Canadian federal by-elections, 2007

On September 17, 2007, three federal by-elections were held in the Canadian province of Quebec to fill vacancies in the House of Commons. Each of the three by-elections was won by a different political party.

=Outremont=

The electoral district of Outremont was left vacant by the resignation of Liberal Party MP Jean Lapierre. The by-election resulted in a victory for the New Democratic Party on a substantial swing, whose candidate Thomas Mulcair became only the second New Democrat ever elected from Quebec and the first in seventeen years. The Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot by-election and the Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean by-election were held on the same day.

The by-election was triggered when Lapierre resigned from the House on January 28, to accept a position as a political analyst with Quebec television network TVA and Montreal radio station 98.5 FM. The Prime Minister of Canada has six months to call by-elections, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper called the by-election on the last possible day, July 28.

Candidates

Finally, Liberal leader Stéphane Dion appointed candidate Jocelyn Coulon on July 18. [cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=6aa8fe39-530f-44ba-b67c-f024b0decb1a&k=20376|title=Coulon to run as Outremont's Liberal|accessdate =2007-07-29|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=2007-07-18] Prior to his current position as an international affairs expert, professor at the University of Montreal and director of the Francophone Research Network on the Operations of Peace ("Reseau francophone de recherche sur les operations de paix"), Coulon was a journalist for Le Devoir and a director of the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre's Montreal campus.

The Liberal announcement was not without controversy, and was condemned by Jewish lobby group B'nai Brith, even asking for the nomination to be revoked. The group cited Coulon's views on Israel, the United States and Hamas as being "out of step with current Liberal policy." [cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070728/quebec_byelections_070728/20070728?hub=CTVNewsAt11|title=Harper calls byelections in two Quebec ridings|accessdate =2007-07-29|publisher=CTV.ca|date=2007-07-28] The Quebec-Israel Committee stated that B'Nai Brith's statements were exaggerated and that Coulon had every right to be the Liberal candidate. Though the riding is only 10% Jewish, past Liberal candidates have traditionally relied heavily on the faithful support of this important voting block.

The Bloc Québécois, which came in second in the seat in 2006, selected Belgian-born, Lacanian psychoanalyst Jean-Paul Gilson as their candidate. Gilson immigrated to Canada in 1993.

The New Democratic Party, third place in 2006, selected Thomas Mulcair. Mulcair is a former Liberal Member of the National Assembly of Quebec. He served as Jean Charest's Minister of the Environment from 2003 to 2006, leaving cabinet amidst the controversy surrounding privatisation plans for Mont Orford provincial park. He was the MNA for Chomedey in Laval, Quebec from 1994 to 2007.

On April 20, Mulcair announced he was joining the New Democratic Party during a joint press conference with NDP Leader Jack Layton on Mont Royal. [cite web|url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/04/20/4080245-cp.html|title=Layton recruits ex-Quebec environment minister to carry NDP banner|accessdate =2007-07-29|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=2007-04-20] He currently serves as the NDP's Quebec spokesperson. Mulcair was nominated in an uncontested race on June 21 as the NDP candidate. [cite web|url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070620/national/layton_candidate_4|title=Former Quebec cabinet minister to run in Montreal riding as NDP candidate|accessdate =2007-07-29|publisher=Yahoo News Canada|date=2007-07-20]

The Conservatives, selected former Ambassador Gilles Duguay. Mr. Duguay is a former Rhodes scholar of Oxford University in Great Britain, former law professor at the National University in Kinshasa, author of much of Rwanda's constitution, former ambassador to Cameroon, Morocco, Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova, and former professor at McGill University and the University of Montreal.

The Green Party, fifth place in 2006, reselected their 2006 candidate, François Pilon, while the Canadian Action Party selected biochemistry student Alexandre Amirizian. The newly-formed Neorhino.ca, successor to the Rhinoceros Party of Canada, fielded party founder François Gourd on August 7. Gourd wished to finish last in the election.

