Bloc Québécois candidates, 1997 Canadian federal election
- Bloc Québécois candidates, 1997 Canadian federal election
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The Bloc Québécois (BQ) ran seventy-five candidates in the 1997 Canadian federal election, covering all of the ridings in the province of Quebec. Forty-four of the party's candidates were elected, giving the Bloc third-place status in the Canadian House of Commons.
Many of the party's candidates have separate biography pages; information about others may be found here.
Candidates
Noël Lacasse was listed as a retired teacher in 1997.[1] He ran for mayor of Magog, Quebec in 1994 and 1998, without success. He also planned to ran for the BQ's nomination in Brome—Missisquoi for a 1995 by-election, but he later agreed to withdraw in favour of high-profile candidate Jean-François Bertrand.[2] In 1997, Lacasse finished third against Liberal Party incumbent Denis Paradis.
References
- ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: BROME--MISSISQUOI (1997/06/02), Parliament of Canada, accessed 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Popular separatist joins race to retain BQ status," Windsor Star, 21 December 1994, A10.
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