Parti marxiste–léniniste du Québec candidates in the 2008 Quebec provincial election
The Parti marxiste–léniniste du Québec fielded twenty-three candidates in the 2008 provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Candidates
[edit]Pierre Soublière, a teacher, has been a Marxist-Leninist party candidate in four federal and four provincial elections.[1] He has also contributed articles to the party's paper, TML Daily.[2] He is a member of NOWAR-PAIX; during the 2008 election, he called for an anti-war government and for people from the workplace to be elected to parliament.[3]
Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
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1979 federal | Hull | Marxist-Leninist | 106 | 0.24 | 7/7 | Gaston Isabelle, Liberal |
1980 federal | Hull | Marxist-Leninist | 70 | 0.17 | 6/6 | Gaston Isabelle, Liberal |
1981 provincial | Hull | Marxist-Leninist | 35 | 0.11 | 7/7 | Gilles Rocheleau, Liberal |
1989 provincial | Hull | Marxist-Leninist | 72 | 0.28 | 6/6 | Robert LeSage, Liberal |
1997 federal | Hull—Aylmer | Marxist-Leninist | 151 | 0.32 | 9/9 | Marcel Massé, Liberal |
2007 provincial | Chapleau | Marxist-Leninist | 65 | 0.20 | 6/6 | Benoît Pelletier, Liberal |
2008 federal | Ottawa Centre | Marxist-Leninist | 95 | 0.15 | 6/6 | Paul Dewar, New Democratic Party |
2008 provincial | Chapleau | Marxist-Leninist | 51 | 0.20 | 7/7 | Marc Carrière, Liberal |
Châteauguay: Hélène Héroux
[edit]Hélène Héroux has been a Marxist-Leninist candidate in six federal and six provincial elections. In 2006, she identified as a cashier.[4]
Gabriel Girard-Bernier is a political activist in the Outaouais region. He was the student association president at Cégep de l'Outaouais and has been active in the Canadian anti-war movement.[17] A 2006 article listed him as a twenty-two-year-old journalism student.[18] He has been a Marxist-Leninist candidate in three federal elections and three provincial elections and has written for TML Daily, the party's paper. In 2008, Girard-Bernier wrote a piece condemning the New Democratic Party's support for "asymmetrical federalism" and supporting Quebec's right to self-determination up to and including the right of succession.[19]
Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
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2003 provincial | Chapleau | Marxist-Leninist | 122 | 0.41 | 6/6 | Benoît Pelletier, Liberal |
2004 federal | Gatineau | Marxist-Leninist | 125 | 0.27 | 7/7 | Françoise Boivin, Liberal |
2006 federal | Hull—Aylmer | Marxist-Leninist | 125 | 0.23 | 6/6 | Marcel Proulx, Liberal |
2007 provincial | Hull | Marxist-Leninist | 67 | 0.23 | 6/6 | Roch Cholette, Liberal |
2008 federal | Hull—Aylmer | Marxist-Leninist | 121 | 0.23 | 6/6 | Marcel Proulx, Liberal |
2008 provincial | Hull | Marxist-Leninist | 97 | 0.43 | 6/6 | Maryse Gaudreault, Liberal |
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce: Linda Sullivan
[edit]Linda Sullivan has run as a Marxist-Leninist candidate in three federal and three provincial elections. She identified as a student in 2006 and as an events coordinator in 2008.[20]
Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
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2003 provincial | Acadie | Marxist-Leninist | 111 | 0.34 | 6/7 | Yvan Bordeleau, Liberal |
2004 federal | Outremont | Marxist-Leninist | 120 | 0.31 | 7/7 | Jean Lapierre, Liberal |
2006 federal | Outremont | Marxist-Leninist | 88 | 0.22 | 8/11 | Jean Lapierre, Liberal |
2007 provincial | Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Marxist-Leninist | 69 | 0.30 | 6/6 | Russell Copeman, Liberal |
2008 federal | Westmount—Ville-Marie | Marxist-Leninist | 49 | 0.13 | 7/9 | Marc Garneau, Liberal |
2008 provincial | Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Marxist-Leninist | 124 | 0.73 | 5/6 | Kathleen Weil, Liberal |
References
[edit]- ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: OTTAWA CENTRE (2008/10/14), Parliament of Canada, accessed 2 September 2010.
- ^ See for instance Pierre Soublière, "Government Hypocrisy Knows No Bounds," TML Daily, 24 March 2010, accessed 2 September 2010; Pierre Soublière, "Political Unity of Workers and Their Allies on the Basis of Their Demands Will Solve the Problems Facing Society," TML Daily, 16 June 2010, accessed 2 September 2010.
- ^ Checking Out the Candidates in Ottawa Centre Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, The Charlatan, 2–8 October 2010, p. 10.
- ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: HONORÉ-MERCIER (2006/01/23), Parliament of Canada, accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-fourth General Election, 1988.
- ^ Official Results (Saint-Louis, 1989), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada.
- ^ Official Results (Mercier, 1994), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec[permanent dead link ], accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Official Results, Elections Canada (1997 election).
- ^ Official Results (Bourget, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Official Results, Elections Canada (2000 election).
- ^ Official Results (Anjou, 2003), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Official Voting Results, 39th General Election, Elections Canada (2004 election), accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Official Voting Results, 39th General Election, Elections Canada (2006 election), accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Official Results (Anjou, 2007), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Official Results (Châteauguay, 2008), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Gabriel Girard-Bernier, Marxist-Leninist Party, CTV.ca, 3 October 2008, accessed 9 October 2010.
- ^ Girard-Bernier, Gabriel, Globe and Mail, 2006, accessed 9 October 2010.
- ^ Gabriel Girard-Bernier Archived 2010-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, "NDP's "Asymmetrical Federalism": Same Nonsense as Harper's "Open Federalism"," TML Daily, 19 September 2008, accessed 9 October 2010.
- ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: OUTREMONT (2006/01/23), Parliament of Canada, accessed 7 April 2011; History of Federal Ridings since 1867: WESTMOUNT--VILLE-MARIE (2008/10/14), Parliament of Canada, accessed 7 April 2011.