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Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis, QC (French pronunciation:; April 20, 1890 – September 7, 1959), byname "Le Chef" ("The Boss"), was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 16th premier of Quebec.
Feb 18, 2008 · Last Edited December 17, 2020. Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis, premier and attorney general of Quebec 1936–1939 and 1944–1959 (born 20 April 1890 in Trois-Rivières , Quebec; died 7 September 1959 in Schefferville ).
Maurice Duplessis’ tenure as premier of Quebec (1936-39, 1944-59) is commonly referred to as le grande noirceur (the great darkness). Born in Trois-Rivières in 1890, Duplessis obtained a law degree at Université Laval in Quebec City and worked as a lawyer in his hometown until he entered politics in 1927.
Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis, who would be called “the Chief” or Maurice Duplessis, was to devote his life to politics, following in the footsteps of his father, a Conservative mla for the riding of Saint-Maurice from 1886 to 1900, town councillor and mayor of Trois-Rivières, and later judge of the Superior Court.
Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis (born April 20, 1890, Trois-Rivières, Que., Can.—died Sept. 7, 1959, Schefferville, Que.) was a Canadian politician who controlled Quebec’s provincial government as its premier from 1936 until his death, except for the war years of 1940–44.
Dec 15, 2020 · The Duplessis regime was considered regressive and corrupted in terms of governance and development. Some accused Maurice Duplessis of selling provincial resources and workers to profit the great industrialists. These criticisms were at the origin of the Grande Noirceur myth.
Although he remains associated to this day with a period in Quebec history known as the “Great Darkness,” Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis (1890–1959) was also a man of his time whose legacy is often both poorly understood and relatively unknown.
Duplessis was born in Trois-Rivières in 1890, obtained a law degree at Université Laval in Quebec City, and worked as a lawyer in his hometown until he entered politics in 1927. Duplessis used a combination of patronage and repression to remain in power for nearly two decades.
Portrait of Duplessis. Maurice Duplessis's death was a rare historical marker, forever discussed in terms of before and after.
A conservative, nationalist, populist, anti-communist, anti-unionist and fervent Catholic, Duplessis and his party, the Union Nationale, dominated provincial politics from the 1930s to the 1950s. With a total of 18 years and 82 days in office, he remains the longest-serving premier in Quebec history.
