Next Bloc Québécois leadership election
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| Date | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Resigning leader | Gilles Duceppe |
| Entrance Fee | $15,000 CDN |
An election for the leadership of the Bloc Québécois will be held to choose a successor to Gilles Duceppe who resigned on October 22, 2015 after failing to win a seat in the October 19, 2015 federal election. Rhéal Fortin, MP for Rivière-du-Nord, has been serving as interim leader since Duceppe's resignation.[1]
Timeline
- June 10, 2015 - The party executive announces former BQ leader Gilles Duceppe's return as leader replacing Mario Beaulieu whose tenure with leader had been fraught by party in-fighting, defections and poor polling results. Beaulieu retains the post of party president.[2]
- July 1, 2015 - Duceppe's return ratified by the BQ's general assembly.[3][4]
- October 19, 2015 - Federal election - the BQ wins 10 seats, up from the 2 it had when parliament dissolved, however Duceppe is personally defeated in Laurier—Sainte-Marie.
- October 22, 2015 - Duceppe resigns as party leader; Rhéal Fortin (MP for Rivière-du-Nord) chosen interim leader.[1]
- February 2016 - a motion by MPs Xavier Barsalou-Duval and Mario Beaulieu challenging the right of interim leader Fortin to run for permanent leader is defeated by caucus by 5 votes to 4 with Fortin absenting himself from the vote.[5]
Prospective candidates
- Xavier Barsalou-Duval, MP for Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères (2015-present), president of the BQ's youth wing Forum jeunesse du Bloc Québécois (2011-2015)[6][7][8][5]
- Rhéal Fortin, interim leader of the BQ (2015-present), MP for Rivière-du-Nord (2015-present), lawyer.[8][5]
- Catherine Fournier, BQ candidate in Montarville (2015), placed second, economist by profession.[5]
- fr, BQ candidate in Longueuil—Saint-Hubert (2015), placed third, comedian by profession.[8][5]
Declined
- Mario Beaulieu, BQ party president (2014-present), former leader of the BQ (2014-2015), MP for La Pointe-de-l'Île (2015-present), leader of the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste (2009–2014).[8]
- Martine Ouellet, Parti Québécois MNA for Vachon (2010-present), former Quebec Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife (2012-2014), placed third in 2015 Parti Québécois leadership election.[8][5]
See also
References
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- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/montreal/gilles-duceppe-officially-named-leader-of-bloc-qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois-1.3135046
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- ↑ http://www.blocquebecois.org/depute-xavier-barsalou-duval/
- ↑ http://www.oeilregional.com/actualites/politique/2015/8/26/act-portrait-vercheres-bq.html
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