Similar Nicknames
- Louis St. Laurent (Prime Minister of Canada from 1948 to 1957): Oncle Louis ("Uncle Louis").
- Camillien Houde (Four-time Mayor of Montreal from the 20s to the 50s): Monsieur Montréal.
- Pacifique Plante (crimefighting lawyer from the 40s to the 50s): Pax Plante.
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau (Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984): Ti-Pet ("Lil' Fart") or Pet.
- Always derogatory. P.E.T. were Trudeau's initials traditionally used in English Canada as alternative naming and pet is French for fart. Since Trudeau was in power for many of the same years as Lévesque, the two were sometimes referred to collectively as "Ti-Pet et Ti-Poil" by irreverent members of the population. These initials were also popularly used to parody the name of the nationalized oil/gas company PETRO Canada (founded during Trudeau's reign) which was rendered as: Pierre Elliot Trudeau ripping off Canada—probably of Albertan origin.
- Brian Mulroney (Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993): Lyin' Brian; Le p'tit gars de Baie-Comeau ("Little Guy from Baie-Comeau"), "The chin that walks like a man" (a moniker given him by columnist Allan Fotheringham), and "Mini Trudeau" (a name given to him by René Lévesque for his similarities to Pierre Elliot Trudeau perceived by Quebec)
- Mulroney was born and raised in Baie-Comeau, a city in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec.
- Jean Chrétien (Prime Minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003): Le p'tit gars de Shawinigan ("Little Guy from Shawinigan").
- Chrétien received a similar nickname to Mulroney's. This refers to his own city of origin, Shawinigan, Quebec. Chrétien sometimes spoke of himself that way.
- Mario Dumont (leader of the Action Démocratique from 1994 to 2009): Super Mario.
- A common criticism towards Dumont is his relatively young age. Super Mario is both a comment on his youth (referring to the Nintendo video game series Super Mario Bros., popular amongst children) and an ironic glorification of his underdog popularity. Also, the rap group Loco Locass wrote a song called Super Mario in reference of Dumont. Since the election of 2007, when his party won 41 seats (they'd only won 5 as a result of the previous election), the nickname "Super Mario" isn't always pejorative.
- Amir Khadir (leader and MNA of Québec solidaire): "Godasse Khadir" (in French slang, godasse means old shoe). Khadir was nickamed Godasse after throwing a shoe on an effigy of George W. Bush in 2008, during a protest held in Montreal for journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi, famous for throwing a pair of shoes at the U.S. President in Iraq.
- Jack Layton (leader of the New Democratic Party): "le bon Jack" (un bon jack meaning a nice guy).
Read more about this topic: Nicknames Of Politicians And Personalities In Quebec
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