Green Party of Quebec candidates in the 2007 Quebec provincial election
The Parti vert du Québec/Green Party of Quebec (PVQ) ran 108 candidates in the 2007 Quebec provincial election, none of whom were elected.
Candidates
[edit]Brome—Missisquoi: Vanessa Thibodeau
[edit]Vanessa Thibodeau appears to have run a low-profile campaign in the 2007 election. The Sherbrooke Record newspaper noted that the Green Party's election website had no information about her or her plans for the division; the paper further speculated that her candidacy was only to ensure the party would appear on the ballot.[1] She received votes 1,917 votes (5.39%), finishing fourth against Liberal Party incumbent Pierre Paradis.[2]
Jean-Lesage: Lucien Rodrigue
[edit]Lucien Rodrigue is a medical doctor who also holds a bachelor's degree in agro-economy.[3] At the time of the 2007 election, he had worked for almost twenty years at the Saint-François D’Assise Hospital in Quebec City. He focused his campaign on health issues, on one occasion taking part in a prominent Green Party press conference on the subject.[4] He also called for the construction of a soccer field in the Quebec City area, arguing that this would increase physical wellness among youth.[5] He received 1,159 votes (3.33%), finishing fifth against Action démocratique du Québec candidate Jean-François Gosselin.
François Desmarais was born in Sorel-Tracy and was twenty-four years old at the time of the 2007 election. Having previously earned a bachelor's degree in political science and a certificate in German studies from the University of Montreal, he was working toward a master's degree in political science at Laval University in 2007, focusing on defence policies in Germany since the end of World War II. He helped establish a Richelieu branch of the PVQ in 2005 and became secretary of the party's provincial executive in 2006.[6] During the 2007 campaign, he criticized Quebec's longstanding freeze in university tuition.[7] Desmarais received 986 votes (3.29%), finishing fourth against Parti Québécois incumbent Sylvain Simard.
Trois-Rivières: Louis Lacroix
[edit]Louis Lacroix has been a candidate of both the Green Party of Quebec and the Green Party of Canada. He was 26 years old during the 2006 federal election and identified as an agricultural technician.[8] He has called for the legalization and controlled sale of cannabis, opposing simple decriminalization on the grounds that it will benefit criminal elements.[9]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 federal | Drummond | Green | 921 | 2.19 | 4/5 | Pauline Picard, Bloc Québécois |
| 2006 federal | Bas-Richelieu-Nicolet-Bécancour | Green | 1,595 | 3.22 | 5/5 | Louis Plamondon, Bloc Québécois |
| 2007 provincial | Trois-Rivières | Green | 739 | 2.68 | 5/6 | Sébastien Proulx, Action démocratique du Québec |
References
[edit]- ^ Maurice Crossfield, "Candidates battle to change old habits: Brome Missisquoi has voted Liberal for years," Sherbrooke Record, 22 March 2007, p. 4.
- ^ Official results, Government of Quebec[permanent dead link], accessed 12 December 2010.
- ^ Frédérick Masson, "De nombreux enjeux dans Jean-Lesage" Archived 2012-09-08 at archive.today, 14 March 2007, accessed 20 January 2010.
- ^ "Invitation : Le Parti vert du Québec vous propose la santé," Canada Newswire, 20 March 2007, 12:22 report.
- ^ Michel Bédard, "Lucien Rodrigue pour un comté plus en santé" Archived 2012-09-08 at archive.today, Québec Hebdo, 12 March 2007, accessed 20 January 2010.
- ^ "François Desmarais: fonceur et intéressé par le débat politique", Portal officiel de la région de Sorel-Tracy, 21 March 2007, accessed 25 December 2009; François Desmarais est le candidat officiel du Parti vert du Québec pour la circonscription de Richelieu, Le SorelTracy Magazine, 2007, accessed 25 December 2009.
- ^ Hélène Goulet, Le Parti vert en faveur du dégel des frais de scolarité après une consultation populaire, MontérégieWeb, 10 March 2007, accessed 25 December 2009.
- ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: BAS-RICHELIEU--NICOLET--BÉCANCOUR (2006/01/23), Parliament of Canada, accessed 6 August 2009.
- ^ Le candidat vert, Louis Lacroix, veut un débat sur la légalisation du cannabis, SorelTracyRegion.net, 19 January 2006, accessed 6 August 2009.