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Union des forces progressistes candidates in the 2003 Quebec provincial election

The Union des forces progressistes fielded seventy-four candidates in the 2003 Quebec provincial election, none of whom were elected.[1] Information about these candidates may be found on this page.

Candidates

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(n.c.: no candidate)

Riding Candidate's name Gender Votes % Rank
Abitibi-Est n.c.
Abitibi-Ouest n.c.
Acadie n.c.
Anjou n.c.
Argenteuil n.c.
Arthabaska n.c.
Beauce-Nord Richard Fecteau M 175 0.60 5th
Beauce-Sud Ginette Lewis F 216 0.67 4th
Beauharnois n.c.
Bellechasse Mario Ouellette M 134 0.52 5th
Berthier Pierre Gravel M 632 1.83 4th
Bertrand n.c.
Blainville Thérèse Hamel F 394 1.10 4th
Bonaventure n.c.
Borduas n.c.
Bourassa-Sauvé n.c.
Bourget Rosanne Labelle F 418 1.26 5th
Brome-Missisquoi Simon Gnocchini M 509 1.53 4th
Chambly n.c.
Champlain Lucie Favreau F 103 0.39 5th
Chapleau Jean Marois M 331 1.10 5th
Notes: Jean Marois received 331 votes (1.10%), finishing fifth against Liberal incumbent Benoît Pelletier.[2]
Charlesbourg Simon Carreau M 329 0.85 5th
Charlevoix Éric Tremblay M 168 0.72 4th
Châteauguay Guylaine Sirard F 222 0.56 5th
Notes: Guylaine Sirard has worked in support of legal abortion rights.[3] She was a candidate for the Parti de la démocratie socialiste in the 1998 provincial election and for the UFP 2003.
Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner
1998 provincial Mercier Parti de la démocratie socialiste 873 2.75 5/9 Robert Perreault, Parti Québécois[4]
2003 provincial Taschereau Union des forces progressistes 222 0.56 5/6 Jean-Marc Fournier, Liberal[5]
Chauveau Marie-Noëlle Béland F 387 1.05 5th
Chicoutimi Pierre Dostie M 670 2.02 4th
Notes: Pierre Dostie was one of the two spokespersons of UFP from 2002 to 2004. He was also a candidate for Québec solidaire in the same riding in the 2012 election.
Chomedey n.c.
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Jean Bernatchez M 649 1.71 4th
Crémazie Jocelyne Desautels F 686 1.96 4th
Notes: Jocelyne Desautels was also a candidate for the Parti de la démocratie socialiste in Mille-Îles in the 1998 election.
D'Arcy-McGee n.c.
Deux-Montagnes Julien Demers M 408 1.28 4th
Drummond Gilles Martineau M 301 0.81 5th
Dubuc Marie Francine Bienvenue F 457 1.82 4th
Duplessis n.c.
Fabre n.c.
Frontenac 'Marie-Josée Vachon F 125 0.48 5th
Gaspé n.c.
Gatineau Julie Mercier F 423 1.56 4th
Gouin Colette Provost F 1,397 4.69 4th
Groulx Denis Letourneux M 436 1.25 4th
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Lise Alarie F 788 3.34 4th
Notes: Lise Alarie received 788 votes (3.34%), finishing fourth against Parti Québécois incumbent Louise Harel.[6]
Hull Denise Veilleux F 677 2.38 4th
Huntingdon n.c.
Iberville Guillaume Tremblay M 229 0.74 6th
Îles-de-la-Madeleine n.c.
Jacques-Cartier n.c.
Jean-Lesage n.c.
Jeanne-Mance–Viger n.c.
Jean-Talon Sacha Alcide Calixte M 515 1.52 4th
Johnson Martin Marois M 343 1.14 4th
Joliette Mathieu Lessard M 1,149 346 4th
Jonquière Michel Perron M 330 1.06 5th
Kamouraska-Témiscouata n.c.
Labelle n.c.
Lac-Saint-Jean n.c.
LaFontaine n.c.
La Peltrie Guillaume Boivin M 515 1.30 5th
Notes: Guillaume Boivin was also the candidate for the Parti de la démocratie socialiste in the same riding in the 1998 election.
La Pinière n.c.
Laporte Christian Montmarquette M 489 1.45 4th
Laprairie Danielle Maire F 229 0.60 5th
L'Assomption Gilbert Morin M 356 0.91 5th
Laurier-Dorion William Sloan M 922 3.05 4th
Laval-des-Rapides n.c.
Laviolette Yves Demers M 182 0.75 4th
Lévis Madeleine Provencher F 442 1.20 4th
Lotbinière Étienne Hallé M 175 0.69 5th
Louis-Hébert Jean-Philippe Lessard-Beaupré M 402 1.00 5th
Marguerite-Bourgeoys n.c.
Marguerite-D'Youville Maxime Babeu M 536 1.36 5th
Marie-Victorin Marc Lambert M 452 1.61 5th
Marquette n.c.
Maskinongé n.c.
Masson n.c.
Matane n.c.
Matapédia n.c.
Mégantic-Compton Christian Poulin M 193 0.82 4th
Mercier Amir Khadir M 5,278 17.92 3rd
Mille-Îles n.c.
Mirabel n.c.
Montmagny-L'Islet Fernand Dorval M 225 0.97 4th
Montmorency Magali Paquin F 517 1.39 4th
Mont-Royal n.c.
Nelligan n.c.
Nicolet-Yamaska n.c.
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce n.c.
Orford Véronique Grenier F 498 1.42 4th
Notes: Véronique Grenier was a student at the Cégep de Sherbrooke during the election. The UFP was not well-organized in the region, and she did not run an active campaign.[7] She received 498 votes (1.42%), finishing fourth against Liberal candidate Pierre Reid.[8] Grenier later attended the Université de Sherbrooke.[9]
