Québec Solidaire fielded 123 candidates in the 2007 Quebec provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.

Candidates

Argenteuil: Guy Dufresne

Guy Dufresne is a university lecturer and union activist at the Université du Québec à Montréal.[1] He received 600 votes (2.25%), finishing fifth against Liberal incumbent David Whissell.[2]

Brome—Missisquoi: Lorraine Lasnier

Lorraine Lasnier has a professional background in administration and the arts, and she once owned a jewelry business. After suffering a serious illness, she researched alternative medicine and became active with events pertaining to indigenous spirituality.[3] In the 2007 campaign, she focused on poverty issues and highlighted her party's pledge to raise the Quebec minimum wage to ten dollars an hour.[4] She received 1,032 votes (2.90%), finishing fifth against Liberal incumbent Pierre Paradis.[5]

Chapleau: Jennifer Jean-Brice Vales

Jennifer Jean-Brice Vales was nineteen years old at the time of the election and was a communications student at the Université du Québec en Outaouais.[6] Of Haitian background, she said that she joined Québec Solidaire because of its positions on women's rights and immigration issues.[7] She received 774 votes (2.39%), finishing fifth against Liberal incumbent Benoît Pelletier.

Nicolet-Yamaska: Jean Proulx

Jean Proulx was born in Baie-du-Febvre. He has a Master's Degree in Social Work, and has worked in the field of industrial relations at the Université du Québec à Montréal.[8] He has also been involved in several community organizations, including those for women, youth, and persons with intellectual disabilities. During the 2007 election, he identified as a former Parti Québecois supporter who was disappointed with that party's shift away from its social democratic origins. He took an interest in health issues and called for the creation of a state company to coordinate pharmaceutical purchases, arguing that this would result in lower prices.[9]

He received 1,121 votes (4.26%), finishing fourth against Action démocratique du Québec candidate Éric Dorion.

References

  1. ↑ "Les syndiqués et étudiants de l'UQAM rejettent le plan de redressement," Canada NewsWire, accessed 21 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 21 January 2011.
  3. ↑ Présentation de Lorraine Lasnier, candidate de Québec solidaire dans Brome-Missisquoi, Québec Solidaire, 6 March 2007, accessed 12 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Maurice Crossfield, "Candidates battle to change old habits," Sherbrooke Record, 22 March 2007, p. 4.
  5. ↑ Official Results: Government of Quebec, accessed 12 December 2010.
  6. ↑ Maria Kubacki, "Gatineau transit project 'good for the riding'," Ottawa Citizen, 10 March 2007, E6.
  7. ↑ ARCHIVE CHAPLEAU 2007: "À Québec solidaire, les femmes immigrantes ont leur place," Québec Solidaire, 10 March 2007, E6.
  8. ↑ Jean Proulx à l’investiture de Québec Solidaire dans Nicolet-Yamaska, Le Courrier Sud, 8 January 2007, accessed 19 November 2009.
  9. ↑ Entrevue avec un candidat Solidaire, Le Blogue du Québec, 21 March 2007, accessed 19 November 2009.
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