La Minerve
Owner(s) | Ludger Duvernay |
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Founder(s) | Augustin-Norbert Morin |
Founded | 1826 |
Ceased publication | 1899 |
Headquarters | Montreal, Lower Canada |
La Minerve (French for "The Minerva") was a newspaper founded in
Parti patriote. It was notably directed by Ludger Duvernay in its earlier years. It existed from 1826 to 1837, and again from 1842 to May 27, 1899.[1]
Throughout the years, it went from being a radical paper to a conservative one.
History
La Minerve was first published on November 9, 1826, and was soon bought by journalist and future
Lord Durham
because of his role in the Rebellion), Duvernay restarted publication in 1842.
La Minerve then defended the idea of
Conservative Party of Canada. It became a daily in 1864 and defended the Canadian Confederation project which had been denounced by Papineau but was realized in 1867. The paper lost its governmental support when the Conservatives lost power in 1896 to the Liberal Party of Canada
. Funding became scarce and the last edition was published on May 27, 1899.
Trivia
- From June 14, 1830, to September 7, 1848, its namesake Minerva appeared upon the first page.
- The town of La Minerve, Quebec, and Lake La Minerve within this town are named after the newspaper.
- The title of the paper is apparently based on the French newspaper La Minerve. Titles of things such as newspapers and organizations inspired from France were common at the time.
See also
- List of Quebec historical newspapers
- List of Quebec media
- Quebec independence movement
- History of Quebec
- List of newspapers in Canada
- Télesphore Saint-Pierre
References
- ^ "La Minerve (canton)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- "La Minerve (journal)" in La Mémoire du Québec
- "Duvernay (Ludger)" in La Mémoire du Québec
- "La Minerve (municipalité de canton)" in La Mémoire du Québec