title: Duplessis (TV series)
text: # Duplessis (TV series)
  
  * This article is part of a series aboutMaurice Duplessis
  
  Family
  
  Law career
  
  Pre-premiership politics (1923-1935)
  
  Conservative Party of Quebec
  
  1923 campaign
  
  1927 election
  
  1931 election
  
  1935 election
  
  First premiership (1936-1939)
  
  1936 election
  
  Union Nationale (Action libérale nationale)
  
  Great Depression in Canada
  
  Padlock Law (Switzman v Elbling)
  
  1939 election (opposition to conscription)
  
  Return to the Official Opposition
  
  Second premiership (1944-1959)
  
  Politics
  
  Elections (1944, 1948, 1952, 1956)
  
  Flag of Quebec
  
  Fight for provincial autonomy (Tremblay Commission)
  
  Censorship
  
  Natural gas scandal [fr] (Salvas Commission [fr])
  
  Harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses (R v Boucher, Roncarelli v Duplessis)
  
  Economy
  
  Post-World War II economic expansion
  
  Baby boom
  
  Labour strikes (Montreal Cottons, Asbestos, Louiseville [fr], Murdochville)
  
  Investments (Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway, Office de l'électrification rurale [fr], St. Lawrence Seaway, Manicouagan, Autoroutes of Quebec)
  
  Legacy and cultural references
  
  Grande Noirceur
  
  Opposition press (Le Devoir (The Negro-King theory [fr]), Cité Libre)
  
  Charbonneau et le Chef [fr]
  
  Duplessis Orphans
  
  Duplessis (TV series)
  
  Toponyms (autoroute, provincial riding, Boulevard Maurice-Duplessis [fr]) :
  
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  Duplessis was a historical television series in Quebec, Canada, that aired in 1978. It tells the story of Maurice Duplessis, the controversial premier of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959. It is one of the most famous mini-series in Quebec television history. The series was written (but not directed) by Oscar-winning film director Denys Arcand, and based in large part on Conrad Black's popular biography. The series contains 7 episodes, each one containing a different historic moment in Duplessis's life and path into power. Duplessis is portrayed by Jean Lapointe. It is distributed by Radio-Canada and is available on DVD.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Jean Lapointe - Maurice Duplessis
  * Gabriel Arcand - Ti-Bi Chamberland
  * Rolland Bédard - Maurice Thinel
  * Roger Blay - Adélard Godbout
  * Yvon Bouchard - Maurice Hamelin
  * Jean Brousseau - Paul Gouin
  * Yvan Canuel - Mgr Georges Cabana
  * René Caron - Onésime Gagnon
  * Raymond Cloutier - Daniel Johnson
  * Gilbert Comptois - J.A. Coté
  * Pierre Curzi - Le reporter
  * Robert Desroches - S. Dufresne
  * Denis Drouin - E. Tétreault
  * Patricia Nolin : Auréa Cloutier
  * Jacques Tourangeau - Oscar Drouin
  * Marcel Sabourin - Joseph-Damase Bégin
  