39th Quebec general election

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The 39th Quebec general election will be held in the Canadian province of Quebec before spring of 2012 to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec. As the 38th National Assembly of Quebec is led by a minority government, however, it is possible that the election will be held well before 2012.

Contents 1 Timeline 2 Party standings 3 Opinion polls 4 List of candidates 4.1 Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine 4.2 Côte-Nord and Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean 4.3 Capitale-Nationale 4.4 Mauricie 4.5 Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec 4.6 Estrie (Eastern Townships) 4.7 Eastern Montérégie 4.8 South Shore 4.9 Montreal 4.10 Laval 4.11 Lanaudière 4.12 Laurentides 4.13 Outaouais 4.14 Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Timeline

• 2007
  • March 26 - 38th Quebec general election
  • April 4 - Mario Dumont becomes the leader of the Official Opposition.
  • April 5 - Swearing in of the liberals members of the National Assembly
  • April 12 - Swearing in of the ADQs members of the National Assembly
  • April 18 - Swearing in of the Cabinet members
  • April 25 - Swearing in of the PQs members of the National Assembly
  • May 8 - Resignation of André Boisclair as leader of the Parti Québécois
  • May 9 - The opening speech of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec is pronounced by Premier Jean Charest.
  • May 10 - François Gendron becomes the interim leader of the Parti Québécois, so the leader of the Second Opposition group.
  • May 24 - The budget speech is pronounced by Monique Jérôme-Forget. Both opposition parties announce that they will vote against the budget, causing a crisis in the National Assembly.
  • June 1 - Monique Jérôme-Forget adds 111 million dollars to the budget to avoid the holding of a general election. The budgetary policy is approved by 46 votes against 44.
  • June 7 - Pierre Duchesne becomes the twenty-eighth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
  • June 26 - Pauline Marois is elected as leader of the Parti Québécois without opposition.
  • August 13 - Resignation of Rosaire Bertrand as MNA of Charlevoix
  • September 24 - In a by-election, Pauline Marois is elected MNA of Charlevoix with 59.2% of the vote.
  • October 17 - Resignation of Diane Lemieux as MNA of Bourget
  • November 15 - Resignation of André Boisclair as MNA of Pointe-aux-Trembles
• 2008
  • March 8 - 97.2% of the liberals delegates support their leader, Jean Charest.
  • March 13 - Monique Jérôme-Forget pronounces her second budget speech. Mario Dumont announces that the ADQ will vote for the budget, whereas Pauline Marois announces that the PQ will vote against. Thus, the government is safe.
  • March 16 - 94.8% of the ADQs delegates support their leader, Mario Dumont.
  • March 29 - Guy Rainville is elected as leader of the Green Party against Scott McKay.
  • April 9 - Resignation of Roch Cholette as MNA of Hull
  • May 12 - In by-elections, Maka Kotto, Maryse Gaudreault and Nicole Léger are respectively elected MNAs of Bourget, Hull and Pointe-aux-Trembles. The voter turnout is around 34% in the three electoral districts.

[edit] Party standings

Party		Party leader	Candi- dates	Seats				Popular vote
				2007	Current	39th	Change	#	%	Change
	Parti libéral du Québec / Quebec Liberal Party	Jean Charest		48	48
	Action démocratique du Québec	Mario Dumont		41	41
	Parti québécois	Pauline Marois		36	36
	Parti vert du Québec / Green Party of Québec	Guy Rainville		-	-
	Québec solidaire	Benoît Renaud†		-	-
	Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec	Pierre Chénier		-	-
	Bloc pot	Hugô St-Onge		-	-
	Parti démocratie chrétienne du Québec	Malcolm Tremblay		-	-
	Affiliation Québec	Allen E. Nutik		*	-		*			*
	Mouvement équité au Québec	Mostafa Ben Kirane		*	-		*			*
	Parti communiste du Québec	André Parizeau		*	-		*			*
	Parti durable du Québec	Sébastien Girard		*	-		*			*
	Parti des immigrés du Québec	Samoila Pirau		*	-		*			*
	Parti égalité / Equality Party	Keith Henderson		*	-		*			*
	Parti indépendantiste	Éric Tremblay		*	-		*			*
	Parti république du Québec	Gilles Paquette		*	-		*			*
	Union du centre	Robert Dutil		*	-		*			*
	Independents and no affiliation			-	-
Total				125	125	125
Notes: "Change" refers to change from previous election. † Renaud is officially leader of Québec solidaire, but the main spokespersons for the party are Françoise David and Amir Khadir. * Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

