40th Quebec general election

40th Quebec general election

2008 ← members 40th → 41st

125 seats in the National Assembly of Quebec 63 seats are needed for a majority Opinion polls   Leader Jean Charest Pauline Marois Gérard Deltell Party Liberal Parti Québécois ADQ Leader since April 30, 1998 June 26, 2007 November 19, 2009 Leader's seat Sherbrooke Charlevoix Chauveau Last election 66 seats, 42.08% 51 seats, 35.17% 7 seats, 16.37% Current seats 64 46 4   ON Leader Amir Khadir Jean-Martin Aussant François Legault Party Québec Solidaire Option nationale CAQ Leader since February 4, 2006 October 31, 2011 November 4, 2011 Leader's seat Mercier Nicolet-Yamaska TBA Last election 1 seat, 3.78% pre-creation pre-creation Current seats 1 1 0

Incumbent Premier Jean Charest Liberal

The 40th Quebec general election will be held in the Canadian province of Quebec, after the National Assembly is dissolved.

In accordance with Section Four of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, no assembly may continue for longer than five years from the return of the writs, which would have been in the days following the December 8, 2008, election, making an election probable for 2013.^[1] Upon the expiration of the National Assembly in December 2013, the Lieutenant Governor is not required to call an election, but Section Five of the 1982 charter requires an assembly to sit once every twelve months. In practice, a failure to call an election is not likely.

Timeline

2008

• December 8 - 39th Quebec general election
• December 15 - Pauline Marois becomes the leader of the Official Opposition.
• December 18 - Swearing in of the Cabinet members

2009

• January 13 - Yvon Vallières is elected President of the National Assembly.
• January 14 - An economic statement is pronounced by Monique Jérôme-Forget.
• March 6 - Resignation of Mario Dumont as MNA of Rivière-du-Loup
• March 10 - The opening speech of the 39th National Assembly of Quebec is pronounced by Premier Jean Charest.
• April 8 - Resignation of Monique Jérôme-Forget as MNA of Marguerite-Bourgeoys
• June 22 - In two by-elections, Jean D'Amour and Clément Gignac are elected MNAs of Rivière-du-Loup and Marguerite-Bourgeoys respectively.
• June 25 - Resignation of François Legault as MNA of Rousseau
• September 21 - In a by-election, Nicolas Marceau is elected MNA of Rousseau with 57% of the vote.
• October 18 - Gilles Taillon is elected as leader of the Action démocratique du Québec.
• November 6 - Éric Caire and Marc Picard leave the ADQ to sit as independents.
• November 10 - Gilles Taillon resigns his post as ADQ leader amid Caire and Picard's defections. Taillon also called for a police investigation into the " “troubling” funding practices in the party." ^[2]
• November 19 - Gérard Deltell replaces Taillon as leader of ADQ ^[3]

2010

• January 6 - Resignation of Camil Bouchard as MNA of Vachon
• May 6 - Tony Tomassi is kicked out of the Liberal cabinet and caucus after it is revealed he was given a gasoline credit card by a private security firm.
• July 5 - In a by-election, Martine Ouellet is elected MNA of Vachon with 59% of the vote.
• August 9 - Resignation of Jacques Dupuis as MNA of Saint-Laurent
• September 7 - Resignation of Claude Béchard as MNA of Kamouraska-Témiscouata, he dies from cancer later that day
• September 13 - In a by-election, Jean-Marc Fournier is elected MNA of Saint-Laurent with 64% of the vote.
• November 29 - In a by-election, André Simard is elected MNA of Kamouraska-Témiscouata with 37% of the vote.

2011

• June 6 - Louise Beaudoin, Pierre Curzi, and Lisette Lapointe leave the Parti Québécois to sit as independents. ^[4]
• June 7 - Jean-Martin Aussant leaves the Parti Québécois to sit as an independent. ^[5]
• June 21 - Benoît Charette leaves the Parti Québécois to sit as an independent and René Gauvreau is asked to leave the Parti Québécois pending an investigation of his former aide. ^[6]
• September 6 - Resignation of Nathalie Normandeau as MNA of Bonaventure
• September 19 - Jean-Martin Aussant announces his intention to register a new sovereigntist political party, Option nationale. ^[7]
• November 4 - Coalition for the Future of Quebec, a new party led by François Legault, is officially registered. ^[8]

Party standings

e • d Summary of the National Assembly of Quebec election results

Party		Party leader	Candi- dates	Seats					Popular vote
				2008	Now	40th	Change	%	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Jean Charest		66	64
	Parti Québécois	Pauline Marois		51	46
	Action démocratique du Québec	Gérard Deltell		7	4
	Québec solidaire	Françoise David Amir Khadir†		1	1
	Option nationale	Jean-Martin Aussant		*	1
	Green	Claude Sabourin		-
	Parti indépendantiste	Éric Tremblay		-
	Marxist-Leninist	Pierre Chénier		-
	AffiliationQuebec	Allen E. Nutik		*
	Bloc pot	Hugô St-Onge		*
	Christian Democracy	Paul Biron		*
	Coalition for the Future of Quebec	François Legault		*
	Communist	André Parizeau		*
	Conservative	Serge Fontaine		*
	Equality	Keith Henderson		*
	Equity Movement	Mostafa Ben Kirane		*
	New Quebec-Canada Alliance	Denis Couture		*
	Parti nul	Renaud Blais		*
	Quebec - Democratic Revolution	Robert Genesse		*
	Independents			-	8
	Vacant				1
Total				125	125	125
Notes: "Change" refers to change from previous election. † The party designates David and Khadir as co-leaders; the de jure leader recognized by the Directeur général des éléctions is Régent Séguin. * Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Last date of polling	Link	QLP	PQ	ADQ	QS	GPQ	Other
CROP	11-10-17 !October 17, 2011	PDF	28	25	20	13	5	9
Léger Marketing	11-10-12 !October 12, 2011	PDF	26	25	18	11	6	14
CROP	11-09-19 !September 19, 2011	PDF	28	28	18	11	7	9
Léger Marketing	11-09-15 !September 15, 2011	PDF	31	26	16	9	5	13
CROP	11-08-22 !August 22, 2011	PDF	33	27	16	11	5	9
Léger Marketing	11-08-20 !August 20, 2011	PDF	34	24	14	12	5	11
CROP	11-06-20 !June 20, 2011	PDF	35	29	17	7	7	5
Léger Marketing	11-06-08 !June 8, 2011	PDF	30	30	17	11	6	6
CROP	11-06-07 !June 7, 2011	HTML	27	26	15	17	9	7
CROP	11-05-16 !May 16, 2011	PDF	23	34	16	12	11	5
Léger Marketing	11-05-11 !May 11, 2011	PDF	30	34	18	9	4	5
Léger Marketing	11-04-14 !April 14, 2011	PDF	31	38	14	9	5	3
Léger Marketing	11-03-10 !March 10, 2011	PDF	27	37	13	11	5	7
Léger Marketing	11-02-10 !February 10, 2011	PDF	28	34	15	9	7	7
CROP	10-09-27 !September 27, 2010	HTML	31	40	13	9	7
Angus Reid Public Opinion	10-09-26 !September 26, 2010	PDF	26	40	11	10	8	5
Léger Marketing	10-09-16 !September 16, 2010	PDF	32	40	10	11	6	2
Léger Marketing	10-08-19 !August 19, 2010	PDF	31	41	9	9	7	3
Angus Reid Public Opinion	10-08-12 !August 12, 2010	PDF	31	39	12	8	8	3
Léger Marketing	10-08-11 !June 11, 2010	PDF	30	41	13	8	5	2
Léger Marketing	10-05-06 !May 6, 2010	PDF	31	40	12	8	7	1
Angus Reid Public Opinion	10-04-14 !April 14, 2010	PDF	23	41	13	9	10	5
Léger Marketing	10-04-08 !April 8, 2010	PDF	30	40	10	9	8	2
Léger Marketing	10-03-12 !March, 12, 2010	PDF	32	38	10	10	7
Léger Marketing	10-02-11 !February 11, 2010	PDF	37	40	9	6	6
CROP	10-01-24 !January 24, 2010	HTML	40	38	6	8	8
Léger Marketing	10-01-15 !January 15, 2010	PDF	39	41	6	7	5
Léger Marketing	09-11-30 !November 30, 2009	PDF	37	41	8	7	7
CROP	09-10-28 !October 28, 2009	HTML	39	40	8	6	6
Léger Marketing	09-09-09 !September 9, 2009	PDF	41	37	10	6	5
Environics	09-06-01 !June, 2009	HTML	45	38	11	4	1
Léger Marketing	09-05-23 !May 25, 2009	PDF	40	40	8	5	5	1
Environics	09-04-01 !April, 2009	HTML	34	50	13	2	1
Environics	08-12-10 !December, 2008	HTML	36	40	14	8	1
Last election	08-12-08 !December 8, 2008	HTML	42.1%	35.2%	16.3%	3.8%	2.2%	0.4%

