Bloc Québécois candidates in the 2015 Canadian federal election

This is a list of nominated candidates for the Bloc Québécois in the 2015 Canadian federal election.

Candidate statistics

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Candidates Nominated Male Candidates Female Candidates Most Common Occupation
78 56 22 Business and education

Quebec - 78 seats

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Eastern Quebec

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Riding Candidate's Name Notes Gender Residence Occupation Votes % Rank Ref.
Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Kédina Fleury-Samson Former Mont-Joli councillor F Mont-Joli 7,641 21.0% 2
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis Antoine Dubé Former Member of Parliament for Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière M Consultant 7,217 11.5% 4
Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Nicolas Roussy M Québec Consultant 8,289 20.9% 3
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Louis Gagnon M Rivière-du-Loup Teacher 7,939 16.1% 4
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques Johanne Carignan Former Sainte-Flavie councillor F Nurse, manager 8,673 19.3% 3

Côte-Nord and Saguenay

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Riding Candidate's Name Notes Gender Residence Occupation Votes % Rank Ref.
Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix Sébastien Dufour M Boischatel 9,650 19.1% 3
Chicoutimi—Le Fjord Élise Gauthier Former Saint-Honoré councillor F Saguenay Teacher 8,990 20.5%
Jonquière Jean-François Caron M Saguenay Political attaché 11,202 23.3%
Lac-Saint-Jean Sabin Gaudreault M Alma Retired teacher 10,152 18.4% 4
Manicouagan Marilène Gill F Baie-Comeau Teacher 17,338 41.2% 1

Quebec City

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Riding Candidate's Name Notes Gender Residence Occupation Votes % Rank Ref.
Beauport—Limoilou Doni Berberi M Beauport Businessman 7,467 14.8% 4
Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles Marc-Antoine Turmel 2013 municipal candidate in Québec M Charlesbourg Student 7,177 12.3%
Louis-Hébert Caroline Pageau 2007 Action démocratique du Québec candidate in Taschereau F Translator 8,900 14.4%
Louis-Saint-Laurent Ronald Sirard M Lawyer 6,688 10.3%
Québec Charles Mordret M Businessman 10,153 18.8%

Central Quebec

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Riding Candidate's Name Notes Gender Residence Occupation Votes % Rank Ref.
Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel Louis Plamondon Member of Parliament for Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour and for Richelieu (PC 1984-1990, Bloc 1990-); dean of the House of Commons M Sorel-Tracy Math teacher, businessman 20,871 40.0% 1
Berthier—Maskinongé Yves Perron M Berthierville Teacher 14,037 25.8% 2
Joliette Gabriel Ste-Marie M Joliette Economist and teacher 18,875 33.3% 1
Lévis—Lotbinière Steve Gagné M Financial counsellor 7,163 11.4% 4
Montcalm Luc Thériault Former Member of the National Assembly for Masson M BQ staff, former philosophy teacher 19,405 36.6% 1
Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier Raymond Harvey M Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier 6,665 10.7% 4
Repentigny Monique Pauzé F Retired teacher 22,618 34.7% 1
Saint-Maurice—Champlain Sacki Carignan Deschamps F Shawinigan Sociologist and teacher 11,295 19.2% 3
Trois-Rivières André Valois M Trois-Rivières Retired accountant 10,249 17.0% 4

Eastern Townships

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Riding Candidate's Name Notes Gender Residence Occupation Votes % Rank Ref.
Beauce Stéphane Trudel 2012 Option nationale candidate in Beauce-Nord M Saint-Georges Businessman 4,144 7.4% 4
Brome—Missisquoi Patrick Melchior 2012 Option nationale candidate in Brome-Missisquoi M Bedford Community development 10,252 17.5% 3
Compton—Stanstead France Bonsant Former Member of Parliament for Compton—Stanstead F 11,551 20.7%
Drummond Diane Bourgeois Former Member of Parliament for Terrebonne—Blainville; Saint-Lucien councillor F Saint-Lucien Teacher 11,862 22.8%
Mégantic—L'Érable Virginie Provost F Thetford Mines Student 5,838 12.3% 4
Richmond—Arthabaska Olivier Nolin M Victoriaville 10,068 17.2%
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Michel Filion M Saint-Hyacinthe Public manager 13,200 24.3% 3
Shefford Jocelyn Beaudoin 2012 and 2014 Option nationale candidate in Granby M Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton Lawyer 13,092 22.2%
Sherbrooke Caroline Bouchard F Journalist 11,713 20.5%