Outremont Jill Hanley 1,818 6.86 3rd
Papineau Dominique Marceau 286 0.93 5th
Pointe-aux-Trembles n.c.
Pontiac Serge Tanguay M 392 1.68 4th
Portneuf François Paradis-Caron M 413 1.28 4th
Prévost n.c.
René-Lévesque n.c.
Richelieu n.c.
Richmond n.c.
Rimouski n.c.
Rivière-du-Loup n.c.
Robert-Baldwin n.c.
Roberval Francis Breton M 453 1.49 4th
Rosemont Omar Aktouf M 1,132 3.07 4th
Notes: Omar Aktouf is a professor of management at HEC Montréal. He was born in 1944 near Sétif, in Petite Kabylie, Algeria. His father was exiled from Algeria by the colonial authorities and the family settled in Safi, Morocco. In 1962, after the independence of Algeria, the family resettled in Algiers. In Algiers, Omar Aktouf obtained diplomas in literature, philosophy and economics. He then worked in the Algerian public sector, successively at Sonatrach, at the ministry of hydraulics, at the Société nationale des eaux and at the Société nationale de géophysique.[10] He immigrated to Montréal. In the 1980s he became professor at HEC Montréal. In the 2003 Quebec election, he was candidate for the Union des forces progressistes in Rosemont. He obtained 1,132 votes (3.07%), placing fourth. In the 2004 federal election, he was candidate for the New democratic Party in Outremont. He obtained 5,382 votes (14,06%), placing third.[11] At HEC, he is member of Groupe d'études et de recherche sur le management et l'environnement (GERME) and founding member of Centre humanismes, gestions et mondialisation.[12] He is the author of books, including Le management entre tradition et renouvellement, éd. Gaëtan Morin, 4th edition, 2005; La stratégie de l'autruche; post-mondialisation, management et rationalité économique, Écosociété, 2002; Méthodologie des sciences sociales et approche qualitative des organisations, Presses des H.E.C. et Presses de l'Université du Québec, 1987.[13]
Rousseau Alex Boisdequin-Lefort M 324 1.10 4th
Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue Patrick Rancourt M 507 1.79 4th
Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques Gaétan Breton M 1,699 6.48 4th
Notes: Gaétan Breton is professor of accounting at Université du Québec à Montréal. He was born in 1952 in Amos. He obtained a doctorate in accounting at the City University London and a master in French studies at Université de Sherbrooke. He is active in environmental and social groups. He was candidate for the Union des forces progressistes in Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques in the 2003 Quebec general election and in Gouin in the 2004 by-election, where he obtained 1,195 votes (7,97%), placing third.[14]
Saint-François Suzanne Thériault F 314 0.99 4th
Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne Marc-André Payette M 595 1.97 4th
Saint-Hyacinthe François Choquette M 401 1.14 4th
Saint-Jean Alexandre Boulerice M 535 1.48 4th
Saint-Laurent Alain Pérusse M 325 1.02 4th
Saint-Maurice Kevin Trudel M 225 0.88 4th
Shefford Gilles Dumoulin M 334 0.94 5th
Sherbrooke Normand Gilbert M 496 1.42 4th
Soulanges n.c.
Taillon Gabriel Landry M 545 1.42 5th
Taschereau Alain Marcoux M 1,176 3.54 4th
Notes: Alain Marcoux was a candidate for the Parti de la démocratie socialiste in the 1998 provincial election and for the UFP 2003. In April 2003, he highlighted the UFP's role in mobilizing protests against the American-led invasion of Iraq.[15]
Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner
1998 provincial Taschereau Parti de la démocratie socialiste 521 2.16 4/7 Agnès Maltais, Parti Québécois[16]
2003 provincial Taschereau Union des forces progressistes 1,176 3.54 4/8 Agnès Maltais, Parti Québécois[17]
Terrebonne Marco Legrand M 440 1.24 4th
Trois-Rivières David Lanneville M 214 0.79 5th
Ungava n.c.
Vachon Richard St-Onge M 279 0.87 5th
Vanier Sébastien Bouchard M 573 1.52 4th
Notes: Sébastien Bouchard was also candidate for the Parti de la démocratie socialiste in Jean-Talon in the 1998 general election and candidate for Québec solidaire in Chauveau in the 2012 general election.
Vaudreuil n.c.
Verchères Marc-André Morvan M 195 0.63 5th
Verdun Pascal Durand M 368 1.27 5th
Viau Jocelyne Dupuis F 384 1.41 5th
Notes: Jocelyne Dupuis was also candidate for the New Democratic Party of Quebec - Parti de la démocratie socialiste in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in 1989, in Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques in 1994 and in L'Assomption in the 1996 by-election. She led the NDPQ-PDS in 1994-1996.
Vimont André Pigeon M 269 0.70 5th
Westmount David Fennario M 718 3.14 4th

