Richard Leclerc
Writer, Geographer and Senior Official
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| Intro | Writer, Geographer and Senior Official | |
| Places | Canada | |
| is | Writer Geographer Politician | |
| Work field | Literature Science Politics | |
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| Birth | 1963 | |
| Age | 62 years |
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The Parti Québécois (PQ) fielded a full slate of 125 candidates in the 2008 Quebec provincial election and elected fifty-one members to emerge as the Official Opposition party in the national assembly.
Candidates (incomplete)
| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argenteuil | John Saywell | Saywell is the son of Canadian historian John Saywell. He also ran as a PQ candidate in Argenteuil in 2007. He was elected mayor of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge in a December 2010 by-election, resigned in 2012, and was re-elected mayor in 2013. | M | Lawyer and urban planner | 7,353 | 33.62 | 2nd |
| Bourassa-Sauvé | Roland Carrier | Carrier also ran for the PQ in Bourassa-Sauvé in 2007 and sought election to the Montreal city council in 1998 (as a Montreal Citizens' Movement candidate) and in 2005 and 2009 (for Vision Montreal). | M | Lawyer | 6,111 | 26.87 | 2nd |
| Brome—Missisquoi | Richard Leclerc | A veteran member of the Quebec sovereigntist movement, Leclerc also ran for the PQ in Brome—Missisquoi in 2007 and 2012. | M | Publicist | 8,325 | 27.32 | 2nd |
| Jean-Lesage | Hélène Guillemette | Guillemette was a political attaché to Parti Québécois MNA François Gendron from 2003 to 2005. She sought the PQ nomination for Jean-Lesage in 2007, but lost to Christian Simard. She is married to former Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament (MP) Pascal-Pierre Paillé. | F | Development agent | 7,471 | 26.68 | 2nd |
| Orford | Michel Breton | Breton was a constituency assistant to Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament (MP) Christian Ouellet from 2006 to 2011. He was also the PQ candidate for Orford in 2007, 2012, and 2014. | M | Parliamentary assistant | 12,516 | 36.93 | 2nd |
| Verdun | Richard Langlais | Langlais was also the PQ candidate for Verdun in 2007 and in a December 2016 by-election. He ran for borough mayor of Verdun as a Vision Montreal candidate in 2009 and for Montreal city council in 2013 as a Option Verdun/Montréal candidate. | M | Entrepreneur | 8,314 | 35.34 | 2nd |