Big News Chez Le Bloc Québécois!
Some big news today from the Bloc Québécois, and a few nominations to catch up on as well:
I now count 1 Green candidate, 1 Conservative candidate, and 2 Bloc Québécois candidates nominated for the next election. Do you know of other candidates or potential candidates? Write in and share the knowledge.
- Montmagny – L'Islet – Kamouraska – Rivière-du-Loup, QC - Six-term Bloc M.P. Paul Crête announced today that he will step down to run provincially for the P.Q. in the Rivière-du-Loup seat being vacated by ADQ leader Mario Dumont. Crête says that once Québec Premier Jean Charest calls the by-election, he will resign his federal seat to run. He had held the federal seat with comfortable margins during his tenure.
- Haute-Gaspésie – La Mitis – Matane – Matapédia, QC - Two ridings further east, four-term Bloc Québécois M.P. Jean-Yves Roy announced last week that he will not be running in the next election, for health reasons. And several candidates are already lining up to replace him and/or contemplating a run, including the Bloc's youth president Jean-François Landry, Christian Gionest the executive director of homecare services in Matane, and possibly Sainte-Flavie Mayor, Jean-François Fortin. While Roy had won his seat by comfortable margins in the past, in 2008 he faced a very strong Liberal candidate in Nancy Charest, who came within 1.9% of winning the seat, in the Liberals' 2nd best non-incumbent seat in Québec of the last election. Thanks to a commenter for drawing our attention to this clipping.
- Chambly – Borduas, QC - Yves Lessard was the first Bloc M.P. and first Bloc candidate to be officially nominated on April 16. Lessard has held this riding with 50% or more of the vote over the past three elections.
- Saint-Maurice – Champlain, QC - Two-term Bloc M.P. Jean-Yves Laforest is aiming for a third term when he is officially nominated Friday night. This one-time seat of former Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has returned Bloc members with solid margins since Mr. Chrétien retired from politics.
I now count 1 Green candidate, 1 Conservative candidate, and 2 Bloc Québécois candidates nominated for the next election. Do you know of other candidates or potential candidates? Write in and share the knowledge.
Labels: 41st General Election Nominations, Bloc Québécois, Retiring Incumbents, Vacant Seats
posted by The Pundits' Guide at
6:23 PM
3 Comments:
I'll say this for the Bloc; they are prepared.
funny i think the bloc were not nearly as prepared last time and not as fast to announce intentions or nominate people .
anyways the riviere du loup and haute gaspe ridings will be very interesting races to watch . both likely to become very competitive ridings and attract some quality candidates for all parties . as an open ridings is much more likely to swing than one held by longtime incumbent .
Anon, all I recall is that their incumbents were nominated reasonably early, but as I mentioned before I didn't collect data on the dates of candidate nominations (I will this time though).
But assuming that was true, do you think it could have been because of the provincial situation (i.e., being unsure when the next provincial election might be)? Perhaps potential candidates were hedging their bets until the provincial vs federal opportunities became clearer. If that was the case, the situation would appear to be a bit clearer for potential federal candidates now. What do you think?
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