The Parti marxiste–léniniste du Québec fielded twenty-three candidates in the 2008 provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.

Candidates

Chapleau: Pierre Soublière Pierre Soublière, a teacher, has been a Marxist-Leninist party candidate in four federal and four provincial elections.History of Federal Ridings since 1867: OTTAWA CENTRE (2008/10/14), Parliament of Canada, accessed 2 September 2010. He has also contributed articles to the party's paper, TML Daily.See for instance Pierre Soublière, "Government Hypocrisy Knows No Bounds," TML Daily, 24 March 2010, accessed 2 September 2010; Pierre Soublière, "Political Unity of Workers and Their Allies on the Basis of Their Demands Will Solve the Problems Facing Society," TML Daily, 16 June 2010, accessed 2 September 2010. He is a member of NOWAR-PAIX; during the 2008 election, he called for an anti-war government and for people from the workplace to be elected to parliament.Checking Out the Candidates in Ottawa Centre , The Charlatan, 2–8 October 2010, p. 10.

+ Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1979 federal Hull Marxist-Leninist 106 0.24 7/7 Gaston Isabelle, Liberal 1980 federal Hull Marxist-Leninist 70 0.17 6/6 Gaston Isabelle, Liberal 1981 provincial Hull Marxist-Leninist 35 0.11 7/7 Gilles Rocheleau, Liberal 1989 provincial Hull Marxist-Leninist 72 0.28 6/6 Robert LeSage, Liberal 1997 federal Hull—Aylmer Marxist-Leninist 151 0.32 9/9 Marcel Massé, Liberal 2007 provincial Chapleau Marxist-Leninist 65 0.20 6/6 Benoît Pelletier, Liberal 2008 federal Ottawa Centre Marxist-Leninist 95 0.15 6/6 Paul Dewar, New Democratic Party 2008 provincial Chapleau Marxist-Leninist 51 0.20 7/7 Marc Carrière, Liberal

Châteauguay: Hélène Héroux Hélène Héroux has been a Marxist-Leninist candidate in six federal and six provincial elections. In 2006, she identified as a cashier.History of Federal Ridings since 1867: HONORÉ-MERCIER (2006/01/23), Parliament of Canada, accessed 22 June 2011.

+ Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1988 federal Laurier—Sainte-Marie N/A (Marxist-Leninist) 130 0.32 7/8 Jean-Claude Malepart, LiberalReport of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-fourth General Election, 1988. 1989 provincial Saint-Louis Marxist-Leninist 114 0.51 8/9 Jacques Chagnon, LiberalOfficial Results (Saint-Louis, 1989), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011. 1993 federal Rosemont Marxist-Leninist 189 0.40 6/7 Benoît Tremblay, Bloc QuébécoisThirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. 1994 provincial Mercier Marxist-Leninist 102 0.33 9/9 Robert Perreault, Parti Québécois, accessed 22 June 2011. 1997 federal Mercier Marxist-Leninist 297 0.62 5/5 Francine Lalonde, Bloc QuébécoisOfficial Results, Elections Canada (1997 election). 1998 provincial Bourget Marxist-Leninist 89 0.33 6/7 Diane Lemieux, Parti QuébécoisOfficial Results (Bourget, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011. 2000 federal Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Marxist-Leninist 151 0.31 7/7 Yvon Charbonneau, LiberalOfficial Results, Elections Canada (2000 election). 2003 provincial Anjou Marxist-Leninist 266 0.81 4/4 Lise Thériault, LiberalOfficial Results (Anjou, 2003), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011. 2004 federal Honoré-Mercier Marxist-Leninist 164 0.34 7/7 Pablo Rodríguez, LiberalOfficial Voting Results, 39th General Election, Elections Canada (2004 election), accessed 22 June 2011. 2006 federal Honoré-Mercier Marxist-Leninist 183 0.36 6/6 Pablo Rodríguez, LiberalOfficial Voting Results, 39th General Election, Elections Canada (2006 election), accessed 22 June 2011. 2007 provincial Anjou Marxist-Leninist 99 0.31 6/6 Lise Thériault, LiberalOfficial Results (Anjou, 2007), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011. 2008 provincial Châteauguay Marxist-Leninist 114 0.35 7/7 Pierre Moreau, LiberalOfficial Results (Châteauguay, 2008), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 22 June 2011.

Hull: Gabriel Girard-Bernier

Gabriel Girard-Bernier is a political activist in the Outaouais region. He was the student association president at Cégep de l'Outaouais and has been active in the Canadian anti-war movement.Gabriel Girard-Bernier, Marxist-Leninist Party, CTV.ca, 3 October 2008, accessed 9 October 2010. A 2006 article listed him as a twenty-two-year-old journalism student.Girard-Bernier, Gabriel, Globe and Mail, 2006, accessed 9 October 2010. He has been a Marxist-Leninist candidate in three federal elections and three provincial elections and has written for TML Daily, the party's paper. In 2008, Girard-Bernier wrote a piece condemning the New Democratic Party's support for "asymmetrical federalism" and supporting Quebec's right to self-determination up to and including the right of succession.Gabriel Girard-Bernier , "NDP's "Asymmetrical Federalism": Same Nonsense as Harper's "Open Federalism"," TML Daily, 19 September 2008, accessed 9 October 2010.

+ Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 2003 provincial Chapleau Marxist-Leninist 122 0.41 6/6 Benoît Pelletier, Liberal 2004 federal Gatineau Marxist-Leninist 125 0.27 7/7 Françoise Boivin, Liberal 2006 federal Hull—Aylmer Marxist-Leninist 125 0.23 6/6 Marcel Proulx, Liberal 2007 provincial Hull Marxist-Leninist 67 0.23 6/6 Roch Cholette, Liberal 2008 federal Hull—Aylmer Marxist-Leninist 121 0.23 6/6 Marcel Proulx, Liberal 2008 provincial Hull Marxist-Leninist 97 0.43 6/6 Maryse Gaudreault, Liberal

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce: Linda Sullivan Linda Sullivan has run as a Marxist-Leninist candidate in three federal and three provincial elections. She identified as a student in 2006 and as an events coordinator in 2008.History of Federal Ridings since 1867: OUTREMONT (2006/01/23), Parliament of Canada, accessed 7 April 2011; History of Federal Ridings since 1867: WESTMOUNT--VILLE-MARIE (2008/10/14), Parliament of Canada, accessed 7 April 2011.

+ Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 2003 provincial Acadie Marxist-Leninist 111 0.34 6/7 Yvan Bordeleau, Liberal 2004 federal Outremont Marxist-Leninist 120 0.31 7/7 Jean Lapierre, Liberal 2006 federal Outremont Marxist-Leninist 88 0.22 8/11 Jean Lapierre, Liberal 2007 provincial Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Marxist-Leninist 69 0.30 6/6 Russell Copeman, Liberal 2008 federal Westmount—Ville-Marie Marxist-Leninist 49 0.13 7/9 Marc Garneau, Liberal 2008 provincial Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Marxist-Leninist 124 0.73 5/6 Kathleen Weil, Liberal

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