The Parti progressiste conservateur du Québec (Eng: Progressive Conservative Party of Quebec) was formed in 1982 with Denis Carignan as leader but was rebuffed by federal Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark who told them to keep their distance.
The party was dormant until January 1985 when Carignan stepped aside to allow André Asselin, a lawyer and the mayor of the small town of Ste-Émilie-de-l'Énergie, and president of the Quebec Union of Regional Municipal Councils, to become the party leader.
After making an impression in a June 1985 by-election in which Asselin placed second with 30% of the vote in L'Assomption, the party nominated 48 candidates for the December 1985 provincial election but failed to make a major impact, receiving 1.03% popular vote.
Asselin blamed the party's poor showing on what he called deliberate sabotage by federal officials who discouraged Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from giving money or otherwise being identified with the provincial group.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, the party disbanded shortly afterward.