Parti marxiste–léniniste du Québec candidates in the 2008 Quebec provincial election


The Parti marxiste–léniniste du Québec fielded twenty-three candidates in the 2008 provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.

Candidates

Chapleau">Chapleau (provincial electoral district)">Chapleau: Pierre Soublière

Pierre Soublière, a teacher, has been a Marxist-Leninist party candidate in four federal and four provincial elections. He has also contributed articles to the party's paper, TML Daily. He is a member of NOWAR-PAIX; during the 2008 election, he called for an anti-war government and for people from the workplace to be elected to parliament.
ElectionDivisionPartyVotes%PlaceWinner
1979 federalHullMarxist-Leninist1060.247/7Gaston Isabelle, Liberal
1980 federalHullMarxist-Leninist700.176/6Gaston Isabelle, Liberal
1981 provincialHullMarxist-Leninist350.117/7Gilles Rocheleau, Liberal
1989 provincialHullMarxist-Leninist720.286/6Robert LeSage, Liberal
1997 federalHull—AylmerMarxist-Leninist1510.329/9Marcel Massé, Liberal
2007 provincialChapleauMarxist-Leninist650.206/6Benoît Pelletier, Liberal
2008 federalOttawa CentreMarxist-Leninist950.156/6Paul Dewar, New Democratic Party
2008 provincialChapleauMarxist-Leninist510.207/7Marc Carrière, Liberal

Châteauguay">Châteauguay (provincial electoral district)">Châteauguay: Hélène Héroux

Hélène Héroux has been a Marxist-Leninist candidate in six federal and six provincial elections. In 2006, she identified as a cashier.
ElectionDivisionPartyVotes%PlaceWinner
1988 federalLaurier—Sainte-MarieN/A 1300.327/8Jean-Claude Malepart, Liberal
1989 provincialSaint-LouisMarxist-Leninist1140.518/9Jacques Chagnon, Liberal
1993 federalRosemontMarxist-Leninist1890.406/7Benoît Tremblay, Bloc Québécois
1994 provincialMercierMarxist-Leninist1020.339/9Robert Perreault, Parti Québécois
1997 federalMercierMarxist-Leninist2970.625/5Francine Lalonde, Bloc Québécois
1998 provincialBourgetMarxist-Leninist890.336/7Diane Lemieux, Parti Québécois
2000 federalAnjou—Rivière-des-PrairiesMarxist-Leninist1510.317/7Yvon Charbonneau, Liberal
2003 provincialAnjouMarxist-Leninist2660.814/4Lise Thériault, Liberal
2004 federalHonoré-MercierMarxist-Leninist1640.347/7Pablo Rodríguez, Liberal
2006 federalHonoré-MercierMarxist-Leninist1830.366/6Pablo Rodríguez, Liberal
2007 provincialAnjouMarxist-Leninist990.316/6Lise Thériault, Liberal
2008 provincialChâteauguayMarxist-Leninist1140.357/7Pierre Moreau, Liberal

Hull">Hull (provincial electoral district)">Hull: Gabriel Girard-Bernier

Gabriel Girard-Bernier is a political activist in the Outaouais region. He was the student association president at Cégep de l'Outaouais and has been active in the Canadian anti-war movement. A 2006 article listed him as a twenty-two-year-old journalism student. He has been a Marxist-Leninist candidate in three federal elections and three provincial elections and has written for TML Daily, the party's paper. In 2008, Girard-Bernier wrote a piece condemning the New Democratic Party's support for "asymmetrical federalism" and supporting Quebec's right to self-determination up to and including the right of succession.
ElectionDivisionPartyVotes%PlaceWinner
2003 provincialChapleauMarxist-Leninist1220.416/6Benoît Pelletier, Liberal
2004 federalGatineauMarxist-Leninist1250.277/7Françoise Boivin, Liberal
2006 federalHull—AylmerMarxist-Leninist1250.236/6Marcel Proulx, Liberal
2007 provincialHullMarxist-Leninist670.236/6Roch Cholette, Liberal
2008 federalHull—AylmerMarxist-Leninist1210.236/6Marcel Proulx, Liberal
2008 provincialHullMarxist-Leninist970.436/6Maryse Gaudreault, Liberal

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce">Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (provincial electoral district)">Notre-Dame-de-Grâce: Linda Sullivan

Linda Sullivan has run as a Marxist-Leninist candidate in three federal and three provincial elections. She identified as a student in 2006 and as an events coordinator in 2008.
ElectionDivisionPartyVotes%PlaceWinner
2003 provincialAcadieMarxist-Leninist1110.346/7Yvan Bordeleau, Liberal
2004 federalOutremontMarxist-Leninist1200.317/7Jean Lapierre, Liberal
2006 federalOutremontMarxist-Leninist880.228/11Jean Lapierre, Liberal
2007 provincialNotre-Dame-de-GrâceMarxist-Leninist690.306/6Russell Copeman, Liberal
2008 federalWestmount—Ville-MarieMarxist-Leninist490.137/9Marc Garneau, Liberal
2008 provincialNotre-Dame-de-GrâceMarxist-Leninist1240.735/6Kathleen Weil, Liberal