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Parti Rouge Cdn French, Hist. 
a radical political party of Lower Canada, founded about 1850 and first led by Louis Joseph Papineau, which was later to become the Quebec wing of the Liberal Party.
See also: Papineau party Rouge party
- 1908 In the French Province this [radical] element was called "Le Parti Rouge."
- 1916 The "Clear Grit" party in Upper Canada was moving straight towards republicanism, and so was Papineau's Parti Rouge.
- 1924 Charles Joseph Laberge, one of the founders of the Parti Rouge, canvassed Canada East in favour of annexation.
- 1952 (1965) French Canadians First! Parti Rouge plank, withdrawn in 1850.
- 1908 In the French Province this [radical] element was called "Le Parti Rouge."