Quebec provincial by-elections, 2010
Encyclopedia
Three provincial by-elections were held in Quebec
in 2010 to fill vacancies in the National Assembly
.
was vacated by Parti Québécois
MNA Camil Bouchard
on January 6, 2010. The by-election took place on July 5, 2010. The riding was held by the PQ.
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|Parti Québécois
|Martine Ouellet
|align="right"|7,863
|align="right"|59.15
|align="right"|+10.51
|-
|Liberal
|Simon-Pierre Diamond
|align="right"|3,236
|align="right"|24.34
|align="right"|-7.94
|-
|Action démocratique
|Alain Dépatie
|align="right"|879
|align="right"|6.61
|align="right"|-7.06
|-
|Québec solidaire
|Sébastien Robert
|align="right"|727
|align="right"|5.47
|align="right"|+3.23
|-
|Green
|Yvon Rudolphe
|align="right"|419
|align="right"|3.15
|align="right"|-0.01
|-
|Independent
|Denis Durand
|align="right"|98
|align="right"|0.74
|align="right"|-2.42
|-
|Independent
|Régent Millette
|align="right"|71
|align="right"|0.53
|align="right"|-
|}
was vacated by Liberal MNA Jacques Dupuis on August 9, 2010. The by-election took place on September 13, 2010.
The Gazette
, the main English newspaper in Montreal
, took the unusual step of endorsing Action démocratique du Québec
candidate Jose Fiorillo over Quebec Liberal Party candidate Jean-Marc Fournier
, calling Fournier a parachute candidate who deserved to be rejected by the voters. Despite this, the riding was held by the Liberals.
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|Liberal
|Jean-Marc Fournier
|align="right"|7,126
|align="right"|64.01
|align="right"|-10.38
|-
|Parti Québécois
|Philippe Leclerc
|align="right"|1,996
|align="right"|17.93
|align="right"|+1.28
|-
|Action démocratique
|Jose Fiorillo
|align="right"|931
|align="right"|8.36
|align="right"|+3.57
|-
|Québec solidaire
|Marie Josèphe Pigeon
|align="right"|566
|align="right"|5.08
|align="right"|+1.61
|-
|Green
|Tim Landry
|align="right"|513
|align="right"|4.61
|align="right"|-
|}
was vacated by Liberal MNA Claude Béchard
on September 7 due to his pancreatic cancer, which he died from later the same day. The by-election took place on November 29.
The riding was captured by the PQ, reflecting the Liberals' declining popularity due in part to their refusal to hold a public inquiry into construction industry corruption. In response to the by-election results, Premier Jean Charest
announced he would create a permanent unit to investigate corruption in the construction industry.
|Parti Québécois
|André Simard
|align="right"|7,213
|align="right"|36.85
|align="right"|+15.70
|-
|Liberal
|France Dionne
|align="right"|7,017
|align="right"|35.85
|align="right"|-17.85
|-
|Action démocratique
|Gérald Beaulieu
|align="right"|4,509
|align="right"|23.03
|align="right"|+1.47
|-
|Québec solidaire
|Serge Proulx
|align="right"|522
|align="right"|2.67
|align="right"|-0.27
|-
|Green
|Frédéric Brophy Nolan
|align="right"|314
|align="right"|1.60
|align="right"|-
|}
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
in 2010 to fill vacancies in the National Assembly
National Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...
.
Vachon
The district of VachonVachon (electoral district)
Vachon is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Longueuil and includes most of the borough of Saint-Hubert...
was vacated by Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...
MNA Camil Bouchard
Camil Bouchard
Camil Bouchard is a Quebec politician, teacher and psychology researcher. He was a Member of National Assembly of Quebec from 2003 to 2010, representing the riding of Vachon in Longueuil. He is a member of the Parti Québécois.He went to Université Laval and obtained a bachelor's and master's...
on January 6, 2010. The by-election took place on July 5, 2010. The riding was held by the PQ.
|-
|Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...
|Martine Ouellet
Martine Ouellet
Martine Ouellet is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on July 5, 2010, representing the electoral district of Vachon. She is a member of the Parti Québécois....
|align="right"|7,863
|align="right"|59.15
|align="right"|+10.51
|-
|Liberal
|Simon-Pierre Diamond
Simon-Pierre Diamond
Simon-Pierre Diamond is a politician in Quebec. 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....
|align="right"|3,236
|align="right"|24.34
|align="right"|-7.94
|-
|Action démocratique
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....
|Alain Dépatie
|align="right"|879
|align="right"|6.61
|align="right"|-7.06
|-
|Québec solidaire
Québec Solidaire
Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on 4 February 2006 in Montreal. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led...
