than just filling the seat vacated by ailing Edouard Lacroix, Bloc Populaire member. This time no Bloc candidate ran. Aside from a Social Crediter who was just practicing, the contest was between candidates of Quebec's two major parties-ex-Premier Adelard Godbout's Liberals and Premier Maurice Duplessis' Union Nationale. The Liberals hoped to reduce the Government's slim majority in the Legislative Assembly (lower House), then turn the Liberal-dominated Legislative Council (upper House) loose on Government bills, and force an early general election...