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Parti bleu
The
Parti bleu
was a moderate political group in
Quebec
,
Canada
that emerged in 1854. It was based on the moderate reformist views of
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
, and was a rival to the radical
Parti rouge
. The
Parti bleu
formed an alliance with
Tories
in
Upper Canada
in the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
, creating the foundations for the historical
Conservative Party of Canada
. Notable bleu leaders included
George-Étienne Cartier
. The party initially derived much of its support from
ultramontanist
s in the Roman Catholic Church. By the 1870s, however, figures such as
Ignace Bourget
had lost confidence in the "bleus", and were promoting a new conservative faction known as the "castors". Both of these groups sought to dominate the
Quebec Conservative Party
during the late 19th century.
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