The Bloc Populaire Canadien was a political party in Quebec founded by opponents of conscription. The party was inspired by the nationalist ideas of Henri Bourassa and led by Maxime Raymond and supported by Montrealmayor Camillien Houde. Jean Drapeau and Pierre Trudeau were members in their youth. It elected five MPs in the 1945 election. It also ran candidates on the provincial level in Quebec with André Laurendeau as leader and was represented in the Quebec legislature until the 1948 election which it did not contest. The Bloc had two MPs sitting in the Canadian House of Commons by the time of the 1949 federal election which it also did not contest bringing the party's existence to an end.
