Parti marxiste–léniniste du Québec candidates in the 2007 Quebec provincial election explained
The Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec fielded twenty-four candidates in the 2007 provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Candidates
Jean Bédard
Jean Bédard is a laundry employee and union advisor.[1] He is a perennial candidate for the Marxist-Leninist Party, having run under its banner in seven federal and six provincial elections. He appears to have been a low-profile candidate; during the 2003 election, the newspaper Le Soleil indicated that it was unable to obtain an interview with him.[2]
Electoral record| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
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| 1979 federal | Montmorency | Marxist-Leninist | 326 | 0.77 | 5/6 | Louis Duclos, Liberal |
| 1980 federal | Montmorency | Marxist-Leninist | 142 | 0.35 | 8/8 | Louis Duclos, Liberal |
| 1981 provincial | Montmorency | Marxist-Leninist | 140 | 0.40 | 4/4 | Clément Richard, Parti Québécois |
| 1988 federal | Montmorency—Orléans | N/A (Marxist-Leninist) | 670 | 1.33 | 4/4 | Charles DeBlois, Progressive Conservative |
| 1989 provincial | Montmorency | Marxist-Leninist | 266 | 0.77 | 5/5 | Yves Séguin, Liberal |
| 1994 provincial | Montmorency | Marxist-Leninist | 150 | 0.37 | 8/8 | Jean Filion, Parti Québécois |
| 1997 federal | Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans | Marxist-Leninist | 419 | 0.82 | 6/6 | Michel Guimond, Bloc Québécois |
| 1998 provincial | Montmorency | Marxist-Leninist | 204 | 0.46 | 6/6 | Jean-François Simard, Parti Québécois |
| 2000 federal | Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans | Marxist-Leninist | 283 | 0.55 | 7/7 | Michel Guimond, Bloc Québécois |
| 2003 provincial | Jean-Lesage | Marxist-Leninist | 185 | 0.53 | 6/6 | Michel Després, Liberal |
| 2004 federal | Québec | Marxist-Leninist | 223 | 0.46 | 7/7 | Christiane Gagnon, Bloc Québécois |
| 2006 federal | Beauport—Limoilou | Marxist-Leninist | 234 | 0.48 | 6/6 | Sylvie Boucher, Conservative |
| 2007 provincial | Jean-Lesage | Marxist-Leninist | 100 | 0.29 | 8/8 | Jean-François Gosselin, Action démocratique | |
References
- http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=9962 History of Federal Ridings since 1867, BEAUPORT--MONTMORENCY--CÔTE-DE- BEAUPRÉ--ÎLE-D'ORLÉANS (2000/11/27)
- Éric Moreault, "De la conviction à l'action," Le Soleil, 13 April 2003, A9.
