Talk:Nicknames of politicians and personalities in Quebec

I`ve added this bit to duplessis entry (le chef):

"It should be noted however that he apparently refered to himself in that way."

This come from an anecdote told to me by my grand-father (an union organiser). After some incident with the government, he received a phone call from one of Duplessis' aide. After saying that maybe a compromise could be reached, he ensure my grand-father that this came "from the leader himself" to which my grand-popa sarcasticaly replied "whose leader"?. The aide then (apparently confuse) said "Bin, le chef ! le chef !" [well, the leader, the leader]

What this show is that even people around him seemed to have use the word almost as a title of deferance.--Marc pasquin 02:51, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Just out of curiosity, with reference to Mario Dumont being called "Super Mario": in English-language sports media, Mario Lemieux is commonly called "Super Mario". Is that also the case in French? --Saforrest 16:02, 8 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I would say that when a nickname is used for Mario Lemieux in french, "Mario Le Magnifique" is usually the one mentioned. --Zenzizi 14:26, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

I have removed this bit about Harper: Rationale:
 * Stephen Harper (Prime Minister of Canada from 2006 to the present): Thievin' Stephen
 * Used (often sarcastically and affectionately) by Quebec conservatives in reference to the fact that, while Harper ran on a campaign of fiscal conservatism and implemented a budget that included 29 tax cuts, his government raised income tax slightly upon taking office.
 * 1) The only hit for "Thievin' Stephen" is this page,
 * 2) It is in English, and I doubt an English nickname for Harper that was actually popular would be confined to Quebec,
 * 3) Every Conservative I've heard of talking about this issue rationalized away this tax increase as simply the cancellation of a last-minute Liberal tax cut.  So I doubt they would invent a nickname for their leader declaring the opposite. --Saforrest 15:49, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Missing names?
There are a few obvious Quebec personalities not listed here, who were or have been in the news as politicians for sufficiently long enough that I might have expected nicknames to be invented for them: Jean Drapeau, Bernard Landry, Claude Ryan, and Stéphane Dion. (I know Dion in particular is a favourite of editorial cartoonists, so I would think nicknames have been devised.) --Saforrest 07:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC)