Bloc Québécois candidates, 2000 Canadian federal election

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.

Candidates

Brome—Missisquoi: André Leroux

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.

Electoral record (incomplete)
Election Division Party Votes  % Place Winner
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

References

  1. ^ "Former Brigham mayor running for Bloc," Sherbrooke Record, 2 November 2000, p. 3.
  2. ^ "Former Brigham mayor running for Bloc," Sherbrooke Record, 2 November 2000, p. 3.
  3. ^ Shawn Berry, "Leroux wants anglos to ignore separatist position," Sherbrooke Record, 9 November 2000, p. 4; "BQ's Andre Leroux has tough questions for Paradis," Sherbrooke Record, 17 November 2000, p. 8.
  4. ^ Maurice Crossfield, "Stastny gets support from former BQ candidate," Sherbrooke Record, 10 May 2004, p. 3.
  5. ^ Michel Laliberté, André Leroux croisera le fer avec Arthur Fauteux, La Voix de l'Est, 20 June 2009, accessed 5 December 2010.