List of candidates

Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PQ		ADQ		QS		Green		Other
Bonaventure														Vacant
Gaspé														Georges Mamelonet
Îles-de-la-Madeleine														Germain Chevarie
Kamouraska-Témiscouata														André Simard
Matane														Pascal Bérubé
Matapédia														Danielle Doyer
Rimouski														Irvin Pelletier
Rivière-du-Loup														Jean D'Amour

Côte-Nord and Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PQ		ADQ		QS		Green		Other
Chicoutimi														Stéphane Bédard
Dubuc														Serge Simard
Duplessis														Lorraine Richard
Jonquière														Sylvain Gaudreault
Lac-Saint-Jean														Alexandre Cloutier
René-Lévesque														Marjolain Dufour
Roberval														Denis Trottier

Capitale-Nationale

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PQ		ADQ		QS		Green		Other
Charlesbourg														Michel Pigeon
Charlevoix														Pauline Marois
Chauveau														Gérard Deltell
Jean-Lesage														André Drolet
Jean-Talon														Yves Bolduc
La Peltrie														Éric Caire
Louis-Hébert														Sam Hamad
Montmorency														Raymond Bernier
Portneuf														Michel Matte
Taschereau														Agnès Maltais
Vanier														Patrick Huot

Mauricie

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PQ		ADQ		QS		Green		Other
Champlain														Noëlla Champagne
Laviolette														Julie Boulet
Maskinongé														Jean-Paul Diamond
Saint-Maurice														Claude Pinard
Trois-Rivières														Danielle St-Amand

Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PQ		ADQ		QS		Green		Other
Arthabaska														Claude Bachand
Beauce-Nord														Janvier Grondin
Beauce-Sud														Robert Dutil
Bellechasse														Dominique Vien
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière														Marc Picard
Drummond														Yves-François Blanchet
Frontenac														Laurent Lessard
Lévis														Gilles Lehouillier
Lotbinière														Sylvie Roy
Montmagny-L'Islet														Norbert Morin
Nicolet-Yamaska														Jean-Martin Aussant

Estrie (Eastern Townships)

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PQ		ADQ		QS		Green		Other
Johnson														Étienne-Alexis Boucher
Mégantic-Compton														Johanne Gonthier
Orford														Pierre Reid
Richmond														Yvon Vallières
Saint-François														Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
Sherbrooke														Jean Charest

Eastern Montérégie

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PQ		ADQ		QS		Green		Other
Borduas														Pierre Curzi
Brome-Missisquoi														Pierre Paradis
Chambly														Bertrand St-Arnaud
Iberville														Marie Bouillé
Richelieu														Sylvain Simard
Saint-Hyacinthe														Émilien Pelletier
Saint-Jean														Dave Turcotte
Shefford														François Bonnardel
Verchères														Stéphane Bergeron

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PQ		ADQ		QS		Green		Other
Beauharnois														Guy Leclair
Châteauguay														Pierre Moreau
Huntingdon														Stéphane Billette
La Pinière														Fatima Houda-Pepin
Laporte														Nicole Ménard
La Prairie														François Rebello
Marguerite-D'Youville														Monique Richard
Marie-Victorin														Bernard Drainville
Soulanges														Lucie Charlebois
Taillon														Marie Malavoy
Vachon														Martine Ouellet
Vaudreuil														Yvon Marcoux

East Montreal

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PQ		ADQ		QS		Green		Other
Anjou														Lise Thériault
Bourassa-Sauvé														Line Beauchamp
Bourget														Maka Kotto
Crémazie														Lisette Lapointe
Gouin														Nicolas Girard
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve														Carole Poirier
Jeanne-Mance—Viger														Filomena Rotiroti
LaFontaine														Tony Tomassi
Laurier-Dorion														Gerry Sklavounos
Mercier														Amir Khadir
Pointe-aux-Trembles														Nicole Léger
Rosemont														Louise Beaudoin
Sainte-Marie—Saint-Jacques														Martin Lemay
Viau														Emmanuel Dubourg

West Montreal

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PQ		ADQ		QS		Green		Other
Acadie														Christine St-Pierre
D'Arcy-McGee														Lawrence S. Bergman
Jacques-Cartier														Geoffrey Kelley
Marguerite-Bourgeoys														Clément Gignac
Marquette														François Ouimet
Mont-Royal														Pierre Arcand
Nelligan														Yolande James
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce														Kathleen Weil
Outremont														Raymond Bachand
Robert-Baldwin														Pierre Marsan
Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne														Marguerite Blais
Saint-Laurent														Jean-Marc Fournier
Verdun														Henri-François Gautrin
Westmount—Saint-Louis														Jacques Chagnon

Laval

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PQ		ADQ		QS		Green		Other
Chomedey														Guy Ouellette
Fabre														Michelle Courchesne
Laval-des-Rapides														Alain Paquet
Mille-Îles														Francine Charbonneau
Vimont														Vincent Auclair

Lanaudière

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PQ		ADQ		QS		Green		Other
Berthier														André Villeneuve
Joliette														Véronique Hivon
L'Assomption														Scott McKay
Masson														Guillaume Tremblay
Rousseau														Nicolas Marceau
Terrebonne														Mathieu Traversy

Laurentides

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PQ		ADQ		QS		Green		Other
Argenteuil														David Whissell
Bertrand														Claude Cousineau
Blainville														Daniel Ratthé
Deux-Montagnes														Benoit Charette
Groulx														René Gauvreau
Labelle														Sylvain Pagé
Mirabel														Denise Beaudoin
Prévost														Gilles Robert

Outaouais

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PQ		ADQ		QS		Green		Other
Chapleau														Marc Carrière
Gatineau														Stéphanie Vallée
Hull														Maryse Gaudreault
Papineau														Norman MacMillan
Pontiac														Charlotte L'Écuyer

Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PQ		ADQ		QS		Green		Other
Abitibi-Est														Pierre Corbeil
Abitibi-Ouest														François Gendron
Rouyn-Noranda—Témiscamingue														Daniel Bernard
Ungava														Luc Ferland

See also

• 39th National Assembly of Quebec
• Politics of Quebec
• List of premiers of Quebec
• List of leaders of the Official Opposition (Quebec)
• National Assembly of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• Political parties in Quebec

External links

• Web site of Québec’s Chief Electoral Officer
• Quebec Politique.com
• DemocraticSPACE
• Election Almanac - Quebec Provincial Election 2012

References

1. ^ Gyulai, Linda (April 4, 2011). "Vision Montreal remains optimistic despite rising debt, fears for future". The Gazette. montrealgazette.com. http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Vision+Montreal+optimistic+despite+debt+fears+future/4558251/story.html. Retrieved April 15, 2011. "...that the party will be around to fight the 2013 election" 
2. ^ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/beleaguered-adq-chief-wants-out/article1358090/ ADQ Leader quits less than a month after taking helm - The Globe and Mail
3. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/11/19/quebec-adq-leadership.html CBC News: Deltell crowned ADQ leader
4. ^ Parti Québécois heavyweights quit over Marois’s leadership style The Globe and Mail
5. ^ Fourth defector blasts Marois as Parti Québécois revolt escalates The Globe and Mail
6. ^ 2 more MNAs leave Parti Québécois CBC News
7. ^ Former PQ MNA files papers to start sovereignist party The Gazette
8. ^ Coalition pour l'avenir du Québec - Le Directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ)