Parti Québécois
independentist political party in Quebec, Canada
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Summary
Parti Québécois is a political party[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of political party entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151,329 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean[3]
- Country: Canada[4]
- Founder: René Lévesque[5], Gilles Grégoire[6]
- Movement: Quebec sovereignty movement[7]
- Headquarters location: Montreal[8]
- Commons category: Parti Québécois[9]
- SRGB color hex triplet: 224a9a[10]
- Chairperson: Paul St-Pierre Plamondon[11]
- Inception: October 11, 1967[12]
- Significant event: 1970 Quebec general election[13], 1976 Quebec general election[14], Charter of the French Language[15], Quebec referendum, 1980[16], 1981 Quebec general election[17], Parti Québécois Crisis, 1984[18], 1994 Quebec general election[19], 1995 Quebec referendum[20]
- Official website: https://pq.org[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Parti Québécois[22]
- Political ideology: Quebec nationalism[23], linguistic nationalism[24], social democracy[25], Republicanism[26], economic nationalism[27]
- Political alignment: centre-left[28]
- Affiliation: Bloc Québécois[29]
- Native label: Parti québécois[30]
- Different from: Bloc Québécois[31]
- Member count: 70,001[32]
- Operating area: Quebec[33]
- Has goal: Quebec sovereignty[34]
- Member category: Category:Parti Québécois politicians[35]
- Social media followers: 94,072[36], 96,817[37], 105,080[38]
- P14541: K6L8K[39]
Why It Matters
Parti Québécois has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]