Nicknames of the political personalities in Quebec

This article presents a list of nicknames of the politicians to Quebec .

There exists a habit with the Quebec consisting in giving nicknames to the political personalities, especially with the Prime Ministers for Quebec. Some of them are signs of admiration and from affection, as for others, they pass more like insults.

Prime Ministers for Quebec

Maurice Duplessis (1936 - 1939 and 1944 - 1959): “The Chief” (often marked “Cheuf”, in order to imitate old the Joual). This nickname was often used to evoke alleged the Despotisme of Duplessis. It should be noted however that it was apparently accustomed to using this nickname to speak about itself.
Daniel Johnson (father) (1966 - 1968): “Danny Servant boy”. This nickname was allotted to him following a caricature made by the caricaturist Normand Hudon, before even as Daniel Johnson does not seize the power, where it was represented like a comic Cowboy.
Robert Bourassa (1970 - 1976 and 1985 - 1994):

“Boubou” (this nickname inspired the term Boubou Macoutes)
“the man more hated of Quebec” (nickname used by the historians to refer to the unpopularity of Robert Bourassa between its first two mandates and the come to power of Rene Lévesque and the Parti Québécois in 1976)

Rene Lévesque (1976 - 1985): “Ti-Hair” (allusion relative to its hair)
Jacques Parizeau (1994 - 1995): “Mister” (reference to its pride and its aristocratic pace): In 2003, documentary on Parizeau was entitled Mister .
Lucien Bouchard (1996 - 2001): “Excentric”
Jean Charest (2003 -):

“Patapouf” or “Patapouf First” (this nickname of clown comes from a rumor, that Jean Charest contradicted, according to which it was the nickname that his wife gave him. This nickname was used the first time in a campaign aiming at reversing the Charest government, entitled Destituons Patapouf! , which took the shape of a petition between 2003 and 2004. “Patapouf First” is an alternative depicting Jean Charest like a despotic monarch.)
“Curly” (negative allusion to its hair, this nickname comes from a song of Mononc' Serge concerning Jean Charest)
“the Sheep” (negative Allusion to its hair.)
“P' tit Saint-Jean-Baptist” (nickname due to its birth date, the June 24th, which proves to be the day of the Saint-Jean-Baptist, day of the national Festival of Quebec)

Other political personalities

Louis SAINT LAURENT (Prime Minister of Canada of 1948 with 1957): “Uncle Louis” (initially Uncle Louis in the anglophone media)
Camillien Houde (Mayor of Montreal of the Years 1920 with the Years 1950): Mr Montreal
Pierre Elliott Trudeau (Prime Minister of Canada of 1968 with 1979 and 1980 with 1984): “Fart” or “Ti-Fart” (“FART”: initial of Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Rene Lévesque having been with the capacity at the same time as Pierre Elliott Trudeau, both were respectively called “Ti-Hair” and “Ti-Fart”.)
Brian Mulroney (Prime Minister of Canada of 1984 with 1993):

“Lyin' Brian” (of the verb lying , to lie, allusion to its remarks sometimes with double direction)
“P' tit Guy of Bay-Comeau” (because born with Bay-Comeau)

Jean Chrétien (Prime Minister of Canada of 1993 with 2003):

“P' tit Guy of Shawinigan” (because born with Shawinigan; it sometimes used this nickname to indicate itself.)
“Ti-Jean”

Mario Dumont (chief of the democratic Action of Quebec since 1994): “Super Mario” (refers to the character of video games Mario of Super Mario Bros. the group of rap Loco Locass composed a named song besides Super Mario in reference to Mario Dumont.)
André Boisclair: “Andre Pasclair” or “Dédé” * Gilles Duceppe: “Bogyman”

Other personalities

Peaceful Plant (lawyer criminal jurist of the Years 1940 and the Years 1950): “Pax Plants” (wink with Pax , Latin word meaning peace, because this last had promised “to clean” Montreal of the Organized crime, bringing back peace there to some extent)

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