[edit] Opinion polls

Polling firm	Last date of polling	Link	PLQ	ADQ	PQ	PVQ	QS	Other
CROP	May 26, 2008	HTML	41	14	32	6	6	1
CROP	April 27, 2008	HTML	38	17	29	9	5	1
Léger Marketing	April 20, 2008	PDF	37	18	33	6	4	2
CROP	March 26, 2008	HTML	34	22	30	7	6	1
CROP	February 24, 2008	HTML	35	21	32	7	5	0
CROP	January 27, 2008	HTML	31	24	35	5	4	0
Léger Marketing	January 17, 2008	PDF	33	27	30	5	4	1
CROP	December 2, 2007	HTML	30	26	34	6	3	1
Léger Marketing	November 4, 2007	PDF	31	27	31	5	5	1
CROP	October 29, 2007	HTML	31	28	31	6	4	0
CROP	September 23, 2007	HTML	24	34	30	7	5	0
Léger Marketing	September 8, 2007	PDF	28	30	34	4	2	2
CROP	August 26, 2007	HTML	27	29	33	6	4	1
Léger Marketing	June 24, 2007	PDF	28	31	32	5	4	0
CROP	May 28, 2007	HTML	28	32	27	7	5	0
Léger Marketing	May 26, 2007	PDF	28	33	30	4	4	1
CROP	April 29, 2007	HTML	27	32	23	9	7	1
Léger Marketing	March 29, 2007	PDF	31	38	22	5	3	0
Last election	March 26, 2007	HTML	33.1%	30.8%	28.4%	3.9%	3.6%	0.2%

[edit] List of candidates

[edit] Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other
Bonaventure														Nathalie Normandeau
Gaspé														Guy Lelièvre
Îles-de-la-Madeleine														Maxime Arseneau
Kamouraska-Témiscouata														Claude Béchard
Matane						Pascal Bérubé								Pascal Bérubé
Matapédia		Jean-Yves Roy												Danielle Doyer
Rimouski														Irvin Pelletier
Rivière-du-Loup												Victor-Lévy Beaulieu (PI)		Mario Dumont

[edit] Côte-Nord and Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other
Chicoutimi														Stéphane Bédard
Dubuc														Jacques Côté
Duplessis						Lorraine Richard				Olivier Noël				Lorraine Richard
Jonquière						Sylvain Gaudreault								Sylvain Gaudreault
Lac-Saint-Jean						Alexandre Cloutier								Alexandre Cloutier
René-Lévesque														Marjolain Dufour
Roberval														Denis Trottier

[edit] Capitale-Nationale

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other
Charlesbourg														Catherine Morissette
Charlevoix														Pauline Marois
Chauveau														Gilles Taillon
Jean-Lesage						Hélène Guillemette				Jean-Yves Desgagnés				Jean-François Gosselin
Jean-Talon														Philippe Couillard
La Peltrie														Éric Caire
Louis-Hébert										Catherine Lebossé				Sam Hamad
Montmorency										Lucie Charbonneau				Hubert Benoit
Portneuf														Raymond Francoeur
Taschereau						Agnès Maltais				Serge Roy				Agnès Maltais
Vanier														Sylvain Légaré

[edit] Mauricie

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other
Champlain														Pierre Michel Auger
Laviolette														Julie Boulet
Maskinongé														Jean Damphousse
Saint-Maurice														Robert Deschamps
Trois-Rivières														Sébastien Proulx

[edit] Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other
Arthabaska						Catherine Coutel								Jean-François Roux
Beauce-Nord														Janvier Grondin
Beauce-Sud														Claude Morin
Bellechasse														Jean Domingue
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière														Marc Picard
Drummond														Sébastien Schneeberger
Frontenac														Laurent Lessard
Lévis														Christian Lévesque
Lotbinière														Sylvie Roy
Montmagny-L'Islet														Claude Roy
Nicolet-Yamaska														Éric Dorion

[edit] Estrie (Eastern Townships)

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other
Johnson						Étienne-Alexis Boucher								Éric Charbonneau
Mégantic-Compton						Gloriane Blais								Johanne Gonthier
Orford														Pierre Reid
Richmond						Martyne Prévost								Yvon Vallières
Saint-François														Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
Sherbrooke						(tbd June 18)								Jean Charest

[edit] Eastern Montérégie

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other
Borduas														Pierre Curzi
Brome-Missisquoi						Richard Leclerc								Pierre Paradis
Chambly												Ghislain Lebel (PI)		Richard Merlini
Iberville						Marie Bouillé								André Riedl
Richelieu														Sylvain Simard
Saint-Hyacinthe														Claude L'Écuyer
Saint-Jean						Dave Turcotte								Lucille Méthé
Shefford														François Bonnardel
Verchères														Stéphane Bergeron

