Green Party of Quebec candidates in the 2007 Quebec provincial election explained

The Parti vert du Québec/Green Party of Quebec (PVQ) ran 108 candidates in the 2007 Quebec provincial election, none of whom were elected.

Candidates

Brome—Missisquoi

Vanessa Thibodeau

Jean-Lesage

Lucien Rodrigue

Richelieu

François Desmarais

Trois-Rivières

Louis Lacroix

Louis Lacroix has been a candidate of both the Green Party of Quebec and the Green Party of Canada. He was 26 years old during the 2006 federal election and identified as an agricultural technician.^[8] He has called for the legalization and controlled sale of cannabis, opposing simple decriminalization on the grounds that it will benefit criminal elements.^[9]

Electoral record

Election	Division	Party	Votes	%	Place	Winner
2004 federal	Drummond	Green	921	2.19	4/5	Pauline Picard, Bloc Québécois
2006 federal	Bas-Richelieu-Nicolet-Bécancour	Green	1,595	3.22	5/5	Louis Plamondon, Bloc Québécois
2007 provincial	Trois-Rivières	Green	739	2.68	5/6	Sébastien Proulx, Action démocratique du Québec

Notes and References

1. Maurice Crossfield, "Candidates battle to change old habits: Brome Missisquoi has voted Liberal for years," Sherbrooke Record, 22 March 2007, p. 4.
2. http://www2.electionsquebec.qc.ca/corpo/francais/elections-generales-provincial.asp?bsq=Brome-Missisquoi&section=resultats_gen&even=%272007%27&mode=%27n3%27#resul Official results, Government of Quebec
3. http://www.quebechebdo.com/v4/article-84816-De-nombreux-enjeux-dans-JeanLesage.html Frédérick Masson, "De nombreux enjeux dans Jean-Lesage"
4. "Invitation : Le Parti vert du Québec vous propose la santé," Canada Newswire, 20 March 2007, 12:22 report.
5. http://www.quebechebdo.com/v4/article-83984-Lucien-Rodrigue-pour-un-comte-plus-en-sante.html Michel Bédard, "Lucien Rodrigue pour un comté plus en santé"
6. http://www.soreltracyregion.net/actualite/page/actualite/article/a/5713 "François Desmarais: fonceur et intéressé par le débat politique"
7. http://monteregieweb.com/main+fr+01_300+Le_Parti_vert_en_faveur_du_degel_des_frais_de_scolarite_apres_une_consultation_populaire.html?ArticleID=486222 Hélène Goulet, Le Parti vert en faveur du dégel des frais de scolarité après une consultation populaire
8. http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=12299 History of Federal Ridings since 1867: BAS-RICHELIEU--NICOLET--BÉCANCOUR (2006/01/23)
9. http://www.soreltracyregion.net/actualite/page/actualite/article/a/3186 Le candidat vert, Louis Lacroix, veut un débat sur la légalisation du cannabis