The Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) party fielded eighty candidates in the 1994 Quebec provincial election. One candidate, party leader Mario Dumont, was elected. Information about the party's other candidates may be found on this page.
Candidates
editBrome-Missisquoi: Benoit Trudeau
editBenoit Trudeau was a 22-year-old communications student at the Universite du Quebec at the time of the election. He acknowledged he had no chance of winning and said, "I had nothing to lose by running. I didn't want to just sit around in my living room criticizing others."[1] He received 2,037 votes (6.77%), finishing third against Liberal Party incumbent Pierre Paradis.[2]
Lucie Jobin received 5,043 votes (12.64%) in the 1994 election, finishing third against Parti Québécois candidate Joseph Facal.[3] The following year, she was the ADQ's representative on a Laval commission established by the provincial government of Jacques Parizeau during the buildup to the 1995 Quebec referendum to explore issues relating to Quebec sovereignty.[4] She refused to sign the committee's final report, accusing the Parti Québécois of distorting its findings to suggest a greater support for Quebec sovereignty than actually existed.[5] She later chaired the Comite de Citoyens de Laval-Ouest.[6]
Carole Boucher received 1,681 votes (5.42%), finishing third against Parti Québécois candidate Robert Perreault.[7]
References
edit- ^ Mark Abley, "Liberal minister Paradis looks solid in Brome-Missisquoi," Montreal Gazette, 18 August 1994, A9.
- ^ Official Results (Brome—Missisquoi, 1994), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec[permanent dead link], accessed 15 December 2010.
- ^ Official Results (Fabre, 1994), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec[permanent dead link], accessed 7 March 2011.
- ^ Philip Authier and Andy Riga, "PQ bullying us, Dumont says," Montreal Gazette, 16 March 1995, A1.
- ^ "QUOTE ... UNQUOTE," Montreal Gazette, 19 March 1995, B3; Andy Riga, "Parizeau must allay Quebecers' fears before vote: panels," Montreal Gazette, 21 March 1995, A8.
- ^ Allison Lampert, "School ignoring problems: parents," Montreal Gazette, 20 April 1999, A6.
- ^ Official Results (Fabre, 1994), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec[permanent dead link], accessed 23 June 2011.