- Parti marxiste–léniniste du Québec candidates, 2008 Quebec provincial election
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The Parti marxiste–léniniste du Québec fielded twenty-three candidates in the 2008 provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
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Candidates
Chapleau: Pierre Soublière
Pierre Soublière, a teacher, has been a Marxist-Leninist party candidate in four federal and four provincial elections.[1] He has also contributed articles to the party's paper, TML Daily.[2] He is a member of NOWAR-PAIX; during the 2008 election, he called for an anti-war government and for people from the workplace to be elected to parliament.[3]
Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1979 federal Hull Marxist-Leninist 106 0.24 7/7 Gaston Isabelle, Liberal 1980 federal Hull Marxist-Leninist 70 0.17 6/6 Gaston Isabelle, Liberal 1981 provincial Hull Marxist-Leninist 35 0.11 7/7 Gilles Rocheleau, Liberal 1989 provincial Hull Marxist-Leninist 72 0.28 6/6 Robert LeSage, Liberal 1997 federal Hull—Aylmer Marxist-Leninist 151 0.32 9/9 Marcel Massé, Liberal 2007 provincial Chapleau Marxist-Leninist 65 0.20 6/6 Benoît Pelletier, Liberal 2008 federal Ottawa Centre Marxist-Leninist 95 0.15 6/6 Paul Dewar, New Democratic Party 2008 provincial Chapleau Marxist-Leninist 51 0.20 7/7 Marc Carrière, Liberal Châteauguay: Hélène Héroux
Hélène Héroux has been a Marxist-Leninist candidate in six federal and six provincial elections. In 2006, she identified as a cashier.[4]
Hull: Gabriel Girard-Bernier
Gabriel Girard-Bernier is a political activist in the Outaouais region. He was the student association president at Cégep de l'Outaouais and has been active in the Canadia anti-war movement.[17] A 2006 article listed him as a twenty-two year old journalism student.[18] He has been a Marxist-Leninist candidate in three federal elections and three provincial elections and has written for TML Daily, the party's paper. In 2008, Girard-Bernier wrote a piece condemning the New Democratic Party's support for "assymetrical federalism" and supporting Quebec's right to self-determination up to and including the right of succession.[19]
Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 2003 provincial Chapleau Marxist-Leninist 122 0.41 6/6 Benoît Pelletier, Liberal 2004 federal Gatineau Marxist-Leninist 125 0.27 7/7 Françoise Boivin, Liberal 2006 federal Hull—Aylmer Marxist-Leninist 125 0.23 6/6 Marcel Proulx, Liberal 2007 provincial Hull Marxist-Leninist 67 0.23 6/6 Roch Cholette, Liberal 2008 federal Hull—Aylmer Marxist-Leninist 121 0.23 6/6 Marcel Proulx, Liberal 2008 provincial Hull Marxist-Leninist 97 0.43 6/6 Maryse Gaudreault, Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce: Linda Sullivan
Linda Sullivan has run as a Marxist-Leninist candidate in three federal and three provincial elections. She identified as a student in 2006 and as an events coordinator in 2008.[20]
Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 2003 provincial Acadie Marxist-Leninist 111 0.34 6/7 Yvan Bordeleau, Liberal 2004 federal Outremont Marxist-Leninist 120 0.31 7/7 Jean Lapierre, Liberal 2006 federal Outremont Marxist-Leninist 88 0.22 8/11 Jean Lapierre, Liberal 2007 provincial Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Marxist-Leninist 69 0.30 6/6 Russell Copeman, Liberal 2008 federal Westmount—Ville-Marie Marxist-Leninist 49 0.13 7/9 Marc Garneau, Liberal 2008 provincial Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Marxist-Leninist 124 0.73 5/6 Kathleen Weil, Liberal References
- ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: OTTAWA CENTRE (2008/10/14), Parliament of Canada, accessed 2 September 2010.
- ^ See for instance Pierre Soublière, "Government Hypocrisy Knows No Bounds," TML Daily, 24 March 2010, accessed 2 September 2010; Pierre Soublière, "Political Unity of Workers and Their Allies on the Basis of Their Demands Will Solve the Problems Facing Society," TML Daily, 16 June 2010, accessed 2 September 2010.
- ^ Checking Out the Candidates in Ottawa Centre, The Charlatan, 2-8 October 2010, p. 10.
- ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: HONORÉ-MERCIER (2006/01/23), Parliament of Canada, accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-fourth General Election, 1988.
- ^ Official Results (Saint-Louis, 1989), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada.
- ^ Official Results (Mercier, 1994), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Official Results, Elections Canada (1997 election).
- ^ Official Results (Bourget, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Official Results, Elections Canada (2000 election).
- ^ Official Results (Anjou, 2003), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Official Voting Results, 39th General Election, Elections Canada (2004 election), accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Official Voting Results, 39th General Election, Elections Canada (2006 election), accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Official Results (Anjou, 2007), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Official Results (Châteauguay, 2008), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011.
- ^ Gabriel Girard-Bernier, Marxist-Leninist Party, CTV.ca, 3 October 2008, accessed 9 October 2010.
- ^ Girard-Bernier, Gabriel, Globe and Mail, 2006, accessed 9 October 2010.
- ^ Gabriel Girard-Bernier, "NDP's "Asymmetrical Federalism": Same Nonsense as Harper's "Open Federalism"," TML Daily, 19 September 2008, accessed 9 October 2010.
- ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: OUTREMONT (2006/01/23), Parliament of Canada, accessed 7 April 2011; History of Federal Ridings since 1867: WESTMOUNT--VILLE-MARIE (2008/10/14), Parliament of Canada, accessed 7 April 2011.
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