Bloc Québécois leadership elections

Template:Use mdy datesTemplate:Use Canadian English 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 convention in April 1995, his leadership was ratified by the delegates.

1996 BQ leadership election

First Ballot

Candidate		Votes	Percentage
	Michel Gauthier	104	67.1%
	Francine Lalonde	51	32.9%
Total		155	100%

The Bloc Québécois leadership election in 1996 was an election to replace Lucien Bouchard after he left the Bloc Québécois to become Premier of Quebec. The vote was conducted among members of the party's directorate rather than by all members of the party.<ref name="GlobeBQleadership">Template:Cite news</ref> Michel Gauthier won the election and became Leader of the Official Opposition.<ref name="GlobeBQleadership"/><ref name="GAUTHIER">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

1997 BQ leadership election

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Support by Ballot

Candidate		1st ballot		2nd ballot
		Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
	Gilles Duceppe	21,268	43.91%	25,561	52.77%
	Yves Duhaime	16,408	33.87%	16,408	33.87%
	Rodrigue Biron	6,468	13.35%	6,468	13.35%
	Francine Lalonde	2,671	5.51%	Eliminated
	Daniel Turp	1,081	2.23%	Eliminated
	Pierrette Venne	541	1.12%	Eliminated
Total		48,437	100.0%	48,437	100.0%

The Bloc Québécois leadership election in 1997 was held to elect a replacement for Michel Gauthier. The leadership election was conducted by a one member, one vote (OMOV) process involving all party members. Voters were asked to list their first, second and third choices on the ballot. Gilles Duceppe won the leadership election.<ref name="GlobeBQleadership"/>

2011 BQ leadership election

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Support by Ballot

Candidate		1st ballot		2nd ballot
		Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
	Daniel Paillé	5,659	44.05%	7,868	61.28%
	Maria Mourani	3,613	28.13%	4,972	38.72%
	Jean-François Fortin	3,574	27.82%	Eliminated
Total		12,846	100.0%	12,840	100.0%

Gilles Duceppe resigned as party president and leader immediately after the 2011 federal election in which the Bloc lost 44 of its 47 seats, including Duceppe's.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Daniel Paillé was declared the winner of the subsequent leadership election on December 11, 2011, defeating Maria Mourani on the second ballot with 61.28% of the vote. A third candidate, Jean-Francois Fortin, was defeated on the first ballot.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref><ref>"Daniel Paille new leader of Bloc Quebecois". CBC News, December 11, 2011.</ref>

2014 BQ leadership election

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Support by Ballot

Candidate	1st ballot
	Votes cast	%
Mario Beaulieu	5,947	53.5%
André Bellavance	5,168	46.5%
Total	11,115	100.0%

In 2014, Mario Beaulieu defeated André Bellavance for the leadership, winning 53.5% of the vote compared to Bellavance's 46.5%.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2017 BQ leadership election

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Following Gilles Duceppe's second resignation after the 2015 federal election, Rhéal Fortin was appointed interim leader.

Martine Ouellet, a member of the Quebec National Assembly and former Parti Québécois cabinet minister and leadership candidate was acclaimed BQ leader on March 18, 2017.

2019 BQ leadership election

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Martine Ouellet resigned on June 11, 2018, after receiving 32% support from a leadership review.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Mario Beaulieu was appointed interim leader. Yves-François Blanchet was declared leader in January 2019 after running unopposed for the leadership role.

See also

• Leadership convention