Action Dmocratique Du Qubec (Paperback)

The Action dmocratique du Qubec is a populist, conservative, nationalist and autonomist provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. Its official registered name is Action dmocratique du Qubec . While some journalists have translated the name into English as Democratic Action of Quebec, it has no official English name, and is normally referred to by its French name in the English-language media, or simply as "the ADQ." Its members are referred to as adquistes, a name derived from the French pronunciation of the initials 'ADQ'.Under longtime leader Mario Dumont, the ADQ had a surprisingly strong showing in the 2007 provincial election, reducing the ruling Liberals to a minority government and relegating the Parti Qubcois to third place. The ADQ won 41 seats with 31% of the popular vote to serve as the Official Opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec.