Quebec general election, 2014

Quebec general election, 2014

April 7, 2014

125 seats in the National Assembly of Quebec 63 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Turnout 71.43%   Majority party Minority party   Leader Philippe Couillard Pauline Marois Party Liberal Parti Québécois Leader since March 17, 2013 June 26, 2007 Leader's seat Roberval Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré (lost re-election) Last election 50 seats, 31.20% 54 seats, 31.95% Seats before 49 54 Seats won 70 30 Seat change +21 -24 Popular vote 1,757,071 1,074,120 Percentage 41.52% 25.38% Swing +10.32pp -6.57pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader François Legault Françoise David and Andrés Fontecilla (as spokespeople) Party Coalition Avenir Québec Québec solidaire Leader since November 4, 2011 David: February 4, 2006 Fontecilla: May 5, 2013 Leader's seat L'Assomption David: Gouin Fontecilla: Ran in Laurier-Dorion (lost) Last election 19 seats, 27.05% 2 seats, 6.03% Seats before 18 2 Seats won 22 3 Seat change +4 +1 Popular vote 975,607 323,124 Percentage 23.05% 7.63% Swing -4.00pp +1.60pp

Results by riding

Premier before election Pauline Marois Parti Québécois Premier-designate Philippe Couillard Liberal

Seating plan following the election.

The 41st Quebec general election was held on April 7, 2014 to elect members to the National Assembly of Quebec.

The Quebec Liberal Party under Philippe Couillard won a majority government of 70 seats, while the incumbent Parti Québécois finished second with 30 seats, becoming the first single-term government since Jean-Jacques Bertrand's Union Nationale government was defeated in 1970. It marked the lowest seat total for the Parti Québécois since 1989 and its smallest share of the popular vote since its inaugural run in 1970, as Premier Pauline Marois lost her own riding. The Coalition Avenir Québec under François Legault made minor gains in terms of seats despite receiving a smaller share of the popular vote than in the previous election. Québec solidaire won an additional seat, though co-spokesperson Andrés Fontecilla failed to win his riding.

At the outset of the campaign, the Parti Québécois had a modest lead in the polls and appeared to have a realistic prospect of winning a majority government. However, the party's support began to collapse rapidly after the party announced Pierre Karl Péladeau, the president and CEO of media conglomerate Quebecor, as a star candidate.^[1] Péladeau's conservative and anti-union business background was widely criticized as being at odds with the party's social democratic history;^[2] and his outspoken support for a third referendum on Quebec sovereignty quickly sidelined the issues — including the Charter of Quebec Values and the corruption allegations against the Liberals, the latter of which had contributed to the defeat of Jean Charest's government in the 2012 election — which the party had identified as its primary campaign themes, alienating many voters who had little desire to revive the sovereignty issue.^[1]

Timeline

2012

• September 4 – The Parti Québécois wins a minority government in the 40th Quebec general election, and Pauline Marois becomes Quebec's first female premier.
• September 12 – The Liberal caucus unanimously approves Jean-Marc Fournier as interim leader.^[3]
• September 19 – Swearing in of the Cabinet members
• October 30 - The National Assembly of Quebec sits.
• November 4 - Amir Khadir steps down as co-spokesperson of Québec solidaire due to party rules that say one co-spokesperson must come from outside the legislature.^[4]
• December 2 - Québec solidaire chooses André Frappier as its interim co-spokesperson.^[5]

2013

• February 21 - The Parti Québécois narrowly win a confidence motion on the budget by 52 members to 51 members.^[6]
• February 24 - Claude Sabourin resigns as leader of the Green Party.^[7]
• March 17 - Philippe Couillard is elected leader of the Quebec Liberal Party.^[8]
• May 5 - Andrés Fontecilla is chosen as co-spokesperson of Québec solidaire.^[9]
• May 21 - MNA for Blainville, Daniel Ratthé, is suspended from the CAQ caucus.^[10]
• June 13 - An Act to amend the Election Act for the purpose of establishing fixed-date elections is given royal assent.^[11]
• June 19 - Jean-Martin Aussant resigns as leader of Option nationale. Nathaly Dufour (president) becomes interim leader.^[12]
• August 9 - Liberal Viau MNA Emmanuel Dubourg resigns to run in the Bourassa federal by-election.^[13]
• August 26 - Liberal Outremont MNA Raymond Bachand resigns his seat, and leaves politics.
• October 26 - Option Nationale elects Sol Zanetti as its new leader, with 67.4% of votes.
• December 9 - In by-elections, Liberal leader Philippe Couillard is elected MNA of Outremont with 55% of the vote, and Liberal David Heurtel is elected MNA of Viau with 60% of the vote.^[14]

2014

• January 20 - Fatima Houda-Pepin leaves the Liberal party to sit as an independent over disagreement on the party's stance on the Quebec Charter of Values.^[15]
• February 20 - The Parti Québécois government table a budget before a two-week recess, sparking election speculation.^{[16][17][18][19]}
• March 5 - Lieutenant Governor Pierre Duchesne dissolves the National Assembly, on Premier Pauline Marois's request, and calls an election for April 7, 2014.^[20]
• March 22 - Deadline for nominations.^[21]
• March 28 - Returning office open for advanced vote 9:00 am to 9:00 pm ET (UTC−4).^[22]
• March 29 - Returning office open for advanced vote 9:00 am to 5:00 pm ET.^[22]
• March 30 & 31 - Advance polls open 9:30 am to 8:00 pm ET.^[23]
• April 1 - The electoral commission, Elections Quebec, was criticized as anglophone students have been rejected the right to vote although they have in some cases been Quebec residents for more than four years.^[24]
• April 1 & 2 - Returning office open for advanced vote 9:00 am to 9:00 pm ET.^[22]
• April 3 - Returning office open for advanced vote 9:00 am to 2:00 pm ET.^[22]
• April 7 - Election Day. Polls open 9:30 am to 8:00 pm ET.^[25]

Incumbent MNAs who did not run for re-election

Parti Québécois Marie Malavoy, Taillon[26] Irvin Pelletier, Rimouski[27] Liberal Lawrence Bergman, D'Arcy-McGee[28] Jean-Paul Diamond, Maskinongé[29] Henri-François Gautrin, Verdun[28] Yolande James, Nelligan[29] Charlotte L'Écuyer, Pontiac[29] Yvon Marcoux, Vaudreuil[28] Pierre Marsan, Robert-Baldwin[29] Danielle St-Amand, Trois-Rivières[29]

Coalition Avenir Québec Hélène Daneault, Groulx[30] Jacques Duchesneau, Saint-Jérôme[31] Independent Daniel Ratthé, Blainville[32]

Results

↓

70	30	22	3
Liberal	PQ	CAQ	QS

Summary analysis

Popular vote
party	year		votes	change
Liberal	2012		31.20%	+10.32%
	2014		41.52%
PQ	2012		31.95%	-6.57%
	2014		25.38%
CAQ	2012		27.05%	-4.00%
	2014		23.05%
QS	2012		6.03%	+1.60%
	2014		7.63%
Others	2012		3.77%	-1.35%
	2014		2.42%

Elections to the National Assembly of Quebec - seats won/lost by party, 2012-2014

Party		2012	Gain from(loss to)						2014
			PQ		Lib	CAQ		QS
	Parti Québécois	54			(15)	1	(9)	(1)	30
	Liberal	50	15			5			70
	Coalition Avenir Québec	19	9	(1)	(5)				22
	Québec solidaire	2	1						3
Total		125	25	(1)	(20)	6	(9)	(1)	125

Pairing off the top three parties, swings were calculated to be:

• PQ to Liberal: 8.45%
• CAQ to Liberal: 7.16%
• PQ to CAQ: 1.29%

Detailed analysis

 Summary of the April 7, 2014, National Assembly of Quebec election results^[33]

Party[34]		Party leader[34]	Candidates[33]	Seats					Popular vote
				2012	Dissol.	2014	Change	%	Number	%	Change (pp)
	Liberal	Philippe Couillard	125	50	49	70	+21	56.00	1,757,071	41.52	+10.32
	Parti Québécois	Pauline Marois	124	54	54	30	-24	24.00	1,074,120	25.38	-6.57
	Coalition Avenir Québec	François Legault	122	19	18	22	+4	17.60	975,607	23.05	-4.00
	Québec solidaire	Françoise David, Andrés Fontecilla^†	124	2	2	3	+1	2.40	323,124	7.63	+1.60
	Option nationale	Sol Zanetti	116	—	—	—	—	—	30,697	0.73	-1.16
	Green	Alex Tyrrell	44	—	—	—	—	—	23,163	0.55	-0.44
	Conservative	Adrien Pouliot	59	—	—	—	—	—	16,429	0.39	+0.21
	Independent		11	—	2	—	—	—	15,361	0.36	+0.09
	Parti nul	Renaud Blais	24	—	—	—	—	—	7,539	0.18	+0.12
	Bloc Pot	Hugô St-Onge	14	—	—	—	—	—	2,690	0.06	+0.05
	Marxist–Leninist	Pierre Chénier	24	—	—	—	—	—	2,016	0.05	±0.00
	Parti équitable	Patricia Domingos	5	—	—	—	—	—	1,645	0.04	+0.04
	Parti des sans Parti	Frank Malenfant	5	—	—	—	—	—	1,291	0.03	-0.09^††
	Mon pays le Québec	Claude Dupré	6	*	—	—	*	—	521	0.01	*
	Autonomist Team	Guy Boivin	5	—	—	—	—	—	400	0.01	-0.04
	Unité Nationale	Paul Biron	3	—	—	—	—	—	241	0.01	-0.02
	Quebec – Democratic Revolution	Robert Genesse	1	—	—	—	—	—	163	0.00	-0.01
	Parti indépendantiste	Michel Lepage	1	—	—	—	—	—	126	0.00	-0.03
	Quebec Citizens' Union	Marc-André Lacroix	1	—	—	—	—	—	58	0.00	-0.05
Total			814	125	125	125	0	100.00	4,232,262	100.00
Valid ballots									4,232,262	98.54	-0.24
Rejected ballots									62,793	1.46	+0.24
Voter turnout									4,295,055	71.44	-3.16
Registered electors									6,012,440

Notes:

^† The party designates David and Fontecilla as co-spokespeople. The party's power is held by the general meetings of the members and a board of 16 directors; the de jure leader recognized by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (DGE) is Pierre-Paul St-Onge.^[34]

^†† Party contested the 2012 election under the name Coalition pour la constituante.

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Vote share
PLQ			41.52%
PQ			25.38%
CAQ			23.05%
QS			7.63%
Option nationale			0.73%
Green			0.55%
Others			1.15%

Opinion polls

Evolution of voting intentions during the 2014 Quebec general election campaign. Dots represent results of individual polls. Lines connect successive polls by the same pollster. Dashes represent the results of the April 7 election.

Polling firm	Last date of polling	Link	PQ	QLP	CAQ	QS	ON	GPQ	Other
Election results	April 7, 2014	HTML	25.38	41.52	23.05	7.63	0.73	0.55	1.14
Angus Reid^[1]	April 4, 2014	PDF	27	39	25	7	1	1	1
Segma Recherche	April 4, 2014	PDF	25.7	41.5	22.0	8.9			1.9
Forum Research	April 3, 2014	PDF	24	44	23	6	0	2	1
Léger Marketing	April 3, 2014	PDF	29	38	23	9		1	1
EKOS^[1]	April 3, 2014	PDF	27.0	39.8	21.1	9.4			2.8
Ipsos Reid^[1]	April 1, 2014	HTML	28	40	18	12	0		2
Forum Research	March 31, 2014	PDF	29	41	19	7	1	2	1
Léger Marketing	March 23, 2014	PDF	33	40	15	9	1	1	1
Forum Research	March 19, 2014	PDF	32	45	13	7	0	2	1
Ipsos Reid^[1]	March 18, 2014	HTML	33	40	14	9	2		2
CROP	March 16, 2014	PDF	36	39	13	10	1		1
Léger Marketing	March 13, 2014	PDF	37	37	14	9	1	1	1
CROP	March 8, 2014	HTML	36	36	17	8	1		2
Forum Research	March 5, 2014	PDF	38	40	12	7	0	2	1
Léger Marketing	March 3, 2014	PDF	37	35	15	8	1	2	1
2012 Election	September 4, 2012	HTML	31.95	31.20	27.05	6.03	1.89	0.99	0.89

¹ Results among "likely voters"

Pre-campaign period

Evolution of voting intentions according to polls released by CROP and Léger Marketing since the 2012 Quebec provincial election. Points represent results of individual polls. Trend lines represent two-poll moving averages.

Pre-campaign period polling (Sep 2012 – Feb 2014)
Polling firm	Last date of polling	Link	PQ	QLP	CAQ	QS	ON	GPQ	Other
CROP	February 16, 2014	HTML	40	34	16	7	2		2
CROP	January 19, 2014	HTML	35	35	16	10	3		2
Léger Marketing	January 18, 2014	PDF	36	33	17	8		3	3
CROP	December 9, 2013	PDF	35	35	18	10	2		1
Léger Marketing	December 5, 2013	PDF	32	37	19	8	1	2	1
CROP	November 17, 2013	PDF	32	37	17	10	2		2
Forum Research	October 22, 2013	PDF	36	38	13	8	2	2	1
CROP	October 21, 2013	HTML	34	38	15	8	4
Léger Marketing	October 10, 2013	PDF	34	36	17	8		4	1
CROP	September 15, 2013	HTML	30	35	21	11	2		2
Léger Marketing	September 14, 2013	PDF	33	36	18	9		2	2
Forum Research	September 13, 2013	PDF	35	42	12	7	1	2	1
Léger Marketing	August 30, 2013	PDF	32	36	18	6	2	3	3
CROP	August 18, 2013	HTML	29	40	20	7	2		2
Léger Marketing	June 19, 2013	PDF	27	38	19	8	3	3	2
CROP	June 17, 2013	PDF	25	38	22	11	4		1
CROP	May 20, 2013	PDF	24	38	22	10	5		1
Léger Marketing	May 6, 2013	PDF	27	35	19	11	4	2	2
CROP	April 22, 2013	HTML	25	38	22	11	3		1
Léger Marketing	March 28, 2013	PDF	29	33	20	9	3	4	2
CROP	March 18, 2013	PDF	29	31	25	10			5
Léger Marketing	March 10, 2013	PDF	31	30	20	9	4	5	1
CROP	February 18, 2013	HTML	30	30	27	9			3
Léger Marketing	February 6, 2013	PDF	33	31	20	8	3	3	2
CROP	January 21, 2013	PDF	34	29	24	9			4
CROP	January 9, 2013	HTML	31	30	27	8			4
Léger Marketing	December 13, 2012	PDF	33	27	27	9	2	2	1
CROP	December 10, 2012	PDF	36	25	25	10			4
CROP	November 23, 2012	HTML	31	29	25	9			5
Léger Marketing	November 22, 2012	PDF	33	31	22	8	4	2	1
CROP	November 19, 2012	HTML	35	27	29	6			3
CROP	October 22, 2012	HTML	34	29	24	11	1	1
Léger Marketing	October 16, 2012	PDF	32	30	25	8	2	2	1
2012 Election	September 4, 2012	HTML	31.95	31.20	27.05	6.03	1.89	0.99	0.89

List of candidates^[35]

Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		PQ		Liberal		CAQ		QS		ON		Other
Bonaventure		Sylvain Roy		Damien Arsenault		Jean-Marc Landry		Patricia Chartier		Louis-Patrick St-Pierre		Patrick Dubois (Nul)		Sylvain Roy
Côte-du-Sud		André Simard		Norbert Morin		Mireille Caron		Simon Côté		Joël Leblanc-Lavoie		Renaud Blais (Nul) Gaétan Mercier (Cons.)		Norbert Morin
Gaspé		Gaétan Lelièvre		Annie St-Onge		Yvan Blanchard		Daniel Leboeuf		Frédérick Deroy		Catherine Beau-Ferron (Nul) Christian Rioux (Cons.)		Gaétan Lelièvre
Îles-de-la-Madeleine		Jeannine Richard		Germain Chevarie		Mario-Michel Jomphe		Natalia Porowska		David Boudreau				Jeannine Richard
Matane-Matapédia		Pascal Bérubé		Dave Gravel		Yann Gobeil-Nadon		Gérald Tremblay		Joëlle Vadeboncoeur Harrison				Pascal Bérubé
Rimouski		Harold LeBel		Pierre Huot		Steven Fleurent		Marie-Neige Besner		Pierre Beaudoin		Tom-Henri Cyr (Pot) Pier-Luc Gagnon (Nul)		Irvin Pelletier
Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata		Michel Lagacé		Jean D'Amour		Charles Roy		Louis Gagnon		Étienne Massé		Frank Malenfant (PDSP)		Jean D'Amour

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		PQ		Liberal		CAQ		QS		ON		Other
Chicoutimi		Stéphane Bédard		Michel Mallette		Jean-François Doyon		Réjean Godin		Philippe Gosselin		Marc Pettersen (Ind.)		Stéphane Bédard
Dubuc		Jean-Marie Claveau		Serge Simard		Claudie Emond		Marie-Lise Chrétien-Pineault		Ariane Belva		Pascal Tremblay (Ind.)		Jean-Marie Claveau
Duplessis		Lorraine Richard		Laurence Méthot		Christine Pinard		Jacques Gélineau		Yan Rivard				Lorraine Richard
Jonquière		Sylvain Gaudreault		Tommy Pageau		Mélanie Boucher		Réjean Dumais		Nicolas Beaulieu				Sylvain Gaudreault
Lac-Saint-Jean		Alexandre Cloutier		Pascal Gagnon		Elise Marchildon		Frédérick Plamondon		Sabrina Fauteux-Aïmola		Francis Dubé (Nul) Yann Lavoie (Cons.)		Alexandre Cloutier
René-Lévesque		Marjolain Dufour		Michel Lévesque		Marie-Christine Fortin-Morand		Marie-Pierre Clavette		Nicolas Boivin Ringuette				Marjolain Dufour
Roberval		Denis Trottier		Philippe Couillard		François Truchon		Guillaume Néron		Luc-Antoine Cauchon		Julie Boucher (PDSP)		Denis Trottier

Capitale-Nationale

Electoral district	Candidates															Incumbent
		PQ		Liberal		CAQ		QS		ON		Conservative		Other
Charlesbourg		Dominique Payette		François Blais		Denise Trudel		Marie Céline Domingue		Guillaume Cyr		Milan Jovanovic		Sylvain Fiset (Nul) Normand Fournier (M-L) Daniel Lachance (UN)		Denise Trudel
Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré		Pauline Marois		Caroline Simard		Ian Latrémouille		Jean-Yves Bernard		François Thériault		Chantal Melançon				Pauline Marois
Chauveau		Christian Robitaille		Bernard Chartier		Gérard Deltell		Jean-Claude Bernheim		Sophie Leblanc		Julie Plamondon				Gérard Deltell
Jean-Lesage		Pierre Châteauvert		André Drolet		Émilie Foster		Sébastien Bouchard		Sol Zanetti		Andrés Garcia		José Breton (Ind.) Sébastien Dumais (Nul) Claude Moreau (M-L)		André Drolet
Jean-Talon		Clément Laberge		Yves Bolduc		Hugues Beaulieu		Eveline Gueppe		Alexandre Lavallée		Monique Roy Verville		Maxime Couillard (Nul) Stéphane Pouleur (Auto.)		Yves Bolduc
La Peltrie		Paule Desgagnés		France Gagnon		Éric Caire		Alexandre Jobin-Lawler		Éric Belleau		Thomas Pouliot		Camille Dion-Garneau (Auto.)		Éric Caire
Louis-Hébert		Patrice Dallaire		Sam Hamad		Mario Asselin		Pascal Minville		Patrick Côté		Dany Bergeron				Sam Hamad
Montmorency		Michel Guimond		Raymond Bernier		Michelyne St-Laurent		Jean-Pierre Duchesneau		Jean Bouchard		Adrien Pouliot		Marielle Parent (Green)		Michelyne St-Laurent
Portneuf		Hugues Genois		Michel Matte		Jacques Marcotte		Catherine Côté		Stéphanie Grimard		Daniel Beaulieu				Jacques Marcotte
Taschereau		Agnès Maltais		Florent Tanlet		Steve Brabant		Marie-Ève Duchesne		Catherine Dorion		Anne Deblois		Guy Boivin (Auto.) Sylvain Drolet (PDSP) Jean-Luc Savard (Nul)		Agnès Maltais
Vanier-Les Rivières		Marc Dean		Patrick Huot		Sylvain Lévesque		Monique Voisine		Mathieu Fillion		Jean-Alex Martin				Sylvain Lévesque

Mauricie

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		PQ		Liberal		CAQ		QS		ON		Other
Champlain		Noëlla Champagne		Pierre-Michel Auger		Andrew D'Amours		Lucie Favreau		Nicolas Lavigne-Lefebvre		Tomy Lachapelle (Cons.)		Noëlla Champagne
Laviolette		André Beaudoin		Julie Boulet		Sylvain Gauthier		Jean-François Dubois		Gabriel Olivier Clavet-Massicotte		Jean-Paul Bédard (M-L)		Julie Boulet
Maskinongé		Patrick Lahaie		Marc Plante		Martin Poisson		Linda Delmé		Dany Brien		Laurence J. Requilé (Équit.) François-Xavier Richmond (MPLQ) Jimmy Thibodeau (Nul)		Jean-Paul Diamond
Saint-Maurice		Luc Trudel		Pierre Giguère		Stéphane Mongeau		Marie-Line Audet		Jean Guillemette		Jonathan Lapointe (Cons.)		Luc Trudel
Trois-Rivières		Alexis Deschênes		Jean-Denis Girard		Diego Brunelle		Jean-Claude Landry		André de Repentigny		Pierre-Louis Bonneau (Cons.)		Danielle St-Amand

Estrie

Electoral district	Candidates															Incumbent
		PQ		Liberal		CAQ		QS		ON		Conservative		Other
Mégantic		Isabelle Hallé		Ghislain Bolduc		Pierre-Luc Boulanger		Ludovick Nadeau		Évelyne Beaudin						Ghislain Bolduc
Orford		Michel Breton		Pierre Reid		Marc-Alexandre Bourget		Patricia Tremblay		Denis Spick						Pierre Reid
Richmond		Étienne-Alexis Boucher		Karine Vallières		Alain Dion		Colombe Landry		Vincent Proulx		Dave Côté		Aurélie Dion-Fontaine (Green)		Karine Vallières
Saint-François		Réjean Hébert		Guy Hardy		Gaston Stratford		André Poulin		Étienne Boudou-Laforce		Marcel Collette		Vincent J. Carbonneau (Green) Philippe Lafrance (Pot) Lionel Lambert (UN)		Réjean Hébert
Sherbrooke		Serge Cardin		Luc Fortin		Philippe Girard		Hélène Pigot		Jean-Simon Campbell		François Drogue		Jeremy Andrews (Green) Hubert Richard (n.d.) Jossy Roy (Pot)		Serge Cardin

Montréal

East

Electoral district	Candidates															Incumbent
		PQ		Liberal		CAQ		QS		ON		Green		Other
Anjou–Louis-Riel		Yasmina Chouakri		Lise Thériault		Richard Campeau		Marlène Lessard		Raphael Couture		Annibal Teclou				Lise Thériault
Bourassa-Sauvé		Leila Mahiout		Rita de Santis		Fabrizio Del Fabbro		Claude Généreux		Félix Luthu		Adam Aberra		Jean-François Brunet (Pot)		Rita de Santis
Bourget		Maka Kotto		Jean-Pierre Gagnon		Sylvain Medza		Gaétan Châteauneuf		Diego Saavedra Renaud		Thomas Lapierre		Claude Brunelle (M-L)		Maka Kotto
Crémazie		Diane De Courcy		Marie Montpetit		Sylvain Bessette		André Frappier		Gabrielle Ladouceur-Despins		Virginia Leurent-Bonnevie				Diane De Courcy
Gouin		Louise Mailloux		Cheraquie Auguste-Constant		Paul Franche		Françoise David		Olivier Lacelle				Marc Boulanger (Nul)		Françoise David
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve		Carole Poirier		David Provencher		Brendan Walsh		Alexandre Leduc		Simon Marchand		Malcolm Lewis-Richmond		Justin Canning (Nul) Christine Dandenault (M-L) Etienne Mallette (Pot)		Carole Poirier
Jeanne-Mance–Viger		Joanie Harnois		Filomena Rotiroti		Mario Parent		Stéphanie Charpentier				Melissa Miscione		Garnet Colly (M-L)		Filomena Rotiroti
LaFontaine		Mathieu Pelletier		Marc Tanguay		Julie Di Battista Manseau		Véronique Martineau		Geneviève Dao Phan		Benoit Drouin		Yves Le Seigle (M-L)		Marc Tanguay
Laurier-Dorion		Pierre Céré		Gerry Sklavounos		Valérie Assouline		Andrés Fontecilla		Miguel Tremblay		Jeremy Tessier		Peter Macrisopoulos (M-L) Hugô St-Onge (Pot)		Gerry Sklavounos
Mercier		Sylvie Legault		Richard Sagala		Alain Clavet		Amir Khadir		Martin Servant				Hate's Deslandes (Pot) Roger Hughes (Ind.)		Amir Khadir
Pointe-aux-Trembles		Nicole Léger		Claude Blais		Mathieu Binette		Natacha Larocque		Camille Goyette-Gingras		David Cox		Louis Chandonnet (Auto.) Geneviève Royer (M-L)		Nicole Léger
Rosemont		Jean-François Lisée		Thiery Valade		Carl Dubois		Jean Trudelle		Sophie-Geneviève Labelle		Ksenia Svetoushkina		Matthew Babin (Pot) Stéphane Chénier (M-L)		Jean-François Lisée
Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques		Daniel Breton		Anna Klisko		Patrick Thauvette		Manon Massé		Nic Payne		Stewart Wiseman		Marc Bissonnette (Pot) Serge Lachapelle (M-L)		Daniel Breton
Viau		Odette Lavigne		David Heurtel		Wilner Cayo		Geneviève Fortier-Moreau		Benjamin Michaud		Marijo Bourgault		Ana Da Silva (Pot) Benoit Valiquette (Nul)		David Heurtel

West

Electoral district	Candidates															Incumbent
		PQ		Liberal		CAQ		QS		ON		Green		Other
Acadie		Évelyne Abitbol		Christine St-Pierre		Serge Pourreaux		Geneviève Dick		Julie Boivin		Alix Nyaburerwa		Yvon Breton (M-L)		Christine St-Pierre
D'Arcy-McGee		Éliane Pion		David Birnbaum		Elizabeth Smart		Suzanne Dufresne				Abraham Weizfeld				Lawrence Bergman
Jacques-Cartier		Laurence Desroches		Geoffrey Kelley		Denis Deguire		Jean-François Belley				James Maynard		Louis-Charles Fortier (Cons.)		Geoffrey Kelley
Marguerite-Bourgeoys		Richard Leboeuf-McGregor		Robert Poëti		Zoubir Bouchaala		Alexandre Émond		Myriam Drouin		Stéphanie Stevenson				Robert Poëti
Marquette		Élisabeth Fortin		François Ouimet		Marc Thériault		Marie-France Raymond-Dufour		Maude Paquette		John Symon		Thierry Bisaillon-Roy (Nul) Pierre Ennio Crespi (Cons.)		François Ouimet
Mont-Royal		Audrey Beauséjour		Pierre Arcand		Jamilla Leboeuf		Roy Semak				Darryl L Giraud		Hélène Floch (Cons.) Diane Johnston (M-L)		Pierre Arcand
Nelligan		Louis-David Bénard		Martin Coiteux		Albert Bitton				François Landry		Charles Bourassa		Trevor Pinto (Cons.)		Yolande James
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce		Olivier Sirard		Kathleen Weil		Noah Sidel		Annick Desjardins				Alex Tyrrell		Rachel Hoffman (M-L)		Kathleen Weil
Outremont		Roxanne Gendron		Hélène David		Rébecca McCann		Édith Laperle		Galia Vaillancourt		Théo Brière		Mathieu Marcil (Nul) Simon Pouliot (Cons.)		Philippe Couillard
Robert-Baldwin		Michaël Comtois-Lussier		Carlos Leitão		Jamie Allen		Ali Faour		Viviane Martinova-Croteau		Mathieu Mireault		Patricia Popert (Cons.)		Pierre Marsan
Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne		Véronique Fournier		Marguerite Blais		Louis-Philippe Boulanger		Molly Alexander		Étienne Forest		Sharon Sweeney		Anna Kruzynski (Nul) Jairo Gaston Sanchez (Pot)		Marguerite Blais
Saint-Laurent		Rachid Bandou		Jean-Marc Fournier				Hasnaa Kadiri		Jennifer Beaudry		Tidiane Diallo		Fernand Deschamps (M-L) Guy Morissette (Cons.)		Jean-Marc Fournier
Verdun		Lorraine Pintal		Jacques Daoust		Benoit Richer		Rosa Pires		Julien Longchamp		Antonin Bergeron-Bossé		Raynald St-Onge (Pot) Eileen Studd (M-L)		Henri-François Gautrin
Westmount–Saint-Louis		Denise Laroche		Jacques Chagnon				Mélissa Desjardins				Lisa Julie Cahn				Jacques Chagnon

Outaouais

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		PQ		Liberal		CAQ		QS		ON		Other
Chapleau		Yves Morin		Marc Carrière		Carl Pelletier		Laura Avalos		Philippe Boily		Roger Fleury (Green) Pierre Soublière (M-L)		Marc Carrière
Gatineau		Cédric Sarault		Stéphanie Vallée		André Paradis		Alexis Harvey		Marcel Vaive		Alexandre Deschênes (M-L)		Stéphanie Vallée
Hull		Gilles Aubé		Maryse Gaudreault		Jean Bosco Citegetse		Benoît Renaud		Eid Harb		Gabriel Girard Bernier (M-L)		Maryse Gaudreault
Papineau		Jean-François Primeau		Alexandre Iracà		René Langelier		Marc Sarazin		Jonathan Beauchamp		Christine Gagné (Nul)		Alexandre Iracá
Pontiac		Maryse Vallières-Murray		André Fortin		Michel Mongeon		Charmain Levy				Louis Lang (M-L)		Charlotte L'Écuyer

Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		PQ		Liberal		CAQ		QS		ON		Other
Abitibi-Est		Élizabeth Larouche		Guy Bourgeois		Sylvain Martel		Valérie Dufour		Richard Trudel		Maxym Perron-Tellier (Cons.)		Élizabeth Larouche
Abitibi-Ouest		François Gendron		Serge Bastien		Nadia Racine		Ghislaine Camirand		Grégory Vézeau				François Gendron
Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue		Gilles Chapadeau		Luc Blanchette		Bernard Flébus		Guy Leclerc		Ghislain Dallaire				Gilles Chapadeau
Ungava		Luc Ferland		Jean Boucher		Michael Cameron		André Richer		Zoé Allen-Mercier		Matthew Guillemette (Nul)		Luc Ferland

Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec

Electoral district	Candidates															Incumbent
		PQ		Liberal		CAQ		QS		ON		Conservative		Other
Arthabaska		Gaëtan St-Arnaud		Luc Dastous		Sylvie Roy		Christine Letendre				Jean Landry		François Fillion (Green)		Sylvie Roy
Beauce-Nord		Olivier Pouliot-Audet		José Couture		André Spénard		Mathieu Dumont		Lorenzo Tessier-Moreau		Éric Couture		Benoît Roy (Ind.)		André Spénard
Beauce-Sud		Alex Gagnon Lacroix		Robert Dutil		Samuel Poulin		Diane Vincent		Vanessa Roy		Stéphane Bégin		Robert Genesse (QRD) Jean Paquet (MPLQ)		Robert Dutil
Bellechasse		Linda Goupil		Dominique Vien		Stéphanie Lachance		Benoit Comeau		Mathilde Lefebvre		Patrice Aubin				Dominique Vien
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière		Catherine Paré		Ghyslain Vaillancourt		Marc Picard		Olivier Bolduc		Alexis Lévesque-Morin		Benoit Cloutier		Dave Gagné (PDSP)		Marc Picard
Drummond–Bois-Francs		Daniel Lebel		Isabelle Chabot		Sébastien Schneeberger		Francis Soulard		Alexandre Phénix		François Picard		Frédéric Bélanger (Nul)		Sébastien Schneeberger
Johnson		Yves-François Blanchet		Brigitte Mercier		André Lamontagne		François Desrochers		Magali Doucet		Benoit Lussier		Sébastien Gauthier (Nul)		Yves-François Blanchet
Lévis		Sylvie Girard		Simon Turmel		Christian Dubé		Yv Bonnier Viger		Nicolas Belley		Sébastien Roy		Paul Biron (UN)		Christian Dubé
Lotbinière-Frontenac		Kaven Mathieu		Laurent Lessard		Luc de la Sablonnière		Nadia Blouin		Annie Grégoire-Gauthier		Sylvain Rancourt		Denis Cadieux (MPLQ) Rodrigue Leblanc (Ind.)		Laurent Lessard
Nicolet-Bécancour		Jean-René Dubois		Denis Vallée		Donald Martel		Marc Dion		Marjolaine Lachapelle		Guillaume Laquerre				Donald Martel

Laval

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		PQ		Liberal		CAQ		QS		ON		Other
Chomedey		Jean Cooke		Guy Ouellette		Carlie Dejoie		Lise-Anne Rheaume		Patrick Simard		Brendan Edge (Green) Emily Gagnon (Pot)		Guy Ouellette
Fabre		François-Gycelain Rocque		Gilles Ouimet		Christopher Skeete		Marie-Claire Des Rochers-Lamarche		Bernard Paré				Gilles Ouimet
Laval-des-Rapides		Léo Bureau-Blouin		Saul Polo		Vincent Bolduc		Nicolas Chatel-Launay		David Voyer		Léo McKenna (Green)		Léo Bureau-Blouin
Mille-Îles		Djemila Benhabib		Francine Charbonneau		Sylvain Loranger		Anik Paradis		Maël Rieussec		Bianca Jitaru (Green) David Mirabella (Cons.)		Francine Charbonneau
Sainte-Rose		Suzanne Proulx		Jean Habel		Domenico Cavaliere		André da Silva Pereira		Bruno Forget				Suzanne Proulx
Vimont		Jean Poirier		Jean Rousselle		Joseph Dydzak		Janina Moran		Étienne Boily		Jean-Marc Boyer (Ind.) Andréanne Demers (Green) Alain Robert (Cons.)		Jean Rousselle

Lanaudière

Electoral district	Candidates															Incumbent
		PQ		Liberal		CAQ		QS		ON		Conservative		Other
Berthier		André Villeneuve		Pierre-Luc Bellerose		Elizabeth Leclerc		Louise Beaudry		Francis Lamarre				Pierre Baril (Green) Claude Dupré (MPLQ)		André Villeneuve
Joliette		Véronique Hivon		Robert Corriveau		Denise Larouche		Flavie Trudel		Sylvain Legault		Mikey Colangelo Lauzon				Véronique Hivon
L'Assomption		Pierre Paquette		Jean-Marc Bergevin		François Legault		Sylvain Fournier		Gabriel Gauthier		Charles-Étienne Raynault				François Legault
Masson		Diane Hamelin		Wenet Féné		Mathieu Lemay		Joëlle St-Pierre		Pierre-Alexandre Bugeaud		Éric Giroux				Diane Hamelin
Repentigny		Scott McKay		Robert Nantel		Lise Lavallée		Olivier Huard		Christian Strasbourg		Pierre Lacombe				Scott McKay
Rousseau		Nicolas Marceau		Mario Racette		Claude Charette		François Lépine		Chantal St-Onge						Nicolas Marceau
Terrebonne		Mathieu Traversy		Meriem Glia		Jean-François Jarry		Yan Smith		Jean-François Jacob						Mathieu Traversy

Laurentides

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		PQ		Liberal		CAQ		QS		ON		Other
Argenteuil		Roland Richer		Yves St-Denis		Nicole Chouinard		Clotilde Bertrand		Samuel Cloutier		Serge Dupré (MPLQ) Rouge Lefebvre (Green)		Roland Richer
Bertrand		Claude Cousineau		Isabelle Leblond		Robert Milot		Lucie Mayer		Diane Massicotte		Patrick Dubé (Nul) Mario Roy (Ind.)		Claude Cousineau
Blainville		Gyslaine Desrosiers		Marie-Claude Collin		Mario Laframboise		Annie Giguère				Jean-Philippe Fournier (Cons.)		Daniel Ratthé
Deux-Montagnes		Daniel Goyer		Luc Leclerc		Benoit Charette		Duncan Hart Cameron		Louis-Félix Cauchon		Alec Ware (Équit.)		Daniel Goyer
Groulx		Martine Desjardins		Vicki Emard		Claude Surprenant		Sylvie Giguère		Alain Marginean		Jonathan Davis (Nul)		Hélène Daneault
Labelle		Sylvain Pagé		Christian Lacroix		Cédrick Rémy-Quevedo		Gabriel Dagenais		Philippe Richard-Léonard				Sylvain Pagé
Mirabel		Denise Beaudoin		Ismaël Boisvert		Sylvie D'Amours		Mylène Jaccoud		Curtis Jean-Louis		Andre Linskiy (Cons.)		Denise Beaudoin
Saint-Jérôme		Pierre Karl Péladeau		Armand Dubois		Patrice Charbonneau		Vincent Lemay-Thivierge		Mathieu Trottier-Kavanagh		Bruno Morin (Cons.)		Jacques Duchesneau

