Parti Québécois candidates in the 2008 Quebec provincial election explained
The Parti Québécois (PQ) fielded a full slate of 125 candidates in the 2008 Quebec provincial election and elected fifty-one members to emerge as the Official Opposition party in the national assembly.
Candidates (incomplete)
| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
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| Argenteuil | | Saywell is the son of Canadian historian John Saywell. He also ran as a PQ candidate in Argenteuil in 2007. He was elected mayor of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge in a December 2010 by-election,[1] resigned in 2012,[2] and was re-elected mayor in 2013.[3] | M | Lawyer and urban planner[4] | 7,353 | 33.62 | 2nd |
| Bourassa-Sauvé | | Carrier also ran for the PQ in Bourassa-Sauvé in 2007 and sought election to the Montreal city council in 1998 (as a Montreal Citizens' Movement candidate) and in 2005 and 2009 (for Vision Montreal). | M | Lawyer[5] | 6,111 | 26.87 | 2nd |
| Brome—Missisquoi | | A veteran member of the Quebec sovereigntist movement,[6] Leclerc also ran for the PQ in Brome—Missisquoi in 2007 and 2012. | M | Publicist[7] | 8,325 | 27.32 | 2nd |
| Jean-Lesage | | Guillemette was a political attaché to Parti Québécois MNA François Gendron from 2003 to 2005. She sought the PQ nomination for Jean-Lesage in 2007, but lost to Christian Simard.[8] She is married to former Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament (MP) Pascal-Pierre Paillé.[9] | F | Development agent[10] | 7,471 | 26.68 | 2nd |
| Orford | | Breton was a constituency assistant to Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament (MP) Christian Ouellet from 2006 to 2011.[11] He was also the PQ candidate for Orford in 2007,[12] 2012, and 2014. | M | Parliamentary assistant | 12,516 | 36.93 | 2nd |
| Verdun | | Langlais was also the PQ candidate for Verdun in 2007 and in a December 2016 by-election. He ran for borough mayor of Verdun as a Vision Montreal candidate in 2009 and for Montreal city council in 2013 as an Option Verdun/Montréal candidate. | M | Entrepreneur[13] | 8,314 | 35.34 | 2nd | |
References
- http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/497031/john-saywell-elections-mairie "Élection partielle à Grenville-sur-la-Rouge: John Saywell élu maire"
- http://www.lachute.planeteradio.ca/article_imprimable.php?article=20120914093716 Démission du maire de Grenville-sur-la-Rouge
- http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/organisation-municipale/democratie-municipale/archives-des-resultats-des-elections-municipales/elections-municipales-2013/resultats-des-elections-pour-les-postes-de-maire-et-de-conseiller/?tx_txmamrotelections2013_pi1%5Bmun_text%5D=Grenville-sur-la-Rouge+%2876052%29&tx_txmamrotelections2013_pi1%5Bmun%5D=76052 Élections municipales 2013 - Résultats des élections pour les postes de maire et de conseiller : Candidatures et résultats pour Grenville-sur-la-Rouge
- http://thereview.ca/story/words-exchanged-lead-grenville-sur-la-rouge-election Justin Bromberg, "Words exchanged in lead-up to Grenville-sur-la-Rouge election"
- "Louise Harel and Benoit labonte announce Vision Montreal's team of candidates for the borough of Montreal-North," Canada NewsWire, 6 July 2009.
- Maurice Crossfield, "Aims to unseat Liberal," Sherbrooke Record, 1 March 2007, p. 7; Maurice Crossfield, "PQ's Leclerc to take on Paradis," Sherbrooke Record, 6 October 2006, p. 7.
- Maurice Crossfield, "Candidates battle to change old habits," Sherbrooke Record, 22 March 2007, p. 4.
- Rhéal Séguin, "Former Bloc MPs to enter PQ fold," Globe and Mail, 8 February 2007, A4; Jean-François Néron, "Christian Simard représentera le PQ dans Jean-Lesage," Le Soleil, 21 February 2007, p. 11.
- http://www.quebechebdo.com/article-270781-Helene-Guillemette-axe-sa-campagne-sur-la-famille.html Michel Bédard, Hélène Guillemette axe sa campagne sur la famille
- http://www.quebechebdo.com/article-i221282-Helene-Guillemette-representera-le-PQ-dans-JeanLesage.html Michel Bédard, Hélène Guillemette représentera le PQ dans Jean-Lesage
- Rita Legault, "Regional PQ president hopes to run in Orford," Sherbrooke Record, 13 September 2006, p. 4; Vincent Cliche, "La clé d'une victoire péquiste dans Orford réside dans Magog", Le reflect du lac, 4 January 2011, accessed 6 February 2011.
- He defeated Étienne Vézina for the nomination in 2007. See "Breton wins Orford nod," Sherbrooke Record, 23 February 2007, p. 4.
- http://journalmetro.com/local/verdun/actualites/602408/marchand-de-reves-richard-langlais/ Marchand de rêves: Richard Langlais
