The Bloc Québécois (BQ) fielded seventy-five candidates in the 2000 Canadian federal election, covering all ridings in the province of Quebec. Thirty-eight of these candidates were elected, allowing the party to retain its position as the third-largest grouping in the Canadian House of Commons.
Many of the party's candidates have separate biography pages; information about others may be found here.
André Leroux was forty-two years old during the 2000 election. He joined Human Resources Development Canada as a civil servant in 1974 and remained with the department for twenty-six years, before standing down due to a law preventing government employees from participating in federal elections.[1]
Leroux served as mayor of Brigham from 1995 to 1999. During his term in office, the municipality built a municipal garage and purchased a decaying United Church building. He was narrowly defeated by Steven Neil in November 1999.[2]
He downplayed Quebec sovereigntism during the 2000 campaign, focusing instead on his party's position against organized crime and his own record as a municipal politician.[3] He finished second against Liberal incumbent Denis Paradis.
Leroux supported Conservative Party candidate Peter Stastny in the 2004 federal election.[4] He himself moved to Cowansville in 2004 and oversaw construction.[5] He ran for mayor of Cowansville in 2009, losing to incumbent mayor Arthur Fauteux.
Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
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2000 federal | Brome—Missisquoi | Bloc Québécois | 13,363 | 31.17 | 2/5 | Denis Paradis, Liberal |
2009 Cowansville municipal | Mayor | n/a | 1,740 | 36.56 | 2/2 | Arthur Fauteux |