It was registered as an official political party by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec on October 18, 2007.
[2][3] Party founder Richard Gervais, running in Bourget, received 376 votes (2.33%), finishing sixth out of six candidates.
Tremblay considers that, if given a majority of seats at the National Assembly of Quebec, the Parti indépendantiste would have clear mandate to achieve sovereignty, even if it receives less than 50% of the popular vote.
Tremblay did not hide his intention to put an end to all public financing of English-language schools and hospitals come his election, even though he would offer unilingual English-speakers health care in their language.
[15] The Parti Indépendantiste was present at a racist protest organized at Montreal in November 2011 with other well-known neo-Nazi groups.