[edit] South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other
Beauharnois														Serge Deslières
Châteauguay														Jean-Marc Fournier
Huntingdon														Albert De Martin
La Pinière						Saloua Hassoun								Fatima Houda-Pepin
Laporte						Robert Pellan								Nicole Ménard
La Prairie						François Rebello								Monique Roy Verville
Marguerite-D'Youville						Monique Richard								Simon-Pierre Diamond
Marie-Victorin														Bernard Drainville
Soulanges		Lucie Charlebois												Lucie Charlebois
Taillon														Marie Malavoy
Vachon														Camil Bouchard
Vaudreuil						Claude Turcotte								Yvon Marcoux

[edit] Montreal

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other
Acadie														Christine St-Pierre
Anjou		Lise Thériault				Sébastien Richard								Lise Thériault
Bourassa-Sauvé														Line Beauchamp
Bourget		Lyn Thériault		Denis Mondor		Maka Kotto		Scott McKay		Gaétan Legault		Richard Gervais (PI)		Maka Kotto
Crémazie				Diane Charbonneau										Lisette Lapointe
D'Arcy-McGee														Lawrence Bergman
Gouin										Françoise David				Nicolas Girard
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve														Louise Harel
Jacques-Cartier														Geoffrey Kelley
Jeanne-Mance—Viger				Luigi Verrelli										Michel Bissonnet
LaFontaine														Tony Tomassi
Laurier-Dorion										Ruba Ghazal				Gerry Sklavounos
Marguerite-Bourgeoys														Monique Jérôme-Forget
Marquette										Johanne Létourneau				François Ouimet
Mercier										Amir Khadir				Daniel Turp
Mont-Royal														Pierre Arcand
Nelligan														Yolande James
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce														Russell Copeman
Outremont														Raymond Bachand
Pointe-aux-Trembles		Mélissa Dumais		Diane Bellemare		Nicole Léger		Xavier Daxhelet		Marie Josèphe Pigeon		Colette Provost (PI)		Nicole Léger
Robert-Baldwin														Pierre Marsan
Rosemont														Rita Dionne-Marsolais
Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne														Marguerite Blais
Saint-Laurent														Jacques Dupuis
Sainte-Marie—Saint-Jacques														Martin Lemay
Verdun						Richard Langlais								Henri-François Gautrin
Viau														Emmanuel Dubourg
Westmount—Saint-Louis														Jacques Chagnon

[edit] Laval

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other
Chomedey														Guy Ouellette
Fabre														Michelle Courchesne
Laval-des-Rapides						Marc Demers								Alain Paquet
Mille-Îles														Maurice Clermont
Vimont														Vincent Auclair

[edit] Lanaudière

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other
Berthier														François Benjamin
Joliette						Véronique Hivon				Flavie Trudel				Pascal Beaupré
L'Assomption														Éric Laporte
Masson						Guillaume Tremblay								Ginette Grandmont
Rousseau														François Legault
Terrebonne														Jean-François Therrien

[edit] Laurentides

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other
Argenteuil														David Whissell
Bertrand						Claude Cousineau								Claude Cousineau
Blainville														Pierre Gingras
Deux-Montagnes						Benoit Charrette								Lucie Leblanc
Groulx														Linda Lapointe
Labelle						Sylvain Pagé								Sylvain Pagé
Mirabel						(tbd June 16)								François Desrochers
Prévost						Gilles Robert								Martin Camirand

[edit] Outaouais

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other
Chapleau														Benoît Pelletier
Gatineau														Stéphanie Vallée
Hull		Maryse Gaudreault		Jean-Philip Ruel		Gilles Aubé		Brian Gibb		Bill Clennett		Jean-Roch Villemaire (PI)		Maryse Gaudreault
Papineau														Norman MacMillan
Pontiac														Charlotte L'Écuyer

[edit] Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other
Abitibi-Est						Alexis Wawanoloath								Alexis Wawanoloath
Abitibi-Ouest														François Gendron
Rouyn-Noranda—Témiscamingue						Johanne Morasse								Johanne Morasse
Ungava														Luc Ferland

[edit] See also

• 38th National Assembly of Quebec
• Politics of Quebec
• List of Quebec premiers
• List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition
• National Assembly of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• Political parties in Quebec

[edit] External links

• Official election site by Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec
• Predictions HKDP - Electoral Scenario Creator (French)
• TrendLines Riding Projections (Federal also)
• Quebec Politique.com
• Nodice.ca - Quebec Provincial Election 2008/2009

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