Lucien Bouchard Lucien Bouchard (; born December 22, 1938) is a Canadian lawyer, diplomat and retired politician. A minister for two years in the 24th Canadian Ministry, Mulroney cabinet, Bouchard then founded and led the Bloc Québécois and became Leader ...

, the first leader of the

Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois (, , BQ) is a centre-left politics, centre-left and list of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism, Quebecois nationalism, social democracy, and the promotion o ...

, was elected by

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by the MPs who formed the Bloc in 1990. When the party held its first convention in April 1995, his leadership was ratified by the delegates.

1996 BQ leadership election

The Bloc Québécois leadership election in 1996 was an election to replace

after he left the

to become

Premier of Quebec The premier of Quebec ( (masculine) or eminine is the head of government of the Canadian province of Quebec. The current premier of Quebec is François Legault of the Coalition Avenir Québec, sworn in on October 18, 2018, following tha ...

. The vote was conducted among members of the party's directorate rather than by all members of the party.

Michel Gauthier Michel Gauthier (; February 18, 1950 – May 30, 2020) was a Canadian politician, who served as leader of the Bloc Québécois from 1996 to 1997. As the party was the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada, Gauthier was also the L ...

won the election and became Leader of the Official Opposition.

1997 BQ leadership election

The Bloc Québécois leadership election in 1997 was held to elect a replacement for

. The leadership election was conducted by a

one member, one vote "One man, one vote" or "one vote, one value" is a slogan used to advocate for the principle of equal representation in voting. This slogan is used by advocates of democracy and political equality, especially with regard to electoral reforms like ...

(OMOV) process involving all party members. Voters were asked to list their first, second and third choices on the ballot.

Gilles Duceppe Gilles Duceppe (; born July 22, 1947) is a Canadian retired politician, proponent of the Quebec sovereignty movement and former leader of the federal political party, Bloc Québécois. He was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Ca ...

won the leadership election.

2011 BQ leadership election

resigned as party president and leader immediately after the 2011 federal election in which the Bloc lost 44 of its 47 seats, including Duceppe's.

Daniel Paillé Daniel Paillé (; born April 1, 1950) is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Prévost in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 1996 as a member of the Parti Québécois, and represented the district of Hochelaga in t ...

was declared the winner of the subsequent leadership election on December 11, 2011, defeating

Maria Mourani Maria Mourani (born 19 May 1969) is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the federal riding of Ahuntsic in Canada. She was formerly a member of the Bloc Québécois before leaving the party over its support for th ...

on the second ballot with 61.28% of the vote. A third candidate, Jean-Francois Fortin, was defeated on the first ballot.

2014 BQ leadership election

In 2014,

Mario Beaulieu Mario A. Beaulieu (; born February 1, 1959) is a Canadian politician. An advocate for nationalism in Quebec, he served as Party leader, leader (2014–2015), Interim leader (Canada), interim leader (2018–2019) and president (2014–2018) of ...

defeated

André Bellavance André Bellavance (born June 3, 1964) is a Canadians, Canadian politician, who served in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015 and was the mayor of Victoriaville, Quebec from 2016 to 2021. Born in Victoriaville, Quebec, Bellavance w ...

for the leadership, winning 53.5% of the vote compared to Bellavance's 46.5%.

2017 BQ leadership election

Following Gilles Duceppe's second resignation after the 2015 federal election,

Rhéal Fortin Rhéal Éloi Fortin () is a Canadian lawyer and politician, who is the member of the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons for Rivière-du-Nord (electoral district), Rivière-du-Nord. A lawyer by profession, he is the president of Bisson ...

was appointed interim leader.

Martine Ouellet Martine Ouellet (; born April 8, 1969) is a Canadian politician who served as leader of the Bloc Québécois from 2017 to 2018. She was the Minister of Natural Resources in the Quebec government from 2012 to 2014. