Union Nationale candidates, 1976 Quebec provincial election

The Union Nationale ran 108 candidates in the 1976 Quebec provincial election. Eleven of the party's candidates were elected, leaving the party as the third largest in the National Assembly of Quebec.

Some of the party's candidates have separate biography page; information about others may be found here. This page also includes information about Union Nationale candidates in by-elections between 1976 and 1981.

Candidates

Laurentides-Labelle: Laurent Jetté

Laurent Jetté received 2,992 votes (10.68%), finishing third against Parti Québécois candidate Jacques Léonard.[1]

By-elections

Brome—Missisquoi, April 13, 1980: Pierre-Paul Ravenelle

Pierre-Paul Ravenelle was a Parti Québécois (PQ) member in the 1970s. He later left the PQ, arguing that it was ignoring its grassroots supporters. He added that Quebec separatism was never his primary ambition, even when he was a member of the party.[2]

He was a reluctant Union Nationale candidate in 1980, running only when no other party members stepped forward.[3] He received 1,909 votes (8.98%), finishing third against Liberal Party candidate Pierre Paradis.[4]

Ravenelle served as mayor of Bedford from April to November 1987.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Official Results (Laurentides-Labelle, 1976), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
  2. ↑ Margot Gibb-Clark, "UN and PQ find loyalty to party is fast changing," Globe and Mail, 17 March 1981, p. 8. Ravenelle was thirty-three years old in 1981.
  3. ↑ "Liberal sweep likely in Monday's four Quebec by-elections," Globe and Mail, 15 November 2010, p. 4.
  4. ↑ Official Results (Brome-Mississquoi, 1980), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 2 January 2011.
  5. ↑ Bedford (Ville), Généologie Québec, accessed 2 January 2011.
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