Montérégie

Eastern

Electoral district	Candidates															Incumbent
		PQ		Liberal		CAQ		QS		ON		Conservative		Other
Borduas		Pierre Duchesne		Jean Murray		Simon Jolin-Barrette		Jean Falardeau		Marc-Olivier Siouï		Gilbert Gour		Michel Lepage (PI)		Pierre Duchesne
Brome-Missisquoi		René Beauregard		Pierre Paradis		François Lemay		Benoit Van Caloen		Nicolas Pepin						Pierre Paradis
Chambly		Bertrand St-Arnaud		Magdala Ferdinand		Jean-François Roberge		Francis Vigeant		Martin Laramée		Michael Maher		Vincent Dessureault (Nul) Mary Harper (Green)		Bertrand St-Arnaud
Granby		Joanne Lalumière		Pascal Proulx		François Bonnardel		André Beauregard		Jocelyn Beaudoin				Stéphane Deschamps (Nul)		François Bonnardel
Iberville		Marie Bouillé		Chantal Tremblay		Claire Samson		Myriam-Zaa Normandin		Claude Savard						Marie Bouillé
Richelieu		Élaine Zakaïb		Alain Plante		Martin Baller		Marie-Ève Mathieu		Jean-François Tremblay		Marc Gaudet		Claude Bourgault (Green)		Élaine Zakaïb
Saint-Hyacinthe		Émilien Pelletier		Louise Arpin		Chantal Soucy		Danielle Pelland		Éric Pothier		Simon Labbé				Émilien Pelletier
Saint-Jean		Dave Turcotte		Marie-Josée Denis		Serge Tremblay		Carole Lusignan		Jade Bossé Bélanger		Maryse Grenier				Dave Turcotte
Verchères		Stéphane Bergeron		Simon Rocheleau		Yves Renaud		Céline Jarrousse		Mathieu Coulombe						Stéphane Bergeron

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates															Incumbent
		PQ		Liberal		CAQ		QS		ON		Conservative		Other
Beauharnois		Guy Leclair		Lyse Lemieux		Claude Moreau		Pierre-Paul St-Onge		Florence Rousseau		Julie De Bellefeuille		Yves de Repentigny (Équit.) Victoria Haliburton (Green) Sylvain Larocque (Ind.)		Guy Leclair
Châteauguay		Laurent Pilon		Pierre Moreau		Claudia Cloutier		Xavier P.-Laberge		Vincent Masse		Claude Chalhoub		François Mailly (QCU) Linda Sullivan (M-L)		Pierre Moreau
Huntingdon		Huguette Hébert		Stéphane Billette		Claire IsaBelle		Carmen Labelle		Yann Labrie		Albert De Martin		Louis-Paul Bourdon (PDSP)		Stéphane Billette
La Pinière				Gaétan Barrette		Jin Kim		Johane Beaupré		François Létourneau-Prézeau		Sebastian Fernandez		Fatima Houda-Pepin (Ind.)		Fatima Houda-Pepin
Laporte		Sophie Stanké		Nicole Ménard		Donald LeBlanc		Michèle St-Denis		Linda Dupuis		Christian Godin		Marcel Baril (Green)		Nicole Ménard
La Prairie		Pierre Langlois		Richard Merlini		Stéphane Le Bouyonnec		Marilou André		Jean-Pierre Gouin		Guy L'Heureux		Normand Chouinard (M-L)		Stéphane Le Bouyonnec
Marie-Victorin		Bernard Drainville		Jean-Guy Tremblay		Guillaume Provencher		Carl Lévesque		Fabien Villemaire				Pierre Chénier (M-L) Catherine Lovatt-Smith (Green) Florent Portron (Auto.)		Bernard Drainville
Montarville		Simon Prévost		Jacques Gendron		Nathalie Roy		Jean-Marc Ostiguy		Anthony van Duyse						Nathalie Roy
Sanguinet		Alain Therrien		Jean Paul Pellerin		Denis Leftakis		Christian Laramée		Robert Moreau		Alexandre Dagenais		Hélène Héroux (M-L)		Alain Therrien
Soulanges		Marie-Louise Séguin		Lucie Charlebois				Andrée Bessette		Patrick Marquis				Patricia Domingos (Équit.)		Lucie Charlebois
Taillon		Diane Lamarre		Maxime Tessier		Sébastien Vaillancourt		Manon Blanchard		Éric Gervais-Després						Marie Malavoy
Vachon		Martine Ouellet		Michel Bienvenu		Stéphane Robichaud		Sébastien Robert		Josée Létourneau				Hugo Boutin-Sinotte (Pot)		Martine Ouellet
Vaudreuil		Marcos Archambault		Marie-Claude Nichols		Luc Tison		David Fortin Côté		Jean-Gabriel Cauchon		Michel Paul		Léon Dupré (MPLQ) Julien Leclerc (Équit.) Thomas Radcliffe (Green)		Yvon Marcoux

Media endorsements

Parti Québécois

• Le Devoir^[36]

Quebec Liberal Party

• La Presse^[37]
• Montreal Gazette^[38]

See also

• 40th Quebec Legislature
• Politics of Quebec
• List of premiers of Quebec
• List of leaders of the Official Opposition (Quebec)
• National Assembly of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• Political parties in Quebec

References

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28. "D’Arcy McGee MNA Bergman set to step aside". The Gazette. March 5, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
29. "Two West Island MNAs – Pierre Marsan, Yolande James – will not seek re-election". The Gazette. February 24, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
30. La Presse canadienne (March 5, 2014). "La caquiste Hélène Daneault quitte le navire caquiste aussitôt la campagne déclenchée". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved March 6, 2014.
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34. "Political parties". DGE. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
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37. "Trois raisons de voter libéral : économie – référendum – Charte". 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
38. "Editorial: The Couillard Liberals deserve to govern". 2014-04-04. Retrieved 2014-06-08.

External links

• Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (DGE)