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    The Bloc Québécois (BQ; French pronunciation: [blɔk kebekwa], "Quebecer Bloc") is a federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism and...
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    leader Martine Ouellet, seven Bloc Québécois MPs resign from the party caucus, establishing the Groupe parlementaire québécois for parliamentary purposes...
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  • Lucien Bouchard, the first leader of the Bloc Québécois, was elected by acclamation by the MPs who formed the Bloc in 1990. When the party held its first...
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  • associate member of COPPPAL. The party has strong informal ties to the Bloc Québécois (BQ, whose members are known as "Bloquistes"), the federal party that...
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  • Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet may refer to: Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet of the 44th Parliament of Canada Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet of the 42nd Parliament...
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    the Bloc Québécois. This party quickly gained the support of Quebec sovereigntists and access to the networks of the provincial Parti Québécois. Gilles...
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    Gilles Duceppe (category Bloc Québécois leaders)
    the Bloc Québécois. He was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for over 20 years and was the leader of the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois...
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    Yves-François Blanchet (category Bloc Québécois MPs)
    born April 16, 1965) is a Canadian politician and the leader of the Bloc Québécois (BQ) since 2019. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beloeil—Chambly...
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    from Day's riding. The Bloc Québécois suffered from the unpopular decision of its provincial counterpart, the ruling Parti Québécois government's agenda...
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  • self-identify as Québécois, and therefore is a personal choice. Québécois (pronounced [kebekwa] ); feminine: Québécoise (pronounced [kebekwaz] ), Quebecois (fem.:...
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    Party won a second majority government. The Reform Party replaced the Bloc Québécois as the Official Opposition. The election results closely followed the...
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    their result in 2019, and continued as the Official Opposition. The Bloc Québécois led by Yves-François Blanchet won 32 seats, unchanged from the prior...
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    by Stéphane Dion lost 18 seats as the New Democratic Party and the Bloc Québécois made slight gains. The Green Party failed to win any seats and lost...
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    the third party. The Bloc Québécois won four seats and the Green Party won one seat. Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff and Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe...
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  • all remaining Québec debout MPs rejoining the Bloc Québécois caucus. The Groupe parlementaire québécois (GPQ) was formed on February 28, 2018 by seven...
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  • weighting of delegate votes from affiliated unions and locals. The Bloc Québécois first used OMOV in its 1997 leadership election. The Progressive Conservative...
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    Broadbent was returned to Parliament after many years of absence. The Bloc Québécois (BQ) had managed their best showing back in 1993, but they lost seats...
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  • that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada." and, in French, read: Que cette Chambre reconnaisse que les Québécoises et les Québécois forment...
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    upper limit of opposed votes at 142. Most of the Liberal cabinet, the Bloc Québécois (BQ) and the New Democratic Party (NDP) voted in favour of the Bill...
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    form a coalition government with the Bloc Québécois and NDP. In 2004 Stephen Harper privately met with Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe and Layton in...
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    and party leader Michael Ignatieff was defeated in his riding. The Bloc Québécois lost official party status for the first time since contesting general...
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    Lucien Bouchard (category Bloc Québécois leaders)
    two years in the Mulroney cabinet, Bouchard then founded and led the Bloc Québécois and became Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons of Canada...
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    Mario Beaulieu (category Bloc Québécois leaders)
    the leadership of the Bloc Québécois and received the endorsement of the executive of the Bloc's youth wing, former Parti Québécois legislative members...
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    very Liberal. The central part of the riding, around Villeray, was Bloc Québécois territory for almost two decades before swinging heavily to the NDP...
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  • Louis Plamondon (category Bloc Québécois MPs)
    Commons of Canada from September 27 to October 3, 2023. A member of the Bloc Québécois, he has represented Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel (formerly known as...
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    1988, then created the federal version of the Parti Québécois, the Bloc Québécois, leader of the Bloc to 1996, before becoming Premier of Quebec. Gilbert...
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    Democratic Party experienced a modest boost in support whereas the Bloc Québécois' seat count nearly stayed the same. This unusual winter general election...
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  • The 2019 Bloc Québécois leadership election was initiated by the resignation of party leader Martine Ouellet in June 2018. While originally scheduled to...
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    Meech Lake Accord failed in 1990. This led to the formation of the Bloc Québécois in Quebec and the invigoration of the Reform Party of Canada in the...
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    Pointe-de-l'Île. While the other eastern Montreal ridings have traditionally been Bloc Québécois strongholds, Honoré-Mercier is politically a very divided riding. Rivière-des-Prairies...
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