I missed this release from the Bloc Québécois the other week, announcing the details of their upcoming Nomination Meetings, some of which have already occurred ...

• Sun 19 Apr - Repentigny, QC - First-term M.P. Nicolas Dufour became the second nominated Bloc candidate (after Yves Lessard in Chambly – Borduas, QC on Friday April 16, as reported here earlier). Dufour took over the seat after the resignation of by-election winner and former Bloc M.P. Father Raymond Gravel, earning some 53% of the vote on his first run for office.
  
• Fri 24 Apr - Saint-Maurice – Champlain, QC - As previously reported here, two-term Bloc M.P. Jean-Yves Laforest was expected to be renominated here last Friday night.
  
• Sun 26 Apr - Argenteuil – Papineau – Mirabel, QC - The riding of the Bloc's chief organizer, four-term Bloc M.P. Mario Laframboise, renominated their M.P. this past Sunday night.
  
• Sun 26 Apr - Shefford, QC - Three-term Bloc M.P. Robert Vincent was uncontested at his nomination meeting, also held this past Sunday.
  

... and some of which are anticipated in coming weeks ...

• Sun 3 May - Saint-Hyacinthe – Bagot, QC - Two-term Bloc M.P. Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac is the incumbent.
  
• Sun 3 May - Terrebonne – Blainville, QC - Four-term Bloc M.P. Diane Bourgeois is the incumbent here.
  
• Fri 8 May - Saint-Jean, QC - Six-term Bloc M.P. Claude Bachand is the incumbent.
  
• Sat 9 May - Berthier – Maskinongé, QC - Three-term Bloc M.P. Guy André is the incumbent.
  
• Sun 17 May - Rosemont – La Petite-Patrie, QC - Five-term Bloc M.P. Bernard Bigras is the incumbent in this riding.
  
• Wed 20 May - Louis-Hébert, QC - First-term Bloc M.P. Pascal-Pierre Paillé defeated former Conservative M.P. Luc Harvey in 2008 to return this seat to the Bloc fold.
  
• Sun 24 May - Abitibi – Témiscamingue, QC - Three-term Bloc M.P. Marc Lemay currently holds the seat.
  
• Fri 29 May - Saint-Bruno – Saint-Hubert, QC - Three-term Bloc M.P. Carole Lavallée is the incumbent here.
  
• Sun 7 Jun - Montcalm, QC - Four-term Bloc M.P. Roger Gaudet is the incumbent in this riding.
  

This puts my current count at 1 Green, 1 Conservative, and 5 Bloc candidates (7 men vs. as yet no women, although that's about to change based on the Bloc's schedule). With the deadline coming up for the Conservative mail-in ballots on whether their own incumbents should face a nomination meeting, obviously their overall count is about to rise quite a bit too. The NDP posted a job for a Candidate Search co-ordinator, and the Liberals are presumably focused on formally electing their leader first. Meantime, however, there are still no nomination meetings reported in the Elections Canada database.

Labels: 41st General Election Nominations, Bloc Québécois