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Parti Québécois leadership election, 2015

Parti Québécois leadership election, 2015
Quebec
← 2007 13–15 May 2015 2016 →
Turnout 79.9%
  Pierre Karl Péladeau à Pointe-aux-Trembles.JPG Alexandre Cloutier-1.jpg Martine Ouellet.JPG
Candidate Pierre Karl Péladeau Alexandre Cloutier Martine Ouellet
Party Parti Québécois Parti Québécois Parti Québécois
Percentage 57.58% 29.21% 13.21%

Leader before election

Stéphane Bédard (interim)

Elected Leader

Pierre Karl Péladeau


Stéphane Bédard (interim)

Pierre Karl Péladeau

The 2015 Parti Québécois leadership election was held from May 13 to May 15, 2015 as a result of the resignation of Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois after the defeat of her government in the April 7, 2014 provincial election.

The election was conducted using a one member, one vote formula. Each member of the Parti Quebecois was allowed to vote by phone or on the web from May 13 until May 15. If there is not a majority for a candidate (50% +1) on the first ballot, there will be a run-off ballot between the two candidates who had the most votes on the first ballot. If a second ballot was required, it would have been held from May 20 until May 22. To be nominated, a candidate needed to collect 2,000 signatures aggregated from 50 ridings, in 10 regions and pay $20,000 to be listed on the first ballot. If there were a second ballot, candidates would have had to pay an additional $5,000. The spending limit was $400,000. A proposal to allow a vote open to non-members was defeated.

MNA for Lac-Saint-Jean (2007–present), Minister for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs, the Canadian Francophonie and Sovereignist Governance (2012–2014).

MNA for Vachon (2010–present), Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife (2012–2014). An engineer by training.

MNA for Saint-Jérôme (2014–present), principal shareholder and former president and CEO of Québecor Inc.

Spokesperson for the Conseil national des chômeurs, PQ activist and 2014 candidate in Laurier-Dorion.

MNA for Marie-Victorin (2007–present), Minister responsible for Democratic Institutions and Active Citizenship (2012–2014) and the main architect and defender of the Quebec Charter of Values. former Radio-Canada journalist.


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