The Bloc pot ran fifty-six candidates in the 2003 Quebec provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Candidates
Argenteuil: Yannick Charpentier Yannick Charpentier received 292 votes (1.23%), finishing fifth against Liberal incumbent David Whissell.Official Results (Argenteuil, 2003), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
Chapleau: Daniel Leblanc-Poirier Daniel Leblanc-Poirier was born in 1984 in Campbellton, New Brunswick and raised in suburban Ottawa. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the Université du Québec à Montréal and has published two works of poetry: La lune n'aura pas de chandelier (2007) and Gyrophares de danse parfaite (2010).Daniel Leblanc-Poirier , Association des auteurs et auteures de l'Outaouais, accessed 9 October 2010; Daniel Leblanc-Poirier, The New York Quarterly Foundation, Inc., accessed 9 October 2010. He received 402 votes (1.34%) in 2003, finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Benoît Pelletier..
Richelieu: Marie-Hélène Charbonneau Marie-Hélène Charbonneau identified as a young comedian from Saint-Barnabé, Quebec and ran a low-profile campaign.Scrutin québécois du 14 avril , SorelTracyRegion.net, 8 April 2003, accessed 5 January 2010. She received 407 votes (1.42%), finishing fourth against Parti Québécois incumbent Sylvain Simard.Official Results (Richelieu, 2003), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
Viau: Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin was a Bloc pot candidate in the 1998 and 2003 provincial elections. He received 6.23% of the vote in his first bid for public office, a record for the party : unexpected withdrawal of the local Parti Québécois candidate halfway through the campaign helped Bloun-Beaudon to reach 3rd place. In the 2003 election, Blouin-Beaudoin was described as twenty-three years old with a CEGEP education.Lynn Moore, "'Bloc Pot' doesn't need to win seats to play spoiler," Ottawa Citizen, 14 March 2003, A4; Lynn Moore, "Bloc Pot hoping to play spoiler's role in tight races," Montreal Gazette, 14 March 2003, A12.
He intended to run as a Projet Montréal candidate in the 2005 Montreal municipal election for a council seat in the Desmarchais-Crawford ward, but withdrew before election day.Kazi Stastna, "Mainland Verdun, Nuns' Island are an electoral odd couple," Montreal Gazette, 21 October 2005, A6. He continued municipal politics through citizens' question periods and, amongst other propositions, demanded that public consultations be publicised in bus shelters; he also demanded that the water-meter contract be canceled. He then ran as an independent in 2009 in François-Perrault; in this campaign, he described himself as having a degree in environmental management and wanting to have a direct democracy approach.Lison Budzyn, "«Beaucoup considèrent le titre de conseiller municipal comme un titre de noblesse, pour moi c’est un emploi»" , Journal de St-Michel, 9 September 2009, accessed 25 August 2009.
+ Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1998 provincial Viau Bloc pot 1,668 6.23 3/7 William Cusano, LiberalOfficial Results (Viau, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. 2003 provincial Viau Bloc pot 426 1.57 4/6 William Cusano, LiberalOfficial Results (Viau, 2003), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. 2009 municipal Montreal city council, François-Perrault division Independent 282 3.55 4/4 Frank Venneri, Union MontrealElection results, 2009, City of Montreal.
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