2020 Parti Québécois leadership election

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2020 Parti Québécois leadership election
← 2016 October 9, 2020
Turnout 71%
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Candidate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon Sylvain Gaudreault
1st Ballot 9,042 8,415
percentage 35.44% 32.98%
3rd Ballot 13,530 10,621
percentage 56.02% 43.98%
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Candidate Guy Nantel Frédéric Bastien
1st Ballot 5,449 2,559
percentage 21.55% 10.03%
3rd Ballot Eliminated Eliminated
Leader before election

Jean-François Lisée

 Elected Leader

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon

The 2020 Parti Québécois leadership election was held[1][2] on 9 October 2020,[3] to replace Jean-François Lisée, who resigned on 1 October 2018 after leading the Parti Québécois to a third-place finish in the 2018 Quebec general election and failing to be re-elected in his own riding.[4]

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon was elected on the third ballot with 56% of the vote.[5]

The election was originally scheduled for 19 June but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec.[6]

Background

On 1 October 2018, the Parti Québécois came in third in the Quebec general election, winning only ten seats and 17% of the popular vote, an all-time low. PQ leader Jean-François Lisée announces his resignation as leader after losing his own riding.[7][8]

Pascal Bérubé was named interim leader on 9 October 2018.

On 13 December 2019, Bérubé announced that the campaign would start on 1 February 2020 and that the leader would be chosen before 24 June 2020.[2]

Process

The nomination period officially began on March 2 and ended on April 9. To obtain an application form, each aspiring candidate had to give the party a non-refundable amount of $10,000. To make their candidacy official, each candidate must have submitted their ballot signed by at least 2,000 members from at least 9 administrative regions and at least 50 local associations and pay the party a non-refundable amount of $15,000.

For the first time, the Parti Québécois allowed both party members and supporters to participate in the election of the leader. Supporters had to pay $5̩ to obtain the right to vote. Anyone enjoying the status of voter in Quebec could contribute to the campaign of a leadership contestant by paying him an amount that cannot exceed $500. Applicants' maximum campaign expenses could not exceed $125,000. Two debates were to be organized by the Parti Québécois between April 15 and May 20, with one to take place in Montreal and the other in Centre-du-Québec, but they were postponed.

The voting period was to have begun on June 15 at 9 a.m. and end on June 19 at 3 p.m. but was delayed until the autumn. Voting took place by preferential ballot. Thus, a candidate who collected 50% + 1 vote would win. If necessary, a second or even a third round would be held to, after distribution of the 2nd and 3rd choices, choose a winner. The results were to be announced by the returning officer, in a location to be determined in either the Capitale-Nationale or Chaudière-Appalaches regions.

Candidates

Declared

Did not qualify

  • Laurent Vézina, businessman[13]
  • Gloriane Blais, lawyer[14][15]

Declined

Campaign

Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon

Pierre Plamondon supported "forceful measures" to promote the French language while preserving the rights of the Anglophone minority. Plamondon also pledged to hold a sovereignty referendum in the first mandate of a PQ government.[19]

Guy Nantel

Guy Nantel advocated giving English the status of a "national language minority".[19]

Results

Results by round[20]
Candidate 1st round 2nd round 3rd round
Votes cast % Votes cast % Votes cast %
50px Paul St-Pierre Plamondon 9,042 35.44% 10,554 41.59% 13,530 56.02%
50px Sylvain Gaudreault 8,415 32,98% 8,906 35.09% 10,621 43.98%
50px Guy Nantel 5,499 21.55% 5,917 23.32% Eliminated
50px Frédéric Bastien 2,559 10.03% Eliminated
Total 25,515 100% 25,377 100% 24,151 100%

See also

Notes

References

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