1996 Bloc Québécois leadership election

Political party leadership election in Canada September 2023October 2025 1996 Bloc Québécois leadership election Quebec no 1997 February 17, 1996 Riding Votes Percentage 75px 87cefa Michel Gauthier Roberval 104 67.1% 75px 87cefa Francine Lalonde Mercier 51 32.9% Leader Gilles Duceppe (Interim) Michel Gauthier Bloc Québécois CA BQ 1996 February 17, 1996 Michel Gauthier Lucien Bouchard 2 1 The 1996 Bloc Québécois leadership election was the leadership election to replace Lucien Bouchard after he left the Bloc Québécois to become Premier of Quebec.The Bloc Québécois through the years http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/the-bloc-qubcois-through-the-years/article2008919/?service=mobile May 11, 2011 The Globe and Mail May 3, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110508060618/http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/the-bloc-qubcois-through-the-years/article2008919/?service=mobile May 8, 2011 dead Bloc MP Michel Gauthier won the election and became Leader of the Official Opposition.https://books.google.com/books?id=bKpN6cVZkzoC&pg=PA38 Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs: 1996 University of Toronto Press January 1, 2002 Mutimer David 38 9781770700857https://books.google.com/books?id=f8IlYwqZXzYC&q=%22Michel+Gauthier%22+legitimacy&pg=PA136 The Canadian General Election of 1997 Andre Bernard Dundurn Press October 1, 1997 Frizzell Alan Pammett Jon H. 135–138 9781770700857GAUTHIER, Michel, B.Sp. http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=9ec9b873-a96e-474e-9dda-5ebeb50ba35f&Language=E Parliament of Canada May 11, 2011 June 4, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161852/http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=9ec9b873-a96e-474e-9dda-5ebeb50ba35f&Language=E dead Gauthier's lack of profile resulted in some opposition parties mocking him as being the "faceless leader" of the opposition, as he was largely a political unknown in most of Canada and even in Quebec. His leadership was unpopular with the caucus due to alleged conservative views and his lack of "charisma or authority" when compared to Bouchard.Former Bloc leader Michel Gauthier, 70, was a longtime voice for Quebec in Ottawa https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-former-bloc-leader-michel-gauthier-70-had-friends-from-all-sides-of/ Tu Thanh Ha May 31, 2020 June 1, 2020 The Globe and Mail Toronto https://web.archive.org/web/20200601083357/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-former-bloc-leader-michel-gauthier-70-had-friends-from-all-sides-of/ June 1, 2020 Facing a revolt by his MPs, which culminated in the leaking of confidential caucus discussions, Gauthier resigned in March 1997. Candidates Name Background Ref.75pxMichel GauthierMP for Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (1994–2007)Joined party on October 25, 199375pxFrancine LalondeMP for Mercier (1993–2004)Joined party on October 25, 1993LALONDE, Francine, B.A. http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=eb05c123-3a3e-4bfe-b4a3-d60e292d8387&Language=E Parliament of Canada May 11, 2011 October 22, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101022130716/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=eb05c123-3a3e-4bfe-b4a3-d60e292d8387&Language=E dead Result + First Ballot Candidate Votes Percentage 75px Michel Gauthier 104 67.1% 75px Francine Lalonde 51 32.9% Total 155 100% Sources 1996 Category:1996 elections in Canada Category:1996 in Quebec Bloc Québécois leadership election Category:February 1996 in Canada