' s ▁natural ▁resources ▁and ▁allowing ▁election ▁fra ud ▁for ▁its ▁own ▁benefit . ▁ ▁Non eth eless , ▁the ▁Union ▁N ationale ▁was ▁re - elect ed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁election ▁with ▁a ▁reduced ▁majority , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁election . ▁ ▁Moreover , ▁its ▁influence ▁was ▁made ▁obvious ▁when ▁its ▁organization ▁helped ▁defeat ▁Montreal ▁Mayor ▁Jean ▁Dra pe au ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁and ▁helped ▁John ▁Die fen b aker ' s ▁Progress ive ▁Conserv ative ' s ▁win ▁a ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁province ' s ▁seats ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁federal ▁election — something ▁that ▁the ▁T ories ▁hadn ' t ▁done ▁in ▁over ▁ 6 0 ▁years . ▁ ▁Modern ization ▁and ▁last ▁term ▁of ▁office ▁Du pl ess is ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁and ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁his ▁Minister ▁of ▁Social ▁W elf are , ▁Paul ▁Sau vé . ▁ ▁Well ▁aware ▁that ▁he ▁faced , ▁at ▁most , ▁two ▁years ▁before ▁the ▁next ▁election , ▁Sau vé ▁saw ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁modern ize ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁conserv ative ▁govern ments ▁in ▁Canada , ▁and ▁initi ated ▁a ▁program ▁of ▁reform ▁called ▁" 1 0 0 ▁Days ▁of ▁Change ." ▁ ▁However , ▁he ▁also ▁died ▁after ▁only ▁three ▁months ▁in ▁office . ▁ ▁Labour ▁Minister ▁Antonio ▁Bar ret te ▁took ▁over ▁a ▁government ▁that ▁was ▁increasing ly ▁seen ▁as ▁tired ▁and ▁unf oc used , ▁despite ▁Sau vé '