|Sébastien Robert
|align="right"|727
|align="right"|5.47
|align="right"|+3.23
|-
|Green
Green Party of Quebec
The Parti vert du Québec/Green Party of Quebec or PVQ is a Quebec political party whose platform is the promotion of green values. It has not elected any members to the National Assembly of Quebec...
|Yvon Rudolphe
|align="right"|419
|align="right"|3.15
|align="right"|-0.01
|-
|Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
|Denis Durand
|align="right"|98
|align="right"|0.74
|align="right"|-2.42
|-
|Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
|Régent Millette
|align="right"|71
|align="right"|0.53
|align="right"|-
|}
Saint-Laurent
The district of Saint-LaurentSaint-Laurent (provincial electoral district)
Saint-Laurent is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Montreal...
was vacated by Liberal MNA Jacques Dupuis on August 9, 2010. The by-election took place on September 13, 2010.
The Gazette
The Gazette (Montreal)
The Gazette, often called the Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with three other daily English newspapers all having shut down at different times during the second half of the 20th century.-History:In 1778,...
, the main English newspaper in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, took the unusual step of endorsing Action démocratique du Québec
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....
candidate Jose Fiorillo over Quebec Liberal Party candidate Jean-Marc Fournier
Jean-Marc Fournier
Jean-Marc Fournier is a Quebec politician and a lawyer. He currently serves as the Minister of Justice and the Reform of Democratic Institutions in the cabinet of Quebec Premier Jean Charest....
, calling Fournier a parachute candidate who deserved to be rejected by the voters. Despite this, the riding was held by the Liberals.
|-
|Liberal
|Jean-Marc Fournier
Jean-Marc Fournier
Jean-Marc Fournier is a Quebec politician and a lawyer. He currently serves as the Minister of Justice and the Reform of Democratic Institutions in the cabinet of Quebec Premier Jean Charest....
|align="right"|7,126
|align="right"|64.01
|align="right"|-10.38
|-
|Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...
|Philippe Leclerc
|align="right"|1,996
|align="right"|17.93
|align="right"|+1.28
|-
|Action démocratique
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....
|Jose Fiorillo
|align="right"|931
|align="right"|8.36
|align="right"|+3.57
|-
|Québec solidaire
Québec Solidaire
Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on 4 February 2006 in Montreal. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led...
|Marie Josèphe Pigeon
|align="right"|566
|align="right"|5.08
|align="right"|+1.61
|-
|Green
Green Party of Quebec
The Parti vert du Québec/Green Party of Quebec or PVQ is a Quebec political party whose platform is the promotion of green values. It has not elected any members to the National Assembly of Quebec...
|Tim Landry
|align="right"|513
|align="right"|4.61
|align="right"|-
|}
Kamouraska-Témiscouata
The district of Kamouraska-TémiscouataKamouraska-Témiscouata
Kamouraska-Témiscouata is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 1972 from Kamouraska and parts of L'Islet and Témiscouata...
was vacated by Liberal MNA Claude Béchard
Claude Béchard
Claude Béchard was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Quebec Liberal Party Member of the National Assembly for the riding of Kamouraska-Témiscouata in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region; as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as well as the Minister for Canadian Intergovermental...
on September 7 due to his pancreatic cancer, which he died from later the same day. The by-election took place on November 29.
The riding was captured by the PQ, reflecting the Liberals' declining popularity due in part to their refusal to hold a public inquiry into construction industry corruption. In response to the by-election results, Premier Jean Charest
Jean Charest
John James "Jean" Charest, PC, MNA is a Canadian politician who has been the 29th Premier of Quebec since 2003. He was leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998 and has been leader of the Quebec Liberal Party since 1998....
announced he would create a permanent unit to investigate corruption in the construction industry.
|Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...
|André Simard
André Simard
André Simard is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on November 29, 2010, representing the electoral district of Kamouraska-Témiscouata. He is a member of the Parti Québécois.-References:...
|align="right"|7,213
|align="right"|36.85
|align="right"|+15.70
|-
|Liberal
|France Dionne
France Dionne
France Dionne is a politician from Quebec, Canada. She served as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 1997 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government and opposition.-Political career:...
|align="right"|7,017
|align="right"|35.85
|align="right"|-17.85
|-
|Action démocratique
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....
|Gérald Beaulieu
|align="right"|4,509
|align="right"|23.03
|align="right"|+1.47
|-
|Québec solidaire
Québec Solidaire
Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on 4 February 2006 in Montreal. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led...
|Serge Proulx
|align="right"|522
|align="right"|2.67
|align="right"|-0.27
|-
|Green
Green Party of Quebec
The Parti vert du Québec/Green Party of Quebec or PVQ is a Quebec political party whose platform is the promotion of green values. It has not elected any members to the National Assembly of Quebec...
|Frédéric Brophy Nolan
|align="right"|314
|align="right"|1.60
|align="right"|-
|}