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  • noun Alternative spelling of sovereigntist.

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Examples

  • Celine Houde, a trade union activist and sovereignist, is the BQ candidate in the Roberval -- Lac-Saint-Jean by-election.

    Archive 2007-08-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007

  • Celine Houde, a trade union activist and sovereignist, is the BQ candidate in the Roberval -- Lac-Saint-Jean by-election.

    Progressives Have a Lot at Stake in Roberval--Lac-Saint-Jean By-Election uncorrectedproofs 2007

  • It is very plausible that with a strong leader like Levesque at the head of the "sovereignist" party, the voting age having been lowered to eighteen years, with the widely-spread discontent in connection with economic uneasiness and unemployment -- it is very plausible that Le Parti Quebecois should show respectable strength and that the Creditistes should succeed in mobilizing their thousands of votes for their own candidates.

    The Politics of Quebec—Today and Tomorrow 1970

  • Since when is a sovereignist worse than a Conservative?

    Memo to Jack Layton uncorrectedproofs 2008

  • The result in this sovereignist stronghold was no surprise.

    ADQ Loses Ground in Three Quebec By-Elections uncorrectedproofs 2008

  • The result in this sovereignist stronghold was no surprise.

    Archive 2008-05-01 uncorrectedproofs 2008

  • This may end up being the best long term strategy for the sovereignist movement.

    Archive 2007-05-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007

  • The new left wing sovereignist party, which was excluded from the debate, currently enjoys the support of roughly 5% of the electorate - the same number of voters the PQ needs to eclipse the Liberals and move into solid minority territory.

    Archive 2007-03-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007

  • PQ members looking for a scapegoat will blame Quebec Solidaire for splitting the sovereignist and progressive vote.

    Archive 2007-03-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007

  • Francophone Quebecers overwhelmingly oppose partition, whether federalist or sovereignist.

    Archive 2007-03-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007

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