Maurice Duplessis was the Premier of Quebec for 21 years and a Quebec   
   politician for 30 years. During my time studying at Laval U in Quebec City, I   
   had the opportunity to talk politics with a number of my friends' parents &   
   grandparents. Duplessis was a    
   favorite topic with them as they had lived it.   
      
   Duplessis rented the whole top floor of the Chateau Frontenac, which is almost   
   across from Quebec's National Assembly. Maurice kept 17 young women   
   permanently in residence and had them on the government payroll as   
   administrative assistants.   
      
   In addition to his own nightly exploits, many political favors were paid by a   
   free pass to his lair. If a girl became pregnant she was given to one of his   
   men and then replaced. One old grandmother said that 50 of his children ended   
   up in orphanages in    
   Quebec City.   
      
   The Quebec City Sun printed numerous featured on Duplessis over the years.   
   Women who left his harem often sold their story. They reported that Maurice   
   heard voices. Sometime he would sit up all night in their lounge and yell and   
   holler at people no one    
   could see.    
      
   Once Maurice took a vacation in Ireland. When he returned he told the Sun that   
   most of the time he felt like he was in Quebec City because total strangers in   
   the streets knew intimate details about him and openly commented when he   
   passed them.   
      
   Picture of Maurice: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzLH7OK1tjb   
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   JL 01-10-16   
      
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