References

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  1. ^ General elections - 2003, April 14 - May 20 (Champlain) - Official results for all electoral divisions Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. Accessed 30 November 2012.
  2. ^ Official Results (Chapleau, 2003), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ), accessed 9 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Parliamentary calendar," Ottawa Citizen, 19 February 1990, A5.
  4. ^ Official Results (Mercier, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 19 June 2011.
  5. ^ Official Results (Châteauguay, 2003), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 19 June 2011.
  6. ^ Official Results (Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, 2003), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ), accessed 14 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Election notebook," Sherbrooke Record, 11 April 2003, p. 9.
  8. ^ Official Results (Orford, 2003), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 5 February 2011.
  9. ^ "17 win Millennium scholarships," Sherbrooke Record, 12 June 2007, p. 8.
  10. ^ Omar Aktouf, le mouton noir des HEC et du néolibéralisme Archived February 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, centpapiers. (in French) Accessed 4 December 2012.
  11. ^ History of federal ridings since 1867, Candidates, 38th Parliament, Parliament of Canada. Accessed 4 December 2012.
  12. ^ Omar Aktouf, Professeur titulaire, Service de l'enseignement du management, HEC Montréal. Accessed 4 November 2012.
  13. ^ Omar Aktouf, professeur titulaire, HEC Montréal. Accessed 4 December 2012.
  14. ^ Élections partielles, 20 septembre 2004, Résultats officiels par circonscription, Directeur des élections du Québec. Accessed 4 December 2012.
  15. ^ Kevin Dougherty, "UFP a left-wing thorn," Montreal Gazette, 9 April 2003, A14.
  16. ^ Official Results (Taschereau, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 10 May 2011.
  17. ^ Official Results (Taschereau, 2003), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 10 May 2011.

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