Éric Duhaime (born April 15, 1969) is a Canadian conservative

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, and politician serving as leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec since April 17, 2021.

Early life and education

Born on April 15, 1969, in

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, Duhaime holds a

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from the

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and a

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from École nationale d'administration publique (ÉNAP).

Career

He writes for the ''

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'' and the ''

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'' and is also a blogger. He participated in various blogs such as ''Les analystes'' and also ran a blog on the pages of ''

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'' (called ''En droite ligne''). He hosted ''Le retour d'Éric Duhaime'' on

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. He also worked as part of public affairs programs broadcast on

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and

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. In 2017, he allegedly helped fellow Rebel Media contributor

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translate the leaked emails from the Emmanuel Macron presidential campaign. He also worked for the Montreal Economic Institute, a

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''.

Political career

Duhaime spent more than a decade as a political advisor for different leaders in

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and Quebec City. He was an advisor for

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during his leadership of the

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from 2001 to 2004,

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from 2003 to 2008 when Dumont was leader of the

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and

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of the

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. He was one of the campaign organizers for Marc Bellemare during his mayorality in

with

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from 2004 to 2006. He made his first run for office in

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, when he ran for the ADQ in Deux-Montagnes, in which he placed third. In 2010, Duhaime co-founded the Réseau Liberté-Québec and the page Quebec fier (RLQ) along with

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, Roy Eappen, Gérard Laliberté, Ian Sénéchal and Guillaume Leduc. The RLQ is a movement inspired by the advocating of a revival of conservatism and libertarianism in Quebec. On November 22, 2020, Duhaime announced he would be running in the Conservative Party of Quebec leadership election to succeed Adrien D. Pouliot. He won the election with just under 96% of the vote.

Personal life

Duhaime is openly gay, coming out in his 2017 book ''La fin de l'homosexualité et le dernier gay''.

Electoral record

References

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