Several Independent politicians also announced their candidacy, including Romain Angeles, who is running on a platform to abolish political parties; Mahmood Raza Baig, a former Canadian Action candidate in Repentigny and Papineau; Régent Millette, an Independent in Outremont in 2006; John C. Turmel, record holder for most elections contested and for the most elections lost; and Jocelyne Leduc.

Results

- bgcolor="white"
align="left" colspan=2|New Democratic Party gain from Liberal
align="right"|Swing
align="right"| –18.3
align="right"

2006 result

Notes

References

* [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070728/quebec_byelections_070728/20070728?hub=CTVNewsAt11 CTV.ca article]
* Une campagne en vacances fr [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070808/CPACTUALITES/70808011/1025/FRONTPAGE]

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean

The electoral district of Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean was left vacant by the resignation of Michel Gauthier (Bloc). Although Gauthier resigned after the other two by-elections had already been called, Prime Minister Stephen Harper called the by-election on 11 August for the same date as the others ^{[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070811.wbyelection0811/BNStory/National/home]}.

Results

{| class="wikitable"
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="6"|Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean by-election, 17 September, 2007
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party! style="width: 170px"|Candidate! style="width: 40px"|Votes! style="width: 40px"|%! style="width: 40px"|+/–
-
style="width: 185px"| Conservative Party
Denis Lebel
align=right|17,463
align=right|59.7
align=right|+22.5
-
style="width: 185px"|Bloc Québécois
Céline Houde
align=right|7,830
align=right|26.8
align=right|–18.4
-
style="width: 185px"| Liberal Party
Louise Boulanger
align=right|2,795
align=right|9.6
align=right|+1.8
-
style="width: 185px"|New Democratic Party
Éric Dubois
align=right|675
align=right|2.3
align=right|–3.2
-
style="width: 185px"|Green Party
Jean-Luc Boily
align=right|499
align=right|1.7
align=right|–2.6
-
colspan="3" | Total
align=right | 29,262
align=right | 100|

2006 results

References

* [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070728/quebec_byelections_070728/20070728?hub=CTVNewsAt11 CTV.ca article]
* [http://www.ndp.ca/ridings/quebec?from=50&limit=50]

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot

The by-election in Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, resulting from the resignation of Yvan Loubier, was won by BQ candidate Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac, Loubier's former constituency assistant and the first Vietnamese Canadian ever elected to the Canadian House of Commons. However, Thi Lac's 1,478-vote margin of victory over Conservative candidate was the narrowest victory for the BQ since the party first won the riding in the 1993 election. As in the other two ridings up for election, the Liberals were shut out; their candidate, Jean Caumartin, placed fourth, after the NDP's Brigitte Sansoucy.

Results

{| class="wikitable"
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="6"|Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot by-election, 17 September, 2007
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party! style="width: 170px"|Candidate! style="width: 40px"|Votes! style="width: 40px"|%! style="width: 40px"|+/-
-
style="width: 185px"|Bloc Québécois
Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac
align=right|13,443
align=right|42.1
align=right|-13.9%
-
style="width: 185px"| Conservative Party
Bernard Barré
align=right|11,965
align=right|37.5
align=right|+12.7%
-
style="width: 185px"|New Democratic Party
Brigitte Sansoucy
align=right|2,538
align=right|7.9
align=right|+2.4%
-
style="width: 185px"| Liberal Party
Jean Caumartin
align=right|2,376
align=right|7.4
align=right|-2.4%
-
style="width: 185px"|Green Party
Jacques Tétreault
align=right|1,169
align=right|3.7
align=right|-0.2%
-
style="width: 185px"|Neorhino.ca
Christian Willie Vanasse
align=right|384
align=right|1.2
align=right
-
style="width: 185px"|Canadian Action Party
Michel St-Onge
align=right|61
align=right|0.2
align=right
-
colspan="3" | Total
31,936
|

2006 results

References

* [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070728/quebec_byelections_070728/20070728?hub=CTVNewsAt11 CTV.ca article]
* [http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2007/08/05/001-npd-plan-algues.shtml Brigitte Sansoucy to run for the NDP]

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