The Green Party of Quebec ran eighty candidates in the 2008 provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Candidates[edit]
Brome-Missisquoi: Louise Martineau[edit]
Louise Martineau has a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics and international relations and a Master of Arts degree in philosophy, both from the Université de Sherbrooke. She joined the Green Party in 2004 and has been a party candidate at both the federal and provincial levels. Her website features a political/poetic manifesto entitled La Flamme Sacrée du Québec.[1]
Martineau sought the leadership of the Quebec Green Party in November 2010. She finished third against Claude Sabourin.[2]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 federal | Brome—Missisquoi | Green | 2,011 | 4.55 | 4/5 | Denis Paradis, Liberal |
| 2008 provincial | Brome—Missisquoi | Green | 1,012 | 3.32 | 4/6 | Pierre Paradis, Liberal |
Chapleau: Roger Fleury[edit]
Roger J. Fleury has Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Social Science, and Master of Education degrees from the University of Ottawa, and is a retired teacher of history and economics.[3] He served on the board of the Pavillon du Parc, a centre for severely disabled children located in Aylmer, until its administration was taken over by the Quebec government in the 1990s; one of Fleury's own children is severely disabled.[4]
He has been a Green Party candidate in two elections and also ran for mayor of Gatineau in 2009. Sixty-six years old during the municipal campaign, he was president of the Coalition for Rapid Transit in the Outaouais and called for a light rail network to replace the city's planned Rapibus transitway. He also proposed a new Gatineau city square that would combine a football stadium, soccer pitch, and amphitheatre.[5]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 provincial | Chapleau | Green | 1,755 | 5.42 | 4/6 | Benoît Pelletier, Liberal |
| 2008 provincial | Chapleau | Green | 1,032 | 4.04 | 4/7 | Marc Carrière, Liberal |
| 2009 municipal | Mayor of Gatineau | n/a | 1,198 | 1.71 | 5/6 | Marc Bureau |
Orford: Louis Hamel[edit]
Louis Hamel is a businessperson who served on the city council of Deauville before it was amalgamated into Sherbrooke. He has been a Green Party candidate in two provincial elections. In the 2007 election, he spoke against the provincial government's sale of a part of the Mont-Orford National Park.[6] He was forty-eight years old in 2008.[7]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 provincial | Orford | Green | 1,798 | 4.59 | 4/5 | Pierre Reid, Liberal |
| 2008 provincial | Orford | Green | 1,026 | 3.03 | 5/5 | Pierre Reid, Liberal |
Richelieu: Patrick Lamothe[edit]
Patrick Lamothe was born and raised in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. He was twenty-two years old at the time of the election and was completing a Bachelor's Degree in teaching secondary social studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal.[8] He called for measures that would stop the exodus of young people from the Sorel-Tracy area.[9] He received 693 votes (2.81%), finishing fifth against Parti Québécois incumbent Sylvain Simard.
References[edit]
- ^ louisemartineau.com (home page), Louise Martineau, accessed 4 December 2010. See also Maurice Crossfield, "Martineau a Green choice for Brome-Missisquoi voters," Sherbrooke Record, 28 May 2004, p. 7.
- ^ Stéphanie Mac Farlane, "Sutton – Louise Martineau n'a pas gagné ses élections," Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine cowansville.enregion.ca, 23 November 2010, accessed 4 December 2010.
- ^ Roger Fleury biography, rogerfleury.com, accessed 6 October 2010.
- ^ Mark Shahin, "Parents fight cuts at home for disabled children," Ottawa Citizen, 31 January 1995, B1.
- ^ Dave Rogers, "Gatineau voters' choice anything but simple," Ottawa Citizen, 25 October 2009, A9.
- ^ Vincent Cliche, "Louis Hamel portera les couleurs du Parti vert dans Orford" Archived 2013-01-27 at archive.today, Le reflet du lac, 16 December 2006, accessed 4 February 2011.
- ^ Dany Jacques, "Louis Hamel, un homme vert et d'action" Archived 2013-01-27 at archive.today, La reflect du lac, 6 December 2006, accessed 4 February 2011.
- ^ Joey Olivier, "Patrick Lamothe défend l’option du Parti vert," The Voice, 15 November 2008, accessed 17 December 2009.
- ^ Patrick Lamothe est le nouveau candidat du Parti Vert du Québec dans le comté de Richelieu, Portail officiel de la région de Sorel-Tracy, undated, accessed 17 December 2009.