The governing Parti Québécois (PQ) fielded a full slate of 125 candidates in the 2003 Quebec provincial election and elected forty-five members to become the official opposition party in the national assembly.

Candidates

Brome—Missisquoi: Lina Le Blanc

Lina Le Blanc was sixty years old in 2003. She had previously worked in medical technology and coordinated AIDS treatment with the Quebec City regional health board, as well as holding immigration and tourism positions in Quebec and New York. She moved to West Bolton in 2001.[1] A longtime PQ supporter, she called for the creation of a provincial walking tour for Brome-Missisquoi in the 2003 election.[2] She received 8,093 votes (24.28%), finishing second against Liberal Party incumbent Pierre Paradis.[3]

Chapleau: Sylvie Simard

Sylvie Simard was thirty-nine years old in 2003 and had been the general manager of Mouvement action-chomage, a lobby group for the unemployed and non-unionized workers, since 1991.[4] During the 2003 campaign, she defended Quebec's requirement of competency cards for construction workers.[5] she received 6,512 votes (21.64%), finishing second against Liberal incumbent Benoît Pelletier.

Jean-Lesage: Robert Caron

Robert Caron received 9,408 votes (26.76%), finishing second against Liberal incumbent Michel Després.

Orford: Yvon Bélair

Yvon Bélair is a veteran entrepreneur based in Magog, Quebec who has worked for many years in the construction sector.[6] There is an Yvon Bélair in Magog who is active with the Knights of Columbus; this is probably the same person.[7]

Bélair has been a PQ candidate in two provincial elections and ran for the Parti Nationaliste (a precursor to the Bloc Québécois) in the 1984 Canadian federal election. Bélair was fifty-four years old in 2003.[8]

Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes  % Place Winner
1981 provincial Orford Parti Québécois 12,186 41.88 2/3 Georges Vaillancourt, Liberal
1984 federal Brome—Missisquoi Parti Nationaliste 997 2.44 4/6 Gabrielle Bertrand, Progressive Conservative
2003 provincial Orford Parti Québecois 11,037 31.54 2/4 Pierre Reid, Liberal

References

  1. ↑ Maurice Crossfield, "Pierre Paradis, the Goliath of Brome-Missisquoi," Sherbrooke Record, 27 March 2003, p. 8.
  2. ↑ Maurice Crossfield, "PQ aims to establish historical walking tour of B-M," Sherbrooke Record, 27 March 2003, p. 3.
  3. ↑ Official results, Government of Quebec, accessed 14 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Paul Gessell, "Chapleau: Flirted with PQ in '76 election," Ottawa Citizen, 31 March 2003, D2.
  5. ↑ Dave Rogers, "Labour border war heats up," Ottawa Citizen, 20 March 2003, C1.
  6. ↑ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: BROME--MISSISQUOI (1984/09/04), Parliament of Canada, accessed 5 February 2011; Graham Fraser, "Manning's tough unity stand stirs up Quebec," Globe and Mail, 26 May 1997, A4.
  7. ↑ Christian Caron, "Guignolée des chevaliers : Magog fait preuve de générosité" Archived 2012-07-15 at archive.today, Le Journal de Magog, 29 November 2010, accessed 5 February 2011.
  8. ↑ Nelson Afonso, "Debate can be factor in Orford race to replace Benoit," Sherbrooke Record, 28 March 2003, p. 12.
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