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2016 Parti Québécois Leadership Election
The 2016 Parti Québécois leadership election occurred from October 5 to October 7, 2016 due to the resignation of Parti Québécois leader Pierre Karl Péladeau on May 2, 2016. Jean-François Lisée was elected on the second ballot with 50.63% of the vote. To be nominated, a candidate paid a $20,000 non-refundable registration fee and submitted signatures of 1,500 party members from the provinces 45 different ridings in Quebec's seven regions by June 30, 2016. The campaign spending limit was $200,000 per candidate. Timeline *May 2, 2016 - Pierre Karl Péladeau announces his resignation as leader. *May 6, 2016 - Sylvain Gaudreault (Jonquière) is elected interim leader by the party's caucus,"No stars s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec, metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is the eleventhList of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, -largest city and the seventhList of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, -largest metropolitan area in Canada. It is also the List of towns in Quebec, second-largest city in the province after Montreal. It has a humid continental climate with warm summers coupled with cold and snowy winters. The Algonquian people had originally named the area , an Algonquin language, AlgonquinThe Algonquin language is a distinct language of the Algonquian languages, Algonquian language family, and is not a misspelling. word meaning "where the river narrows", because the Saint Lawrence River na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mireille Jean
Mireille Jean (born July 16, 1960) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on April 11, 2016. She represented the electoral district of Chicoutimi as a member of the Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois (; ; PQ) 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 establishin ... caucus until her defeat in the 2018 election. References 1960 births Living people French Quebecers Parti Québécois MNAs Women MNAs in Quebec Saguenay, Quebec city councillors 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians Université Laval alumni {{Quebec-MNA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maka Kotto
Maka Kotto (born December 7, 1961) is a Cameroonian-born French-Canadian politician. Educated in France, Kotto immigrated to Quebec, Canada, where he was an educator before entering politics. Kotto was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Bourget. From 2012 to 2014, he served as the Minister of Culture and Communications. A former member of the House of Commons of Canada for the Bloc Québécois, Kotto is also a published author and has appeared in films. Early life and education Kotto was born in Douala, Cameroon, and graduated from high school at Lycée Henri-Martin in Saint-Quentin, France. He studied law, politics, dramatic art and cinema in Nanterre, Bordeaux and Paris. Kotto immigrated to Quebec in 2006. Before becoming a politician Kotto was an author, actor, and stage director. He appeared in the 1989 movie ''How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer)'', based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Lamarre
Diane Lamarre, C.M., M.Sc., D.h.c. is a Canadian pharmacist and politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. She represented the electoral district of Taillon as a member of the Parti Québécois until her defeat in the 2018 election. Prior to her election to the legislature, Lamarre was the president of the ''Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec''. , March 7, 2014. She currently appears as a medical contributor on TVA Nouvelles
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Nicole Léger
Nicole Léger (born March 12, 1955) is a former Canadian politician and the former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Pointe-aux-Trembles from 1996 to 2006 and elected back as member of the Parti Québécois in a by-election on May 12, 2008, serving until the 2018 Quebec provincial election. Background She was born on March 12, 1955, in Montreal, Quebec, and is the daughter of former Parti Québécois MNA Marcel Léger and the sister of Jean-Marc Léger, president of Léger Marketing. She made career in education and served in various executive positions in the Parti Québécois (PQ) from 1970 to 1996. Member of the National Assembly Following the death of MNA Michel Bourdon, Léger ran as a PQ candidate to fill his seat of Pointe-aux-Trembles. She easily won the by-election with 47% of the vote and was re-elected in the 1998 election. Cabinet Member Léger was appointed to the Cabinet in 1998 and served as Minister responsible for Famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Leclair
Guy Leclair (born May 9, 1968) is a Canadian politician. Leclair was elected on December 8, 2008 to represent the riding of Beauharnois in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. He is a member of the Parti Québécois. Born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Leclair worked in the Canadian Armed Forces as a marine mechanic in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 1986 to 1989. He obtained a college degree at the Institute Teccart in 1998 and worked as an instrumental and control technician from 1989 to 2008. He has also been owner of two businesses, including one writing promotional articles for musical groups. Leclair was involved in sports being previously a soccer referee from 1984 to 1986, and from 1997 to 2004 a certified hockey coach for minor hockey in Valleyfield. In 2008, Leclair was elected as a municipal councillor in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. Leclair was first elected to represent Beauharnois in the 2008 Quebec general election, succeeding Serge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvain Rochon
Sylvain Rochon is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on March 9, 2015."PQ clings to Richelieu as CAQ vote continues to grow; Liberals place third" '''', March 9, 2015. He represented the electoral district of Richelieu as a member of the |
Martin Ouellet
Martin Ouellet is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on November 9, 2015."Le PLQ et le PQ en voie de conserver leurs sièges" '''', November 9, 2015. He represents the electoral district of as a member of the Parti Québécois
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Dave Turcotte
Dave Turcotte (born May 21, 1983) is a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec. Turcotte was elected to represent the riding of Saint-Jean in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. He is a member of the Parti Québécois. Born in Longueuil, Quebec, Turcotte graduated from the Université de Montréal with a bachelor's degree in communications and politics and is owner of a communications agency. He was also an assistant to Saint-Jean MP Claude Bachand of the Bloc Québécois. Turcotte defeated Lucille Méthé Lucille Méthé (born December 15, 1957 in Henryville, Quebec) was the Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, Canada, for the electoral district of Saint-Jean. Background Methe has a Bachelor's Degree in ... of the ADQ in the 2008 elections. External links * Parti Québécois biopage 1983 births French Quebecers Living people Parti Québécois MNAs People from Longueuil Université ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Lebel
Harold LeBel (; born June 22, 1962) is a Canadian former politician and convicted sex offender in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. He represented the electoral district of Rimouski as a member of the Parti Québécois. He was a candidate for the party three times previously, running in Rivière-du-Loup in the 1989 election and the 1994 election, and in Kamouraska-Témiscouata in the 2003 election. On December 15, 2020, he was arrested following allegations of sexual assault against Catherine Fournier, a former member of the National Assembly and current Mayor of Longueuil, dating back to 2017. He was released later that day, and subsequently expelled from the PQ caucus, pending further investigations. LeBel was found guilty on November 23, 2022 of sexually assaulting Fournier at his residence in 2017. On January 26, 2023, at the courthouse of Rimouski Rimouski ( ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvain Roy
Sylvain Roy is a Canadian politician from Quebec, currently serving as an independent member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Bonaventure electoral district. He was elected in the 2012 Quebec general election, defeating Liberal incumbent Damien Arsenault. He had previously lost to Arsenault in a by-election on December 5, 2011. On June 4, 2021, Roy announced on Twitter that he would leave the Parti Québécois caucus and sit as an independent MNA, citing disagreements regarding the application of Bill 101 in CEGEP A CEGEP ( or ; ), also written cégep, CÉGEP and cegep, is a publicly funded college providing technical, academic, vocational or a mix of programs; they are exclusive to the province of Quebec's education system. A loanword from French, i ... along with other issues that deteriorated his trust relationship with his former caucus. References External links * Candidate page 1964 births Independent MNAs in Quebec Parti Québécois MNAs Livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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