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Seating plan following the election. The 2008 Quebec general election was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on December 8, 2008. The Quebec Liberal Party, under incumbent Premier Jean Charest, was re-elected with a majority government, marking the first time since the 1950s (when the Union Nationale of Maurice Duplessis won four consecutive elections) that a party or leader was elected ...
Electoral results by parties and independent MNAs (as a percentage of total National Assembly seats) from 1927 to 2008. This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Quebec's unicameral legislative body, the National Assembly of Quebec (and its predecessor, the Legislative Assembly of Quebec).
Before joining the ADQ, he was a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. [6] He was the ADQ's vice-president in the buildup to the 2008 election and helped draft the party's economic platform. In November 2008, he contradicted party leader Mario Dumont on a proposed increase to Quebec's minimum wage. (Dumont had said the ADQ would likely support an ...
September 7, 2008: Prime Minister Harper asks Governor General Michaëlle Jean to call a general election on October 14, 2008. She accepts the request. [6] October 14, 2008: Elections held for members of the House of Commons in the 40th Canadian Parliament. [7] November 4, 2008: Writs to be returned to the Chief Election Officer. [7]
Charbonneau was a Liberal candidate in the 2007 and 2008 Quebec provincial elections. He is not to be confused with a former Montreal city councillor of the same name. [1] M: 9,125: 32.63: 2/6 Nicolet-Yamaska: Mario Landry Landry was a financial director at CSSS Bécancour-Nicolet-Yamaska at the time of the election. [2] M: Financial director ...
In the 2008 election, she identified as an entrepreneur. A longtime supporter of Québec Solidaire, she became a party member shortly before the election. Her campaign was centred on environmental issues. [9] She received 884 votes (2.90%), finishing fifth against Liberal Party incumbent Pierre Paradis.
The 39th National Assembly of Quebec consisted of those elected in the 2008 Quebec general election. It was in session from January 13, 2009 to February 22, 2011 and from February 23, 2011 to August 1, 2012. Jean Charest served as Premier and Pauline Marois was the leader of the opposition.
14 October: 2008 Canadian federal election; 18 October: 2008 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election; 18 October: 2008 Nova Scotia municipal elections; 26 October: Municipal by-election in Orée-du-Parc District, Gatineau, Quebec. 27 October: 2008 Nunavut general election; 29 October: British Columbia provincial by ...