Montérégie

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Riding Candidate's Name Notes Gender Residence Occupation Votes % Rank Ref.
Beloeil—Chambly Yves Lessard Former Member of Parliament for Chambly—Borduas M Saint-Basile-le-Grand Businessman, labour relations consultant 18,387 27.7% 3
Brossard—Saint-Lambert Suzanne Lachance 2000-2001 leader of the RAP; former Longueuil councillor F Human resources manager 6,071 10.6% 4
Châteauguay—Lacolle Sophie Stanké Parti Québécois candidate in 2012 in Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne and in 2014 in Laporte F Radio presenter 12,615 24.4% 2
La Prairie Christian Picard 2000 candidate in Saint-Lambert M 15,107 26.2%
Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne Philippe Cloutier M Longueuil Teacher 13,974 27.0%
Longueuil—Saint-Hubert Denis Trudel M Longueuil Actor 15,873 27.3% 3
Montarville Catherine Fournier F Sainte-Julie Lecturer 16,460 28.4% 2
Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères Xavier Barsalou-Duval Former president of Forum jeunesse du Bloc Québécois 2012-2015 M Boucherville Accountant 17,007 28.6% 1
Saint-Jean Denis Hurtubise M Computer consultant 14,979 24.8% 3
Salaberry—Suroît Claude DeBellefeuille Former Member of Parliament for Beauharnois—Salaberry F Ormstown Social worker 17,452 28.4%
Vaudreuil—Soulanges Vincent François M Montréal 9,858 15.0%

Eastern Montreal

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Riding Candidate's Name Notes Gender Residence Occupation Votes % Rank Ref.
Hochelaga Simon Marchand 2014 Option nationale candidate for Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, President of l'AÉTÉLUQ M Hochelaga Manager - Fraud prevention 14,389 27.7% 3
Honoré-Mercier Audrey Beauséjour 2014 Parti québécois candidate for Mont-Royal F 6,680 12.9%
La Pointe-de-l'Île Mario Beaulieu 1997 candidate in Papineau—Saint-Denis, former party leader from 2014-2015, party president since 2014. M Montréal Educator 18,545 33.6% 1
Laurier—Sainte-Marie Gilles Duceppe Former Member of Parliament for Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Former Leader of the Bloc Québecois (1997-2011, 2015-2015) M 15,699 28.7% 2
Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Claude André M 12,276 21.0%

Western Montreal

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Riding Candidate's Name Notes Gender Residence Occupation Votes % Rank Ref.
Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle Jean-Frédéric Vaudry M 5,338 9.8% 4
Lac-Saint-Louis Gabriel Bernier M Student 1,681 2.7% 5
LaSalle—Émard—Verdun Gilbert Paquette Former MNA for Rosemont; President of OUI. M Mathematician, professor, computer scientist 9,164 17.0% 3
Mount Royal Jade Bossé-Bélanger 2014 Option nationale candidate in Saint-Jean F 908 1.9% 4
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount Simon Quesnel M Student, salesman 1,282 2.5% 5
Outremont Roger Galland Barou M Businessman 3,668 8.4% 4
Pierrefonds—Dollard Natalie Laplante Historian, scientist F 2,043 3.5%
Saint-Laurent Pascal-Olivier Dumas-Dubreuil M Student 1,879 4.7%
Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs Chantal St-Onge 2014 Option nationale candidate in Rousseau F Saint-Hippolyte Teacher 4,307 8.6%

Northern Montreal and Laval

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Riding Candidate's Name Notes Gender Residence Occupation Votes % Rank Ref.
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Nicolas Bourdon M Montréal Teacher 7,346 13.2% 3
Alfred-Pellan Daniel St-Hilaire M Athletics coach 9,836 17.8%
Bourassa Gilles Léveillé M Montréal Retired journalist and trade unionist 7,049 17.1% 2
Laval—Les Îles Nancy Redhead F Laval Businesswoman 6,731 12.4% 4
Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Patrice Jasmin-Tremblay M Communicator 11,820 21.7% 3
Papineau Maxime Claveau M Montréal Classical musician 6,182 12.2%
Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Steeve Gendron M Accountant, financial consultant 3,204 7.2% 4
Vimy Barek Kaddouri M Teacher 9,068 16.7% 3

Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec

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Riding Candidate's Name Notes Gender Residence Occupation Votes % Rank Ref.
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Luc Ferland Former Member of the National Assembly for Ungava M Administrator 6,398 18.5% 3rd
Abitibi—Témiscamingue Yvon Moreau M Rouyn-Noranda Journalist 9,651 19.4% 3rd
Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation Jonathan Beauchamp 2012 and 2014 Option nationale candidate in Papineau M 9,525 18.6% 3rd
Gatineau Philippe Boily President of l'Association générale des étudiants de l'Université du Québec en Outaouais; 2014 Option nationale candidate in Chapleau M Hochelaga Consultant 5,455 9.4% 3rd
Hull—Aylmer Maude Chouinard-Boucher F Student 3,625 6.5% 4th
Laurentides—Labelle Johanne Régimbald F Mont-Tremblant 18,793 29.7% 2nd
Mirabel Simon Marcil 2012 Option nationale candidate in Labelle M Mirabel Trade unionist 18,710 31.5% 1st
Pontiac Nicolas Lepage 2014 Option nationale candidate for Gatineau M 4,327 6.9% 4th
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles Félix Pinel M Saint-Eustache Teacher 14,755 25.4% 3rd
Rivière-du-Nord Rhéal Fortin M Lawyer 18,157 32.0% 1st
Terrebonne Michel Boudrias M Montréal Soldier, activist 19,238 33.0% 1st
Thérèse-De Blainville Alain Marginean 2012 and 2014 Option nationale candidate in Groulx M Rosemère 15,238 27.0% 2nd

See also

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References

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