| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
125 seats in the National Assembly of Quebec 63 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Turnout | 57.43% ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The Quebec general election of 2008 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 (when the Union Nationale of Maurice Duplessis won four consecutive elections) 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.
Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres, making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Canada's southern border with the United States, stretching some 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world's longest bi-national land border. Its capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. As a whole, Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land area being dominated by forest and tundra. Consequently, its population is highly urbanized, with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, with 70% of citizens residing within 100 kilometres (62 mi) of the southern border. Canada's climate varies widely across its vast area, ranging from arctic weather in the north, to hot summers in the southern regions, with four distinct seasons.
The provinces and territories of Canada are sub-national governments within the geographical areas of Canada under the authority of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada —were united to form a federated colony, becoming a sovereign nation in the next century. Over its history, Canada's international borders have changed several times, and the country has grown from the original four provinces to the current ten provinces and three territories. Together, the provinces and territories make up the world's second-largest country by area.
Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.
The 2008 election also marked the first time that Québec solidaire won a seat.
Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist, social-democratic and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada. The party and media outlets in Canada usually use the name "Québec solidaire" in both French and English, but the party's name is sometimes translated as "Solidarity Quebec" or "Quebec Solidarity" in foreign English-language media.
Charest called the election on November 5, saying he needed a "clear mandate" and a majority to handle the economic storm. He was criticized, however, by the Parti Québécois and the Action démocratique du Québec for calling a snap election to get a majority when they were willing to work with him to fix the economy. [1]
The Parti Québécois is a sovereignist and social democratic provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. The PQ advocates national sovereignty for Quebec involving independence of the province of Quebec from Canada and establishing a sovereign state. The PQ has also promoted the possibility of maintaining a loose political and economic sovereignty-association between Quebec and Canada. The party traditionally has support from the labour movement, but unlike most other social democratic parties, its ties with organized labour are informal. Members and supporters of the PQ are called "péquistes", a French word derived from the pronunciation of the party's initials.
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, and had support from nationalists and federalists. Its members were referred to as adéquistes, a name derived from the French pronunciation of the initials 'ADQ'.
Most notably, the election was marked by a significant collapse in support for the ADQ. Formerly a relatively minor party, the ADQ had attracted significant protest support in the 2007 election, beating the Parti Québécois to Official Opposition status. In 2008, however, the party's support dropped back to approximately 15 per cent of the popular vote, roughly the same range of support the party attracted before 2007. As a result of this loss of support, Mario Dumont announced in his concession speech that he would step down as party leader. [2]
In Canada, Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition is usually the largest parliamentary opposition party in the House of Commons or in a provincial legislative assembly that is not in government, either on its own or as part of a governing coalition. Commonly referred to as the Official Opposition, this is usually the second-largest party in a legislative house although, in certain unusual circumstances, it may be a third- or fourth-largest party or even the largest party.
Mario Dumont is a 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.
In the final days of the election campaign, the concurrent parliamentary confidence dispute became an issue, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper attacking the credibility of a potential Liberal-New Democratic Party coalition government because the Bloc Québécois had pledged to support the coalition on motions of confidence. Both Marois and Dumont called upon Charest, a former leader of the federal Progressive Conservatives, to clarify where he stood on the coalition and on Harper's use of anti-sovereigntist rhetoric in the dispute. [3] Charest emphasized that the Bloc MPs had been legitimately elected by Quebecers, and stated that "I live in a society in which people can be sovereigntists or federalists, but they respect each other. The same thing should prevail in the federal parliament." [4]
Stephen Joseph Harper is a Canadian economist, entrepreneur, and retired politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada for nearly a decade, from February 6, 2006, to November 4, 2015. Harper has served as the leader of the International Democrat Union since February 2018.
The Liberal Party of Canada is the oldest and longest-serving governing political party in Canada. The Liberals form the current government, elected in 2015. The party has dominated federal politics for much of Canada's history, holding power for almost 69 years in the 20th century—more than any other party in a developed country—and as a result, it is sometimes referred to as Canada's "natural governing party".
The Bloc Québécois (BQ) 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 who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative Party and Liberal Party during the collapse of the Meech Lake Accord. Founder Lucien Bouchard was a cabinet minister in the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney.
Media analysts noted that while Charest's Liberals won a majority, the final result was much narrower in both the popular vote and the seat total than polls even just a few days before the election had predicted, because the Liberals only won an eight-seat majority, a result which was widely credited to a late voter swing toward the PQ as a result of Harper's comments. [5]
The overall results were: [6]
Party | Party leader | Candi- dates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Dissol. | 2008 | Change | % | # | % | Change | |||||
Liberal | Jean Charest | 125 | 48 | 48 | 66 | +18 | 52.80% | 1,366,046 | 42.08% | +9.00% | ||
Parti Québécois | Pauline Marois | 125 | 36 | 36 | 51 | +15 | 40.80% | 1,141,751 | 35.17% | +6.82% | ||
Action démocratique | Mario Dumont | 125 | 41 | 39 | 7 | -34 | 5.60% | 531,358 | 16.37% | -14.47% | ||
Québec solidaire | Françoise David Amir Khadir † | 122 | - | - | 1 | +1 | 0.80% | 122,618 | 3.78% | +0.14% | ||
Green | Guy Rainville | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | 70,393 | 2.17% | -1.68% | ||
Parti indépendantiste | Éric Tremblay | 19 | * | - | - | * | - | 4,227 | 0.13% | * | ||
Marxist–Leninist | Pierre Chénier | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 2,727 | 0.08% | +0.03% | ||
Durable | Sébastien Girard | 1 | * | - | - | * | - | 567 | 0.02% | * | ||
Republic of Quebec | Gilles Paquette | 1 | * | - | - | * | - | 140 | <0.01% | * | ||
Independents | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | 6,506 | 0.20% | +0.09% | |||
Vacant | 2 | |||||||||||
Total | 651 | 125 | 125 | 125 | - | 100% | 3,246,333 | 100% | ||||
Notes:
|
Polling firm | Last date of polling | Link | QLP | ADQ | PQ | GPQ | QS | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angus Reid Strategies | December 5, 2008 | 42 | 13 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |
Léger Marketing | December 4, 2008 | 45 | 15 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
CROP | December 3, 2008 | 45 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |
Léger Marketing | November 23, 2008 | 46 | 12 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
CROP | November 23, 2008 | 45 | 12 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
Nanos Research | November 22, 2008 | 44 | 12 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
Léger Marketing | November 19, 2008 | 44 | 15 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
CROP | November 13, 2008 | 42 | 15 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
Environics | November 12, 2008 | 45 | 14 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Léger Marketing | November 10, 2008 | 41 | 14 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
Léger Marketing | October 27, 2008 | 42 | 14 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
CROP | October 27, 2008 | 38 | 17 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
CROP | September 28, 2008 | 41 | 16 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
CROP | August 24, 2008 | 42 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
CROP | June 23, 2008 | 36 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 0 | |
Léger Marketing | June 15, 2008 | 42 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
CROP | May 26, 2008 | 41 | 14 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 1 | |
CROP | April 27, 2008 | 38 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | |
Léger Marketing | April 20, 2008 | 37 | 18 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
CROP | March 26, 2008 | 34 | 22 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 1 | |
CROP | February 24, 2008 | 35 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 0 | |
CROP | January 27, 2008 | 31 | 24 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
Léger Marketing | January 17, 2008 | 33 | 27 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
CROP | December 2, 2007 | 30 | 26 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
Léger Marketing | November 4, 2007 | 31 | 27 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |
CROP | October 28, 2007 | 31 | 28 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
CROP | September 23, 2007 | 24 | 34 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 0 | |
Léger Marketing | September 8, 2007 | 28 | 30 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
CROP | August 26, 2007 | 27 | 29 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |
CROP | June 25, 2007 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 1 | |
Léger Marketing | June 24, 2007 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
CROP | June 3, 2007 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 0 | |
CROP | May 28, 2007 | 28 | 32 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | |
Léger Marketing | May 26, 2007 | 28 | 33 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
CROP | April 29, 2007 | 27 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | |
Léger Marketing | March 29, 2007 | 31 | 38 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
Last election | March 26, 2007 | 33.1% | 30.8% | 28.4% | 3.9% | 3.6% | 0.2% |
The results in each riding (electoral division) were: [7]
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ADQ | PQ | Green | QS | Other | |||||||||
Bonaventure | Nathalie Normandeau 10,707 64.29% | Denise Porlier 586 3.52% | Marcel Landry 4,829 28.99% | Patricia Chartier 533 3.20% | Nathalie Normandeau | |||||||||
Gaspé | Georges Mamelonet 8,886 56.08% | Marcelle Guay 499 3.15% | Annie Chouinard 6,285 39.67% | Simon Tremblay-Pepin 175 1.10% | Guy Lelièvre | |||||||||
Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Germain Chevarie 3,510 49.85% | Patrick Leblanc 121 1.72% | Jeannine Richard 3,194 45.36% | Nicolas Tremblay 129 1.83% | Jacques Bourdeau 87 1.24% | Maxime Arseneau | ||||||||
Kamouraska-Témiscouata | Claude Béchard 11,048 53.70% | Ian Sénéchal 4,436 21.56% | Michel Forget 4,351 21.15% | Manon Côté 604 2.94% | Alexie Plourde (Ind.) 134 0.65% | Claude Béchard | ||||||||
Matane | Éric Plourde 5,503 33.27% | Denis Paquette 1,127 6.81% | Pascal Bérubé 9,589 57.98% | Gilles Arteau 320 1.93% | Pascal Bérubé | |||||||||
Matapédia | Jean-Yves Roy 5,828 33.94% | Cindy Rousseau 1,982 11.54% | Danielle Doyer 8,815 51.34% | Eve-Lyne Couturier 544 3.17% | Danielle Doyer | |||||||||
Rimouski | Raymond Guiguère 9,424 35.33% | Frédéric Audet 3,410 12.78% | Irvin Pelletier 12,873 48.26% | Alain Thibault 967 3.63% | Irvin Pelletier | |||||||||
Rivière-du-Loup | Jean-Pierre Rioux 5,795 26.98% | Mario Dumont 11,115 51.75% | Stephan Shields 3,049 14.20% | Alain Gagnon 513 2.39% | Stacy Larouche 400 1.86% | Victor-Lévy Beaulieu (Ind.) 607 2.83% | Mario Dumont |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ADQ | PQ | Green | QS | Other | |||||||||
Chicoutimi | Joan Simard 12,128 41.61% | Jean-Philippe Marin 2,455 8.42% | Stéphane Bédard 13,402 45.98% | Réjean Godin 1,164 3.99% | Stéphane Bédard | |||||||||
Dubuc | Serge Simard 9,723 42.85% | Robert Émond 2,789 12.29% | André Michaud 9,272 40.86% | Marie-France Bienvenue 708 3.12% | Fernand Bouchard (Ind.) 199 0.88% | Jacques Côté | ||||||||
Duplessis | Pierre Cormier 6,300 34.28% | Bernard Lefrançois 1,532 8.34% | Lorraine Richard 9,619 52.34% | Jacques Gélineau 459 2.50% | Olivier Noël 469 2.55% | Lorraine Richard | ||||||||
Jonquière | Martine Girard 10,367 37.80% | Marc Jomphe 2,913 10.62% | Sylvain Gaudreault 13,077 47.68% | Gabrielle Desbiens 1,068 3.89% | Sylvain Gaudreault | |||||||||
Lac-Saint-Jean | Pierre Simard 7,825 29.94% | Sylvain Carbonneau 2,764 10.57% | Alexandre Cloutier 14,539 55.62% | France Bergeron 483 1.85% | Samuel Thivierge 527 2.02% | Alexandre Cloutier | ||||||||
René-Lévesque | Patrick Sullivan 4,725 26.29% | Louis-Olivier Minville 2,198 12.23% | Marjolain Dufour 10,554 58.71% | Marie-Claude Ouellette 498 2.77% | Marjolain Dufour | |||||||||
Roberval | Georges Simard 10,905 40.07% | Jacques Cadieux 2,641 9.70% | Denis Trottier 12,528 46.03% | Nicole Schmitt 571 2.10% | Sébastien Girard (PDQ) 571 2.10% | Denis Trottier |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ADQ | PQ | Green | QS | Other | |||||||||
Charlesbourg | Michel Pigeon 14,196 42.35% | Catherine Morissette 9,814 29.28% | Renaud Lapierre 8,449 25.20% | Martine Sanfaçon 1,063 3.17% | Catherine Morissette | |||||||||
Charlevoix | Jean-Luc Simard 6,252 31.00% | Marc Cardwell 2,568 12.73% | Pauline Marois 10,532 52.21% | David Turcotte 326 1.62% | André Jacob 340 1.69% | Jean-Michel Harvey (Ind.) 152 0.75% | Pauline Marois | |||||||
Chauveau | Sarah Perreault 10,359 33.76% | Gérard Deltell 13,281 43.28% | François Aumond 6,267 20.42% | Catherine Flynn 778 2.54% | Gilles Taillon | |||||||||
Jean-Lesage | André Drolet 11,682 41.68% | Jean-François Gosselin 7,302 26.05% | Hélène Guillemette 7,497 26.75% | Jean-Yves Desgagnés 1,236 4.41% | José Breton (Ind.) 314 1.12% | Jean-François Gosselin | ||||||||
Jean-Talon | Yves Bolduc 13,885 49.79% | Martin Briand 2,588 9.28% | Patrick Neko Likongo 8,937 32.05% | Nathalie Gingras 1,066 3.82% | Marc-André Gauthier 1,410 5.06% | Yves Bolduc | ||||||||
La Peltrie | France Hamel 13,133 38.09% | Éric Caire 13,393 38.84% | France Gagné 7,014 20.34% | Guillaume Boivin 943 2.73% | Éric Caire | |||||||||
Louis-Hébert | Sam Hamad 17,627 48.82% | Jean Nobert 5,863 16.24% | Françoise Mercure 10,508 29.10% | Carl Lavoie 1,069 2.96% | Dominique Gautron 1,037 2.87% | Sam Hamad | ||||||||
Montmorency | Raymond Bernier 12,536 36.52% | Hubert Benoit 11,375 33.14% | Jacques Nadeau 8,784 25.59% | Jacques Legros 726 2.12% | Lucie Charbonneau 751 2.19% | Luc Duranleau (PI) 153 0.45% | Hubert Benoit | |||||||
Portneuf | Michel Matte 11,055 39.58% | Raymond Francoeur 9,388 33.61% | René Perreault 6,553 23.46% | André Lavoie 934 3.34% | Raymond Francoeur | |||||||||
Taschereau | Hébert Dufour 7,845 29.48% | Renée-Claude Lizotte 3,563 13.39% | Agnès Maltais 11,768 44.22% | Antonine Yaccarini 1,048 3.94% | Serge Roy 2,241 8.42% | Mélanie Thériault (PI) 149 0.56% | Agnès Maltais | |||||||
Vanier | Patrick Huot 13,077 38.33% | Sylvain Légaré 12,599 36.93% | Éric Boucher 7,512 22.02% | Monique Voisine 931 2.73% | Sylvain Légaré |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ADQ | PQ | Green | QS | Other | |||||||||
Champlain | Pierre-Michel Auger 10,286 34.15% | Luc Arvisais 6,582 21.86% | Noëlla Champagne 12,317 40.91% | Myriam Fauteux 714 2.37% | Jean-Pierre Grenier (Ind.) 211 0.70% | Pierre-Michel Auger | ||||||||
Laviolette | Julie Boulet 11,645 59.13% | Éric Tapps 2,121 10.77% | Claude Lessard 5,413 27.48% | Rémy Francoeur 516 2.62% | Julie Boulet | |||||||||
Maskinongé | Jean-Paul Diamond 13,277 42.18% | Jean Damphousse 6,252 19.86% | Rémy Désilets 10,841 34.44% | Mariannick Mercure 709 2.25% | Michel Thibeault (Ind.) 395 1.26% | Jean Damphousse | ||||||||
Saint-Maurice | Céline Trépanier 8,138 38.43% | Robert Deschamps 3,119 14.73% | Claude Pinard 8,769 41.41% | Stéphane Normandin 447 2.11% | Allison Molesworth 429 2.03% | Yves Demers (Ind.) 276 1.30% | Robert Deschamps | |||||||
Trois-Rivières | Danielle St-Amand 9,129 40.10% | Sébastien Proulx 4,241 18.63% | Yves St-Pierre 8,169 35.88% | Louis Lacroix 515 2.26% | Alex Noël 714 3.14% | Sébastien Proulx |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ADQ | PQ | Green | QS | Other | |||||||||
Arthabaska | Claude Bachand 13,227 42.49% | Jean-François Roux 7,735 24.85% | Catherine Coutel 8,791 28.24% | François Fillion 690 2.22% | Bill Ninacs 685 2.20% | Jean-François Roux | ||||||||
Beauce-Nord | Richard Lehoux 9,612 37.99% | Janvier Grondin 12,633 49.93% | Mireille Mercier-Roy 2,297 9.08% | Francis Paré 381 1.51% | Émilie Guimond-Bélanger 264 1.04% | Benoît Roy (Ind.) 116 0.46% | Janvier Grondin | |||||||
Beauce-Sud | Robert Dutil 12,138 43.37% | Claude Morin 11,499 41.09% | André Côté 2,959 10.57% | Francis Cossette 749 2.68% | Anne-Marie Provost 307 1.10% | Léo Doyon (Ind.) 332 1.19% | Claude Morin | |||||||
Bellechasse | Dominique Vien 10,530 47.79% | Jean Domingue 7,553 34.28% | Jerry Beaudoin 3,435 15.59% | Jean-Nicolas Denis 518 2.35% | Jean Domingue | |||||||||
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière | Réal St-Laurent 10,657 30.87% | Marc Picard 15,366 44.51% | Marie Raiche 7,428 21.52% | Marie-Hélène Côté-Brochu 1,069 3.10% | Marc Picard | |||||||||
Drummond | Jacques Sigouin 10,860 32.54% | Sébastien Schneeberger 9,757 29.23% | Yves-François Blanchet 11,480 34.40% | Luce Daneau 1,279 3.83% | Sébastien Schneeberger | |||||||||
Frontenac | Laurent Lessard 11,785 56.71% | Paul-André Proulx 3,539 17.03% | Juliette Jalbert 4,852 23.35% | Claudette Lambert 423 2.04% | Martin Duranleau (PI) 183 0.88% | Laurent Lessard | ||||||||
Johnson | Denis F. Morin 8,478 30.99% | Éric Charbonneau 6,318 23.09% | Étienne-Alexis Boucher 11,012 40.25% | Pierre-Olivier Jetté 919 3.36% | Colombe Landry 634 2.32% | Éric Charbonneau | ||||||||
Lévis | Gilles Lehouillier 12,645 38.76% | Christian Lévesque 11,196 34.32% | Jimmy Grenier 7,326 22.46% | Valérie Guilloteau 1,457 4.47% | Christian Lévesque | |||||||||
Lotbinière | Julie Champagne 7,540 34.31% | Sylvie Roy 9,615 43.75% | Guy St-Pierre 4,238 19.28% | Guillaume Dorval 586 2.67% | Sylvie Roy | |||||||||
Montmagny-L'Islet | Norbert Morin 10,027 51.90% | Claude Roy 5,596 28.96% | Guy Bélanger 3,048 15.78% | Richard Piper 356 1.84% | Bernard Beaulieu 294 1.52% | Claude Roy | ||||||||
Nicolet-Yamaska | Mario Landry 7,991 34.56% | Éric Dorion 6,052 26.17% | Jean-Martin Aussant 8,132 35.17% | Marianne Mathis 950 4.11% | Éric Dorion |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ADQ | PQ | Green | QS | Other | |||||||||
Mégantic-Compton | Johanne Gonthier 9,204 45.32% | Samuel Therrien 3,268 16.09% | Gloriane Blais 7,079 34.85% | Julie Dionne 760 3.74% | Johanne Gonthier | |||||||||
Orford | Pierre Reid 14,728 43.46% | Pierre Harvey 4,525 13.35% | Michel Breton 12,470 36.80% | Louis Hamel 1,030 3.04% | Patricia Tremblay 1,135 3.35% | Pierre Reid | ||||||||
Richmond | Yvon Vallières 11,657 51.50% | Jean-Philippe Hamel 3,682 16.27% | Martyne Prévost 6,535 28.87% | Michel Reesor 760 3.36% | Yvon Vallières | |||||||||
Saint-François | Monique Gagnon-Tremblay 13,327 46.96% | Vincent Marmion 2,230 7.86% | Réjean Hébert 11,845 41.74% | Sandy Tremblay 769 2.71% | François Mailly (Ind.) 210 0.74% | Monique Gagnon-Tremblay | ||||||||
Sherbrooke | Jean Charest 13,694 45.21% | Jacques Joly 2,065 6.82% | Laurent-Paul Maheux 11,380 37.57% | Steve Dubois 1,016 3.35% | Christian Bibeau 1,956 6.46% | Hubert Richard (Ind.) 178 0.59% | Jean Charest |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ADQ | PQ | Green | QS | Other | |||||||||
Borduas | Jacques Charbonneau 9,125 32.61% | Jean Dion 3,430 12.26% | Pierre Curzi 13,329 47.63% | Marco Caron 914 3.27% | Eric Noël 966 3.45% | Michel Lepage (PI) 219 0.78% | Pierre Curzi | |||||||
Brome-Missisquoi | Pierre Paradis 14,926 49.11% | Mario Charpentier 5,127 16.87% | Richard Leclerc 8,280 27.24% | Louise Martineau 1,006 3.31% | Diane Cormier 884 2.91% | Jacques-Antoine Normandin (Ind.) 171 0.56% | Pierre Paradis | |||||||
Chambly | Stéphanie Doyon 14,485 36.11% | Richard Merlini 6,455 16.09% | Bertrand St-Arnaud 16,049 40.01% | Nicholas Lescarbeau 1,200 2.99% | Jocelyn Roy 1,167 2.91% | Ghislain Lebel (PI) 758 1.89% | Richard Merlini | |||||||
Iberville | André Riedl 9,075 32.01% | Lyne Denechaud 6,087 21.47% | Marie Bouillé 11,698 41.26% | Guy Berger 882 3.11% | André Dupuis 612 2.16% | André Riedl | ||||||||
Richelieu | Christian Cournoyer 8,546 34.63% | Patrick Fournier 3,127 12.67% | Sylvain Simard 11,607 47.04% | Patrick Lamothe 691 2.80% | Paul Martin 704 2.85% | Sylvain Simard | ||||||||
Saint-Hyacinthe | Claude Corbeil 11,609 37.38% | Claude L'Écuyer 5,690 18.32% | Émilien Pelletier 11,822 38.07% | Louis-Pierre Beaudry 975 3.14% | Richard Gingras 957 3.08% | Claude L'Écuyer | ||||||||
Saint-Jean | Jean-Pierre Paquin 12,568 36.52% | Lucille Méthé 6,266 18.21% | Dave Turcotte 13,474 39.15% | Éric Beaudry 1,034 3.00% | Danielle Desmarais 768 2.23% | Martin Rioux (PI) 189 0.55% Guillaume Tremblay (Ind.) 118 0.34% | Lucille Méthé | |||||||
Shefford | Jean-Claude Tremblay 11,201 34.42% | François Bonnardel 11,271 34.63% | Jean-François Arseneault 8,019 24.64% | Martin Giard 789 2.42% | Ginette Moreau 1,085 3.33% | Lucie Piédalue (Ind.) 181 0.56% | François Bonnardel | |||||||
Verchères | Vincent Sabourin 6,389 22.87% | Daniel Castonguay 4,333 15.52% | Stéphane Bergeron 15,457 55.37% | Christine Hayes 842 3.02% | Lynda Gadoury 737 2.64% | Yvon Sylva Aubé (PI) 158 0.57% | Stéphane Bergeron |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ADQ | PQ | Green | QS | Other | |||||||||
Beauharnois | Louis-Charles Roy 8,811 33.64% | Michael Betts 3,311 12.64% | Guy Leclair 12,349 47.15% | Stéphanie Théorêt 570 2.18% | Maxime Larue-Bourdages 681 2.60% | Christian Grenon (Ind.) 467 1.78% | Serge Deslières | |||||||
Châteauguay | Pierre Moreau 13,583 41.41% | Geneviève Tousignant 4,115 12.54% | Michel Pinard 13,132 40.03% | Johanne Côté 967 2.95% | Véronique Pronovost 677 2.06% | Nicole Caron (PI) 215 0.66% Hélène Héroux (M-L) 115 0.35% | Jean-Marc Fournier | |||||||
Huntingdon | Stéphane Billette 11,178 44.01% | Albert De Martin 6,372 25.09% | Joan Gosselin 6,988 27.51% | Stéphane Thellen 863 3.40% | Albert De Martin | |||||||||
La Pinière | Fatima Houda-Pepin 17,480 61.44% | Marc-André Beauchemin 2,822 9.92% | Jocelyne Duguay-Varfalvy 7,046 24.77% | Nadine Beaudoin 971 3.41% | Serge Patenaude (M-L) 131 0.46% | Fatima Houda-Pepin | ||||||||
Laporte | Nicole Ménard 12,823 49.01% | Alain Dépatie 2,462 9.41% | Robert Pellan 8,765 33.50% | Richard Morisset 1,162 4.44% | Michèle St-Denis 954 3.65% | Nicole Ménard | ||||||||
La Prairie | Marc Savard 13,621 37.41% | Monique Roy Verville 5,162 14.18% | François Rebello 16,322 44.83% | Danielle Maire 759 2.08% | Martin McNeil (Ind.) 392 1.08% Normand Chouinard (M-L) 150 0.41% | Monique Roy Verville | ||||||||
Marguerite-D'Youville | Jean-Robert Grenier 13,096 35.85% | Simon-Pierre Diamond 6,731 18.43% | Monique Richard 14,545 39.82% | Thomas Goyette-Levac 1,097 3.00% | Hugo Bergeron 1,059 2.90% | Simon-Pierre Diamond | ||||||||
Marie-Victorin | Isabelle Mercille 6,185 28.92% | Roger Dagenais 2,369 11.08% | Bernard Drainville 11,026 51.56% | Réal Langelier 665 3.11% | Sébastien Robert 957 4.48% | Yves Ménard (PI) 182 0.85% | Bernard Drainville | |||||||
Soulanges | Lucie Charlebois 11,564 46.29% | Daniel Lavigne 2,992 11.98% | Louisanne Chevrier 9,229 36.95% | Denis Eperjusy 736 2.95% | Jonathan Vallée-Payette 459 1.84% | Lucie Charlebois | ||||||||
Taillon | Richard Bélisle 10,688 32.98% | Karine Simard 3,889 12.00% | Marie Malavoy 15,021 46.34% | Simon Bernier 1,094 3.37% | Manon Blanchard 1,374 4.24% | Éric Tremblay (PI) 349 1.08% | Marie Malavoy | |||||||
Vachon | Georges Painchaud 8,802 32.26% | Jean-François Denis 3,776 13.84% | Camil Bouchard 13,203 48.39% | Denis Durand 886 3.25% | François Cyr 615 2.25% | Camil Bouchard | ||||||||
Vaudreuil | Yvon Marcoux 15,827 54.08% | Lucie Boudreault 2,578 8.81% | Claude Turcotte 8,789 30.03% | Julien Leclerc 1,083 3.70% | Maria-Pia Chavez 543 1.86% | Kevin Côté (Ind.) 305 1.04% Gilles Paquette (PRQ) 140 0.48% | Yvon Marcoux |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ADQ | PQ | Green | QS | Other | |||||||||
Anjou | Lise Thériault 13,082 | Jacques Lachapelle 2,242 | Sébastien Richard 8,927 | Sylvie Morneau 727 | Francine Gagné 944 | Lise Thériault | ||||||||
Bourassa-Sauvé | Line Beauchamp 13,736 | Guy Mailloux 1,933 | Roland Carrier 6,059 | Enrico Gambardella 732 | Line Beauchamp | |||||||||
Bourget | Pierre MacNicoll 7,984 | Guy Boutin 2,677 | Maka Kotto 13,046 | Gilbert Caron 939 | Gaétan Legault 1,177 | Antonis Labbé (PI) 127 | Maka Kotto | |||||||
Crémazie | Martin Cossette 11,757 | Diane Charbonneau 1,847 | Lisette Lapointe 12,947 | Daniel Hémond 778 | André Frappier 1,639 | Lisette Lapointe | ||||||||
Gouin | Édith Keays 4,974 | Caroline Giroux 895 | Nicolas Girard 10,276 | Stephen Marchant 753 | Françoise David 7,987 | Jonathan Godin (PI) 110 | Nicolas Girard | |||||||
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | Julie Tremblay 4,115 | Jean-Lévy Champagne 1,303 | Carole Poirier 10,529 | Sylvie Woods 816 | Serge Mongeau 2,502 | Christine Dandenault (M-L) 117 | Louise Harel | |||||||
Jeanne-Mance–Viger | Filomena Rotiroti 16,303 | Luigi Verrelli 1,736 | Christine Normandin 3,379 | Céline Gingras 554 | Katia Proulx (Ind.) 284 Garnet Colly (M-L) 125 | Vacant | ||||||||
LaFontaine | Tony Tomassi 14,031 | Gaetano Giumento 1,306 | Luigi De Benedictis 3,838 | Gaétan Bérard 549 | Natacha Larocque 389 | Tony Tomassi | ||||||||
Laurier-Dorion | Gerry Sklavounos 9,769 | Olivier Manceau 943 | Badiona Bazin 7,701 | Michel Lemay 1,090 | Ruba Ghazal 2,963 | Peter Macrisopoulos (M-L) 219 Michel Prairie (Ind.) 86 | Gerry Sklavounos | |||||||
Mercier | Catherine Émond 4,940 | Elysa Toutant 575 | Daniel Turp 7,989 | Olivier Adam 833 | Amir Khadir 8,861 | Jean-Marc Labrèche (PI) 83 | Daniel Turp | |||||||
Pointe-aux-Trembles | Gilbert Thibodeau 5,581 | Pierre Trudelle 2,525 | Nicole Léger 12,845 | Xavier Daxhelet 733 | Marie-Josèphe Pigeon 664 | Gérald Briand (Ind.) 159 Geneviève Royer (M-L) 81 | Nicole Léger | |||||||
Rosemont | Nathalie Rivard 9,557 | Audrey Serec 1,901 | Louise Beaudoin 15,149 | Sylvain Valiquette 816 | François Saillant 2,470 | Stephane Chénier (M-L) 88 | Rita Dionne-Marsolais | |||||||
Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques | Éric Prud'homme 5,536 | Dominic Boisvert 793 | Martin Lemay 9,135 | Annie Morel 1,089 | Manon Massé 3,009 | Serge Lachapelle (M-L) 207 | Martin Lemay | |||||||
Viau | Emmanuel Dubourg 10,705 | Martin Fournier 1,186 | Martine Banolok 4,783 | Michel Cummings 678 | Rosa Dutra 916 | Emmanuel Dubourg |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ADQ | PQ | Green | QS | Other | |||||||||
Acadie | Christine St-Pierre 15,240 | Ahamed Badawy 980 | Marc-André Nolet 4,717 | Nicolas Rémillard-Tessier 755 | André Parizeau 956 | Christine St-Pierre | ||||||||
D'Arcy-McGee | Lawrence Bergman 14,087 | Mathieu Lacombe 292 | Marie-Aude Ardizzon 564 | Jean-Christophe Mortreux 666 | Abraham Weizfeld 264 | Lawrence Bergman | ||||||||
Jacques-Cartier | Geoffrey Kelley 20,428 | Marie-Hélène Trudel 980 | Olivier Gendreau 1,555 | Ryan Young 1,895 | Marianne Breton-Fontaine 364 | Marsha Fine (M-L) 87 | Geoffrey Kelley | |||||||
Marguerite-Bourgeoys | Monique Jérôme-Forget 14,490 | Michel Beaudoin 1,900 | Félix Sylvestre-Kentzinger 4,750 | Elena Tapia 752 | Monique Jérôme-Forget | |||||||||
Marquette | François Ouimet 13,471 | Marc-Antoine Desjardins 2,062 | Catherine Major 6,451 | Réjean Malette 1,308 | Manuel Teigeiro 588 | Yves Le Seigle (M-L) 86 | François Ouimet | |||||||
Mont-Royal | Pierre Arcand 12,205 | Caroline Morgan 555 | Simon Robert-Chartrand 1,854 | Mario Bonenfant 736 | Robbie Mahoud 577 | Diane Johnston (M-L) 69 | Pierre Arcand | |||||||
Nelligan | Yolande James 18,039 | François Savard 1,418 | Anais Valiquette-L'Heureux 3,634 | Jonathan Théorêt 1,556 | Elahé Machouf 378 | Yolande James | ||||||||
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Kathleen Weil 11,485 | Matthew Conway 481 | Fabrice Martel 2,307 | Peter McQueen 2,430 | Linda Sullivan (M-L) 124 David Sommer Rovins (Ind.) 64 | Vacant | ||||||||
Outremont | Raymond Bachand 10,571 | Christian Collard 577 | Sophie Fréchette 4,919 | Maxime Simard 1,204 | May Chiu 2,228 | Raymond Bachand | ||||||||
Robert-Baldwin | Pierre Marsan 17,078 | Alexandra Lauzon 877 | Alexandre Pagé-Chassé 1,602 | Maryse Goulet 1,059 | Sarah Landry 375 | Nicholas Lin (M-L) 74 | Pierre Marsan | |||||||
Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne | Marguerite Blais 10,552 | Claude-Ludovic Mbany 1,326 | Frédéric Isaya 8,535 | Tim Landry 985 | Marie-Ève Rancourt 1,471 | Jean-Paul Bédard (M-L) 146 | Marguerite Blais | |||||||
Saint-Laurent | Jacques P. Dupuis 15,663 | José Fiorilo 1,009 | Gabrielle Dufour-Turcotte 3,505 | William Sloan 731 | Fernand Deschamps (M-L) 147 | Jacques P. Dupuis | ||||||||
Verdun | Henri-François Gautrin 11,223 | Moscou Côté 1,411 | Richard Langlais 8,314 | Sébastien Beausoleil 1,087 | Chantale Michaud 1,215 | Sylvie Tremblay (Ind.) 216 Robert Lindblad (Ind.) 61 | Henri-François Gautrin | |||||||
Westmount–Saint-Louis | Jacques Chagnon 11,041 | Léonidas Priftakis 438 | Daniella Johnson-Meneghini 1,525 | Patrick Daoust 1,090 | Nadia Alexan 641 | Jacques Chagnon |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ADQ | PQ | Green | QS | Other | |||||||||
Chomedey | Guy Ouellette 16,482 | Josée Granger 1,932 | Jonathan Cyr 5,218 | Christian Picard 618 | Francine Bellerose 547 | Polyvios Tsakanikas (M-L) 234 | Guy Ouellette | |||||||
Fabre | Michelle Courchesne 15,349 | Tom Pentefountas 4,024 | François-Ghyslain Rocque 12,425 | Erika Alvarez 1,021 | Pierre Brien 918 | Michelle Courchesne | ||||||||
Laval-des-Rapides | Alain Paquet 11,551 | Robert Goulet 2,727 | Marc Demers 10,264 | Nicholas Sarrazin 779 | Sylvie DesRochers 758 | Mathieu Desbiens (PI) 151 Jacques Frigon (Ind.) 125 Yvon Breton (M-L) 114 | Alain Paquet | |||||||
Mille-Îles | Francine Charbonneau 15,334 | Pierre Tremblay 3,588 | Donato Santomo 12,124 | Maude Delangis 903 | Nicole Bellerose 905 | Isabelle Gérin-Lajoie (Ind.) 191 Régent Millette (Ind.) 44 | Maurice Clermont | |||||||
Vimont | Vincent Auclair 16,217 | Pierre Brien 3,932 | Rachel Demers 12,257 | Audrey Boisvert 1,537 | Vincent Auclair |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ADQ | PQ | Green | QS | Other | |||||||||
Berthier | Norman Blackburn 8,393 | François Benjamin 8,239 | André Villeneuve 13,650 | Yan Beaudry 903 | Jocelyne Dupuis 931 | François Benjamin | ||||||||
Joliette | Christian Trudel 9,168 | Pascal Beaupré 6,171 | Véronique Hivon 14,647 | Flavie Trudel 1,544 | Pablo Lugo-Herrera (Ind.) 244 | Pascal Beaupré | ||||||||
L'Assomption | Christian Gauthier 11,384 | Éric Laporte 6,977 | Scott McKay 15,494 | Chantal Latour 946 | Olivier Huart 1,099 | Fanny Bérubé (PI) 341 | Éric Laporte | |||||||
Masson | David Grégoire 8,174 | Ginette Grandmont 7,436 | Guillaume Tremblay 17,997 | Michel Paulette 954 | Gabriel Poirier 716 | Bertrand Lefebvre (PI) 257 | Ginette Grandmont | |||||||
Rousseau | Michel Fafard 6,689 | Jean-Pierre Parrot 4,778 | François Legault 16,783 | Michel Popik 607 | François Lépine 730 | François Legault | ||||||||
Terrebonne | Chantal Leblanc 9,439 | Jean-François Therrien 7,377 | Mathieu Traversy 15,455 | Yoland Gilbert 1,103 | Sabrina Perreault 894 | Jean-François Therrien |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ADQ | PQ | Green | QS | Other | |||||||||
Argenteuil | David Whissell 10,843 | Michael Perzow 2,455 | John Saywell 7,353 | Claude Sabourin 790 | Loïc Kauffeisen 456 | David Whissell | ||||||||
Bertrand | Isabelle Lord 10,424 | Diane Bellemare 3,463 | Claude Cousineau 14,970 | Michelle L. Déry 839 | Mylène Jaccoud 843 | Claude Cousineau | ||||||||
Blainville | Johanne Berthiaume 11,301 | Pierre Gingras 7,677 | Daniel Ratthé 14,118 | Michel Sigouin 962 | Francis Gagnon-Bergmann 798 | Pierre Gingras | ||||||||
Deux-Montagnes | Marie-France D'Aoust 8,979 | Lucie Leblanc 4,983 | Benoit Charette 11,932 | Guy Rainville 1,168 | Julien Demers 632 | Lucie Leblanc | ||||||||
Groulx | Monique Laurin 10,823 | Linda Lapointe 6,036 | René Gauvreau 11,226 | Carmen Brisebois 955 | Adam Veilleux 701 | Sébastien Hotte (PI) 102 | Linda Lapointe | |||||||
Labelle | Déborah Bélanger 7,140 | Claude Ouellette 2,807 | Sylvain Pagé 13,195 | François Beauchamp 754 | Luc Boisjoli 751 | Sylvain Pagé | ||||||||
Mirabel | Ritha Cossette 7,207 | François Desrochers 6,522 | Denise Beaudoin 13,700 | Simon Cadieux 847 | Kim Joly 621 | François Desrochers | ||||||||
Prévost | Jacques Gariépy 10,001 | Martin Camirand 7,193 | Gilles Robert 15,229 | Bernard Anton 913 | Lise Boivin 1,107 | Martin Camirand |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ADQ | PQ | Green | QS | Other | |||||||||
Chapleau | Marc Carrière 13,968 | Gilles Taillon 3,182 | Yves Morin 6,560 | Roger Fleury 1,032 | Benoît Renaud 609 | Jean-Pierre Grenier (Ind.) 118 Pierre Soublière (M-L) 51 | Benoît Pelletier | |||||||
Gatineau | Stéphanie Vallée 14,506 | Serge Charrette 2,395 | Thérèse Viel-Déry 7,176 | Benoit Legros (M-L) 304 | Stéphanie Vallée | |||||||||
Hull | Maryse Gaudreault 11,924 | Renée Gagné 1,319 | Gilles Aubé 7,602 | Bill Clennett 2,006 | Jean-Roch Villemaire (PI) 139 Gabriel Girard-Bernier (M-L) 101 | Maryse Gaudreault | ||||||||
Papineau | Norman MacMillan 13,786 | Bruno Lemieux 2,825 | Gilles Hébert 8,674 | Patrick Mailloux 790 | Françoise Breault 805 | Christian-Simon Ferlatte (M-L) 92 | Norman MacMillan | |||||||
Pontiac | Charlotte L'Écuyer 12,960 | Christian Toussaint 1,215 | Nathalie Lepage 3,553 | Gail Lemmon Walker 950 | Charmain Lévy 804 | Lisa Leblanc (M-L) 122 | Charlotte L'Écuyer |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ADQ | PQ | Green | QS | Other | |||||||||
Abitibi-Est | Pierre Corbeil 8,942 | Samuel Dupras 1,742 | Alexis Wawanoloath 8,427 | Lizon Boucher 438 | Alexis Wawanoloath | |||||||||
Abitibi-Ouest | Claude Nelson Morin 5,309 | Sébastien D'Astous 2,182 | François Gendron 10,570 | Grégory Vézeau (PI) 370 | François Gendron | |||||||||
Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue | Daniel Bernard 10,358 | Paul-Émile Barbeau 4,111 | Johanne Morasse 8,604 | Guy Leclerc 1,413 | Johanne Morasse | |||||||||
Ungava | Pierre Gaudreault 3,015 | Pascal Dion 917 | Luc Ferland 4,118 | Mélanie Dufour 439 | Gilbert Hamel (Ind.) 218 | Luc Ferland |
The Quebec general election of 2003 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.
The Quebec general election of 1998 was held on November 30, 1998, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Premier Lucien Bouchard, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Charest.
Jean-Claude St-André is a Quebec provincial politician and was the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec representing L'Assomption for the Parti Québécois.
Sylvie Roy was a Canadian politician in Quebec and a Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Arthabaska. She previously represented the riding of Lotbinière from 2003 until 2012, initially as a member of the now-defunct Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) until the merger of that party into the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) in 2012. She left the CAQ to sit as an independent in 2015.
Martin Lemay is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He is the Parti Québécois (PQ) Member of the National Assembly (MNA) for Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques in the National Assembly of Quebec.
The Quebec general election of 2007 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 managed to win 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. Voter turnout among those eligible was 71.23%, a marginal difference from the previous general election in 2003.
Nicole Léger is a Canadian politician and the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Pointe-aux-Trembles from 1996 to 2006 and recently elected back as member of the Parti Québécois in a by-election on May 12, 2008.
Philippe Couillard was the 31st Premier of Quebec from 2014 to 2018, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party from 2013 to 2018 and a former university professor and neurosurgeon in Quebec, Canada. In the 2014 election he moved to the riding of Roberval where he resides. Until June 25, 2008, he served as the Quebec Minister for Health and Social Services and was also MNA of Mont-Royal until he resigned in 2008 under Jean Charest's Liberal government. He resigned as Liberal leader and MNA, on October 4, 2018.
The 38th National Assembly of Quebec was elected in the Quebec general election, 2007 and sat from May 8, 2007 to November 5, 2008. Jean Charest (PLQ) was the Premier and Mario Dumont (ADQ) was the leader of the opposition. It ended when the 2008 general election was called.
Gilles Taillon is the former leader of the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ). A politician, teacher and businessman in Quebec, Canada; he was the ADQ Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the district of Chauveau in the Quebec City area from the 2007 to the 2008 elections.
Sébastien Proulx is a Canadian politician. He was an Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the electoral district of Trois-Rivières from 2007 to 2008. He is a lawyer and was the main political consultant to ADQ leader Mario Dumont until his election.
Stéphane Bédard is a Canadian lawyer and politician. Bédard was interim leader of the Parti Québécois from 2014 to 2015. He was the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the provincial riding of Chicoutimi. He was chosen interim parliamentary leader by the PQ caucus on April 10, 2014, following the PQ government's defeat in the 2014 general election and the resignation of Pauline Marois and officially became Leader of the Opposition when the legislature resumed on April 23, 2014. He officially became acting leader of the party on June 7, 2014 when Marois' resignation took effect at Parti Québécois Council of Presidents. He held the position until Pierre Karl Péladeau was elected party leader in the Parti Québécois leadership election held on May 15, 2015. He resigned from the legislature and the Parti Québécois on October 22, 2015.
The Parti Québécois leadership election of 2007 elected the seventh leader of the Parti Québécois, the main political party to promote Quebec independence in Quebec, Canada, and was won by Pauline Marois.
The Quebec general election of 2012 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.
The 41st Quebec general election was held on April 7, 2014 to elect members to the National Assembly of Quebec.
The Next Parti Québécois leadership election will replace Jean-François Lisée, who resigned on October 1, 2018 after leading the Parti Québécois to a fourth place finish in the 2018 Quebec general election and failing to be re-elected in his own riding.