Parti humaniste du Québec
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Parti humaniste du Québec (English: Humanist Party of Quebec) was a provincial political party in Canadian
province of Quebec
. It contested the 1985 provincial election
and also fielded candidates in a number of by-election
s before folding. The party's leader was Colette Renaud.
organization. It claimed between 100 and 150 active members by June 1985. The party's platform included support for "non-discrimination, active non-violence, co-operativism, the principle of options and non-monopoly and the human being as a central value."
The first election that the Humanist Party contested was a by-election in Bourget in June 1985. Renaud, running as the party's standard-bearer, received 485 votes (3.18%) for a fourth-place finish.
The Humanist Party ran seventeen candidates in the 1985 election. During the campaign, Renaud said that her party would return politics to ordinary people; she described the Humanist Party as representing a "new left: non-violent, democratic, pluralist, co-operative and libertarian." The Montreal Gazette noted that half of the party's Montreal-area candidates were women.
None of the party's candidates were elected. The party also contested by-elections in 1986 and 1987 before disappearing.
, possibly as an unofficial Humanist Party candidate.)
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
province of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. It contested the 1985 provincial election
Quebec general election, 1985
The Quebec general election of 1985 was held on December 2, 1985, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Liberal Party, led by former premier Robert Bourassa, defeated the incumbent Parti Québécois, led by premier Pierre-Marc Johnson.This election...
and also fielded candidates in a number of by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
s before folding. The party's leader was Colette Renaud.
1980s
The Quebec Humanist Party was founded in February 1985 and was affiliated with the international Humanist PartyHumanist Party
The Humanist Party was launched on 8 March 1984 by the Department of Social Affairs of the Community for Human Development. Around the world many Humanist Parties started to emerge and on January 4, 1989, in Florence, Italy, the first congress of the Humanist International was held.In this event,...
organization. It claimed between 100 and 150 active members by June 1985. The party's platform included support for "non-discrimination, active non-violence, co-operativism, the principle of options and non-monopoly and the human being as a central value."
The first election that the Humanist Party contested was a by-election in Bourget in June 1985. Renaud, running as the party's standard-bearer, received 485 votes (3.18%) for a fourth-place finish.
The Humanist Party ran seventeen candidates in the 1985 election. During the campaign, Renaud said that her party would return politics to ordinary people; she described the Humanist Party as representing a "new left: non-violent, democratic, pluralist, co-operative and libertarian." The Montreal Gazette noted that half of the party's Montreal-area candidates were women.
None of the party's candidates were elected. The party also contested by-elections in 1986 and 1987 before disappearing.
1990s
There was an attempt to re-establish the Humanist Party in Montreal in 1997, to field candidates at the federal level for the 1997 Canadian election. Ann Farrell was the party's spokesperson in this period. (Farrell later ran as an independent in the 1998 Quebec provincial electionQuebec general election, 1998
The Quebec general election of 1998 was held on November 30, 1998, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Lucien Bouchard, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Charest.After the narrow defeat of...
, possibly as an unofficial Humanist Party candidate.)