The Parti social démocratique du Québec (PSD; ) was the

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirte ...

wing of the

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; french: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, FCC); from 1955 the Social Democratic Party of Canada (''french: Parti social démocratique du Canada''), was a federal democratic socialistThe follo ...

. It was founded in 1939 as the Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif and was led by Romuald-Joseph Lamoureux in the 1944 general election, by

Thérèse Casgrain Marie Thérèse Casgrain, ., née Forget (10 July 1896 – 3 November 1981) was a French Canadian feminist, reformer, politician and senator. She was a leader in the fight for women's right to vote in the province of Quebec, as well as the first ...

from 1951 to 1957 and by

Michel Chartrand Michel Chartrand (20 December 1916 – 12 April 2010) was a Canadian trade union leader from Quebec. Born in Outremont and trained as a typography and print worker, Chartrand became involved in union activism in the 1940s. During the '' Grande ...

from 1957 to 1960. The name ''Parti social démocratique'' was adopted in 1955. The party was refounded in 1963 as the New Democratic Party of Quebec (Nouveau Parti démocratique du Québec), however the party soon split over the issue of Quebec self-determination with

Quebec nationalists Quebec nationalism or Québécois nationalism is a feeling and a political doctrine that prioritizes cultural belonging to, the defence of the interests of, and the recognition of the political legitimacy of the Québécois nation. It has been ...

leaving to form, in November 1963, the Parti socialiste du Québec led by former PSD leader Michel Chartrand. The NDPQ renamed itself the ''

Parti de la Democratie Socialiste The Parti de la démocratie socialiste (PDS; en, Party of Democratic Socialism) was a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. Founded as the New Democratic Party of Quebec ouveau Parti Démocratique du Québec (NPDQ) the NPDQ was origina ...

'' (Party of Socialist Democracy) following a 1991 split with the federal NDP over the question of

Quebec independence The Quebec sovereignty movement (french: Mouvement souverainiste du Québec) is a political movement whose objective is to achieve the sovereignty of Quebec, a province of Canada since 1867, including in all matters related to any provision of ...

.Toronto Star
"NDP will run in future Quebec elections, Mulcair says"
Andy Blatchford, 17 August 2012

General election results

* A candidate ran as "CCF candidate" in the 1936 Quebec general election, although the Quebec section of the party had not been founded yet.

Members of Legislative Assembly of Quebec

* David Côté, MLA 1944-1948,

Rouyn-Noranda Rouyn-Noranda ( 2021 population 42,313) is a city on Osisko Lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. The city of Rouyn-Noranda is a coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census d ...

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National Assembly historical information

La Politique québécoise sur le Web
{{DEFAULTSORT:Parti social democratique du Quebec Provincial political parties in Quebec Political parties established in 1939

1939 establishments in Quebec Social democratic parties in Canada Defunct provincial political parties in Quebec New Democratic Party of Quebec

General election results

Members of Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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