Mouvement socialiste
The ''Le Mouvement socialiste'' (, ) was a revolutionary syndicalist journal in France founded in 1899 by Hubert Lagardelle and dissolved in 1914. Other key founders included Karl Marx's grandson Jean Longuet and Émile Durkheim's nephew Marce ...
fielded ten candidates in the
1989 Quebec general election
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin ...
Thérèse Spénard was an anti-poverty activist in Quebec. She was one of three spokeswomen for the
Front commun des personnes assistées sociales du Québec
The Front commun des personnes assistées sociales du Québec is an activist organization in the Canada, Canadian province of Quebec, established in 1974. Its purpose is to represent the interests of Quebec residents receiving social assistance.
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(FCPASQ) in 1988, when the organization tried to overturn harsh social assistance reforms introduced by the Liberal government of
Robert Bourassa
Robert Bourassa (; July 14, 1933 – October 2, 1996) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd premier of Quebec from 1970 to 1976 and from 1985 to 1994. A member of the Liberal Party of Quebec, he served a total of just ...
. Newspaper reports from this period indicate that she was a single mother, less than thirty years old.
Spénard continued as a spokesperson for the FCPASQ in the 1990s. She offered qualified support for minister
André Bourbeau
André Bourbeau, (June 1, 1936 – March 25, 2018) was a Canadian politician. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, Bourbeau served as member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Laporte serving from 1981 until 2003.
Early life
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's reforms to provincial disabled services in 1992, but called for his resignation the following year after media reports of new restrictions for social assistance recipients.Christian Leclerc, "Les assistés sociaux demandent la démission de Bourbeau," ''Le Devoir'', 7 April 1993, A2.
She received 42 votes (0.19%) in the 1989 election, finishing thirteenth against Liberal candidate Normand Cherry.