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{{Short description|Former Canadian political party}} The '''Unity Party''' (in [[French language|French]], ''Parti unité'') was a [[political party]] in [[Quebec]], Canada. The party was formed as a reaction to then-Premier [[Robert Bourassa]] invoking the [[Section Thirty-three of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms|notwithstanding clause]] of the [[Constitution of Canada|Canadian constitution]] to override a [[Supreme Court of Canada|Supreme Court]] ruling overturning parts of the [[Charter of the French Language]] (commonly known as "Bill 101"). The party platform called for equality of both languages (French and English) in Quebec, opposing Bill 101 which made French the sole official language of Quebec and imposed restrictions on the use of English on public signs. The Unity Party drew virtually all of its support from elements of Quebec's [[English-speaking Quebecker|anglophone]] minority, and only ran candidates in electoral districts with very high anglophone populations outside the Montreal Island and Laval, while its twin party, the [[Equality Party (Quebec)|Equality Party]], ran candidates exclusively on the Montreal Island and Laval. The Equality Party won four seats in the [[National Assembly of Quebec|National Assembly]] in the [[1989 Quebec general election|1989 general election]]. The Unity Party merged with the Equality Party in September 1990. ==Election results== {| class="wikitable" |- ! General election ! # of candidates ! # of elected candidates ! % of popular vote |- ! 1989 | align=center | 16 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0.99% |} ==See also== * [[Politics of Quebec]] * [[List of Quebec general elections]] * [[List of Quebec premiers]] * [[List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition]] * [[National Assembly of Quebec]] * [[Timeline of Quebec history]] * [[List of political parties in Canada#Quebec|Political parties in Quebec]] ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091217055751/http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/patrimoine/ National Assembly historical information] * [http://www.quebecpolitique.com/ La Politique québécoise sur le Web] [[Category:Provincial political parties in Quebec]] [[Category:Quebec Anglophone culture]]
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