Parti rouge

For other uses, see Red Party (disambiguation).
Parti rouge
Founded1847 (1847)
DissolvedJuly 1, 1867 (1867-07-01)
Preceded byParti canadien
Merged intoLiberal Party of Canada
HeadquartersMontreal, Quebec
IdeologyRadicalism
Anti-clericalism
ColoursRed

The Parti rouge (French for "Red Party", or French: Parti démocratique, "Democratic Party") was a political group that contested elections in the Eastern section of the Province of Canada.[1] It was formed around 1847 by radical French-Canadians inspired by the ideas of Louis-Joseph Papineau, the Institut canadien de Montréal, and the reformist movement led by the Parti patriote of the 1830s.

The Red Party did not experience electoral success in the same manner as the Blue Party, their electoral rivals in Canada East. Because of their anti-clerical beliefs, the Red Party was condemned by the Catholic Church, contributing to their lack of electoral success.[2] The party did form government as part of a coalition with the Clear Grits and Liberals from Canada West on some occasions before confederation, but never held a majority in their section of the province.[3] After confederation, the party was dissolved, with members forming the Liberal Party of Canada at the federal level, and the Liberal Party of Quebec at the provincial level.

  1. ^ Riendeau, Roger (2007). A Brief History of Canada. Infobase Publishing. pp. 167–168. ISBN 9781438108223. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  2. ^ Raymond B. Blake, Jeffrey Keshen, Norman J. Knowles, Barbara J. Messamore (2017). Conflict and Compromise: Pre-Confederation Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442635531. Retrieved 27 January 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Cornell, Paul (1962). The Alignment of Political Groups in Canada, 1841-1867. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.