The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was formed by Members of Parliament (MPs) who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative Party and Liberal Party during the collapse of the Meech Lake Accord. Founder Lucien Bouchard had been a cabinet minister in the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney.
Gilles Duceppe is a retired Canadian politician,proponent of the Quebec sovereignty movement and former leader of the Bloc Québécois. He was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for over 20 years and was the leader of the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois for 15 years in three stints:1996,1997-2011 and in 2015. He was Leader of the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada from March 17,1997,to June 1,1997. He resigned as party leader after the 2011 election,in which he lost his own seat to New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Hélène Laverdière and his party suffered a heavy defeat;however,he returned four years later to lead the party into the 2015 election. After being defeated in his own riding by Laverdière again,he resigned once more.
Rouyn-Noranda is a city on Osisko Lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec,Canada.
The Action démocratique du Québec,commonly referred to as the ADQ,was a right-wing populist and conservative provincial political party in Quebec,Canada. On the sovereignty question,it defined itself as autonomist;it had support from nationalists and federalists. Its members were referred to as adéquistes,a name derived from the French pronunciation of the initials 'ADQ'.
Mario Dumont is a Canadian television personality and former politician in Quebec,Canada. He was a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA),and the leader of the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ),from 1994 to 2009. After the 2007 Quebec election,Dumont obtained the post of Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.
The 2003 Quebec general election was held on April 14,2003,to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec (Canada). The Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ),led by Jean Charest,defeated the incumbent Parti Québécois,led by Premier Bernard Landry,in a landslide.
Abitibi—Témiscamingue is a federal electoral district in Quebec,Canada,that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The area was also represented by the electoral district of Témiscamingue from 1968 until 2004.
Camil Samson was a politician in Quebec,Canada,Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA),and leader of the Ralliement créditiste du Québec and other political parties.
Serge Cardin is a Quebec politician. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the Sherbrooke electoral district from 2012 to 2014,and was formerly a Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament for the federal riding of Sherbrooke from 1998 to 2011.
Pierre Bourque is a Canadian businessman and politician in Quebec. He founded the Vision Montreal political party and served as mayor of Montreal from 1994 to 2001.
The 2007 Quebec general election was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26,2007 to elect members of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Premier Jean Charest won a plurality of seats,but were reduced to a minority government,Quebec's first in 129 years,since the 1878 general election. The Action démocratique du Québec,in a major breakthrough,became the official opposition. The Parti Québécois was relegated to third-party status for the first time since the 1973 election. The Liberals won their lowest share of the popular vote since Confederation,and the PQ with their 28.35% of the votes cast won their lowest share since 1973 and their second lowest ever. Each of the three major parties won nearly one-third of the popular vote,the closest three-way split in Quebec electoral history until the 2012 election. This was however,the closest three-way race in terms of seat count. Voter turnout among those eligible was 71.23%,a marginal difference from the previous general election in 2003.
Simon-Pierre Diamond is a politician in Quebec,Canada. He represented the Marguerite-D'Youville district in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2007 to 2008 as a member of the Action démocratique du Québec.
Lucie Leblanc is a politician from Quebec,Canada. She was an Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Deux-Montagnes from 2007 to 2008.
The 2008 Quebec general election was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on December 8,2008. The Quebec Liberal Party,under incumbent Premier Jean Charest,was re-elected with a majority government,marking the first time since the 1950s that a party or leader was elected to a third consecutive mandate,and the first time for the Liberals since the 1930s,when Louis-Alexandre Taschereau was Premier.
Gabriel Desjardins was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman,professor and trader by career.
Yves-François Blanchet is a Canadian politician who has led the Bloc Québécois (BQ) since 2019. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beloeil—Chambly since the 2019 federal election. Under his leadership,the BQ increased its number of seats from 10 in 2015 to 32 in 2019,overtaking the New Democratic Party (NDP) to become the House of Commons' third-largest party.
Daniel Bernard is a Canadian politician,who has served three non-consecutive terms as Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue. First elected as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party in the 2003 Quebec general election,he served until he was defeated by Johanne Morasse of the Parti Québécois in the 2007 Quebec general election;he was then re-elected in the same district,defeating Morasse,in the 2008 Quebec general election,serving a single term and not running for re-election in the 2012 Quebec general election.
The 2012 Quebec general election took place in the Canadian province of Quebec on September 4,2012. Lieutenant Governor Pierre Duchesne dissolved the National Assembly on August 1,2012,following Premier Jean Charest's request. The Parti Québécois were elected to a minority government,with Pauline Marois becoming the first woman to be Premier of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party took second place,with Premier Jean Charest losing his seat. The newly formed party Coalition Avenir Québec led by François Legault took third place,while Québec solidaire took 2 seats out of the 125.
By-elections to the 37th Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 2000 federal election and the 2004 federal election. The Liberal Party of Canada led a majority government for the entirety of the 37th Canadian Parliament,with little change from by-elections.
