is being considered for merging. › The Bloc Québécois (BQ; French pronunciation: [blɔk kebekwa], "Quebec Bloc") is a federal political party in Canada...
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Lucien Bouchard, the first leader of the Bloc Québécois, was elected by acclamation by the MPs who formed the Bloc in 1990. When the party held its first...
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2019 Canadian federal election (section Bloc Québécois)
leader Martine Ouellet, seven Bloc Québécois MPs resign from the party caucus, establishing the Groupe parlementaire québécois for parliamentary purposes...
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associate member of COPPPAL. The party has strong informal ties to the Bloc Québécois (BQ, whose members are known as "Bloquistes"), the federal party that...
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date is moved later: 32 are Conservatives, 22 are Liberals, 19 are Bloc Québécois, 6 are New Democrats, and 1 is independent. The date change is unlikely...
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Yves-François Blanchet (category Bloc Québécois MPs)
blɑ̃ʃɛt]; born April 16, 1965) is a Canadian politician who has led the Bloc Québécois (BQ) since 2019. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beloeil—Chambly...
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2000 Canadian federal election (section Bloc Québécois)
from Day's riding. The Bloc Québécois suffered from the unpopular decision of its provincial counterpart, the ruling Parti Québécois government's agenda...
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1993 Canadian federal election (section Bloc Québécois)
the Bloc Québécois. This party quickly gained the support of Quebec sovereigntists and access to the networks of the provincial Parti Québécois. Gilles...
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1997 Canadian federal election (section Bloc Québécois)
Party won a second majority government. The Reform Party replaced the Bloc Québécois as the Official Opposition. The election results closely followed the...
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that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada." and, in French, read: Que cette Chambre reconnaisse que les Québécoises et les Québécois forment...
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Gilles Duceppe (category Bloc Québécois leaders)
the Bloc Québécois. He was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for over 20 years and was the leader of the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois...
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the third party. The Bloc Québécois won four seats and the Green Party won one seat. Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff and Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe...
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2008 Canadian federal election (section Bloc Québécois)
by Stéphane Dion lost 18 seats as the New Democratic Party and the Bloc Québécois made slight gains. The Green Party failed to win any seats and lost...
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The 2019 Bloc Québécois leadership election was initiated by the resignation of party leader Martine Ouellet in June 2018. While originally scheduled to...
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their result in 2019, and continued as the official opposition. The Bloc Québécois led by Yves-François Blanchet won 32 seats, unchanged from the prior...
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List of Canadian politicians who have switched parties (section New Democratic Party to Bloc Québécois/Parti Québécois)
1988, then created the federal version of the Parti Québécois, the Bloc Québécois, leader of the Bloc to 1996, before becoming Premier of Quebec. Gilbert...
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2004 Canadian federal election (section Bloc Québécois)
Broadbent was returned to Parliament after many years of absence. The Bloc Québécois (BQ) had managed their best showing back in 1993, but they lost seats...
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The Forum jeunesse du Bloc Québécois (English: Youth forum of the Bloc Québécois) (or FJBQ) is the youth wing of Canada's Quebec sovereigntist federal...
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form a coalition government with the Bloc Québécois and NDP. In 2004 Stephen Harper privately met with Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe and Layton in...
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and party leader Michael Ignatieff was defeated in his riding. The Bloc Québécois lost official party status for the first time since contesting general...
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Louis Plamondon (category Bloc Québécois MPs)
House of Commons from September 27 to October 3, 2023. A member of the Bloc Québécois, he has represented Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel (formerly known as...
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self-identify as Québécois, and therefore is a personal choice. Québécois (pronounced [kebekwa] ); feminine: Québécoise (pronounced [kebekwaz] ), Quebecois (fem.:...
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Mario Beaulieu (category Bloc Québécois leaders)
the leadership of the Bloc Québécois and received the endorsement of the executive of the Bloc's youth wing, former Parti Québécois legislative members...
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Québec debout (redirect from Groupe parlementaire québécois)
all remaining Québec debout MPs rejoining the Bloc Québécois caucus. The Groupe parlementaire québécois (GPQ) was formed on February 28, 2018 by seven...
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upper limit of opposed votes at 142. Most of the Liberal cabinet, the Bloc Québécois (BQ) and the New Democratic Party (NDP) voted in favour of the Bill...
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Sauvé. The by-election was expected to be a three-way marginal with the Bloc Québécois also having strong support in the riding. The by-election was held on...
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Louis-Philippe Sauvé (category Bloc Québécois MPs)
(MP) for LaSalle—Émard—Verdun since 2024. He gained the seat for the Bloc Québécois from the Liberals at a by-election on September 16, 2024, with 28% of...
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Democratic Party experienced a modest boost in support whereas the Bloc Québécois' seat count nearly stayed the same. This is the most recent election...
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membership in the Bloc Québécois in support of her friend, Carole Lavallée, who was running for the party. Turmel says that she was a Bloc member in her friend's...
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Lucien Bouchard (category Bloc Québécois leaders)
two years in the Mulroney cabinet, Bouchard then founded and led the Bloc Québécois and became Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons of Canada...
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