Bloc pot candidates, 2003 Quebec provincial election
The Bloc pot ran fifty-six candidates in the 2003 Quebec provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Candidates
Argenteuil: Yannick Charpentier
Yannick Charpentier received 292 votes (1.23%), finishing fifth against Liberal incumbent David Whissell.[1]
Chapleau: Daniel Leblanc-Poirier
Daniel Leblanc-Poirier was born in 1984 in Campbellton, New Brunswick and raised in suburban Ottawa. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the Université du Québec à Montréal and has published two works of poetry: La lune n’aura pas de chandelier (2007) and Gyrophares de danse parfaite (2010).[2] He received 402 votes (1.34%) in 2003, finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Benoît Pelletier.[3]
Richelieu: Marie-Hélène Charbonneau
Marie-Hélène Charbonneau identified as a young comedian from Saint-Barnabé, Quebec and ran a low-profile campaign.[4] She received 407 votes (1.42%), finishing fourth against Parti Québécois incumbent Sylvain Simard.[5]
Viau: Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin
Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin was a Bloc pot candidate in the 1998 and 2003 provincial elections. He received 6.23% of the vote in his first bid for public office, a record for the party : unexpected withdrawal of the local Parti Québécois candidate halfway through the campaign helped Bloun-Beaudon to reach 3rd place. In the 2003 election, Blouin-Beaudoin was described as twenty-three years old with a CEGEP education.[6]
He intended to run as a Projet Montréal candidate in the 2005 Montreal municipal election for a council seat in the Desmarchais-Crawford ward, but withdrew before election day.[7] He continued municipal politics through citizens' question periods and, amongst other propositions, demanded that public consultatons be publicised in bus shelters; he also demanded that the water-meter contract be canceled. He than ran as an independent in 2009 in François-Perrault ; in this campaign, he described himself as having a degree in environmental management and wanting to have a direct democracy approach.[8]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 provincial | Viau | Bloc pot | 1,668 | 6.23 | 3/7 | William Cusano, Liberal[9] |
| 2003 provincial | Viau | Bloc pot | 426 | 1.57 | 4/6 | William Cusano, Liberal[10] |
| 2009 municipal | Montreal city council, François-Perrault division | Independent | 282 | 3.55 | 4/4 | Frank Venneri, Union Montreal[11] |
References
- ↑ Official Results (Argenteuil, 2003), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
- ↑ Daniel Leblanc-Poirier Archived March 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine., Association des auteurs et auteures de l'Outaouais, accessed 9 October 2010; Daniel Leblanc-Poirier, The New York Quarterly Foundation, Inc., accessed 9 October 2010.
- ↑ Official Results (Chapleau, 2003), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
- ↑ Scrutin québécois du 14 avril, SorelTracyRegion.net, 8 April 2003, accessed 5 January 2010.
- ↑ Official Results (Richelieu, 2003), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
- ↑ Lynn Moore, "'Bloc Pot' doesn't need to win seats to play spoiler," Ottawa Citizen, 14 March 2003, A4; Lynn Moore, "Bloc Pot hoping to play spoiler's role in tight races," Montreal Gazette, 14 March 2003, A12.
- ↑ Kazi Stastna, "Mainland Verdun, Nuns' Island are an electoral odd couple," Montreal Gazette, 21 October 2005, A6.
- ↑ Lison Budzyn, "«Beaucoup considèrent le titre de conseiller municipal comme un titre de noblesse, pour moi c’est un emploi»" Archived October 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., Journal de St-Michel, 9 September 2009, accessed 25 August 2009.
- ↑ Official Results (Viau, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
- ↑ Official Results (Viau, 2003), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
- ↑ Election results, 2009, City of Montreal.