Parti Quebecois
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Parti Québécois
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| Leader | Jean-François Lisée |
| President | Raymond Archambault |
| Founded | 11 October 1968 |
| Merger of |
Mouvement Souveraineté-Association, Ralliement national |
| Headquarters |
1200, avenue Papineau Suite 150 Montreal, Quebec H2K 4R5 |
| Membership | 70001 |
| Ideology |
Nationalism (Québécois) Sovereigntism (Québécois) Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Blue, green |
| Policies |
Fiscal: Centre-left Social: moderate liberal (left) |
| Seats in the National Assembly |
30 / 125
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The Parti Québécois (French, and sometimes English: Parti québécois, PQ; pronounced: [paʁ.ti ke.be.kwa]) is a sovereignist provincial political party in Quebec in Canada. The PQ advocates national sovereignty for Quebec involving independence of the province of Quebec from Canada and establishing a sovereign state. The PQ has promoted the possibility of maintaining a loose political and economic sovereignty-association between Quebec and Canada. The party traditionally has support from the labour movement, but unlike most other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal. Members and supporters of the PQ are called "péquistes" (Quebec French pronunciation: [pekɪst];), a French word derived from the pronunciation of the party's initials.
The party is a member of COPPPAL. The party has strong informal ties to the Bloc Québécois (BQ, whose members are known as "Bloquistes"), the federal party that advocates for the secession of Quebec from Canada and its independence, but the two are not linked organizationally. As with its federal counterpart, the Parti Québécois has been supported by a wide range of voters in Quebec, from large sections of organized labour to more conservative rural voters.
The PQ is the result of the 1968 merger between former Quebec Liberal Party cabinet minister René Lévesque's Mouvement Souveraineté-Association and the Ralliement national. Following the creation of the PQ, the Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale held a general assembly that voted to dissolve the RIN. Its former members were invited to join the new Parti Québécois.
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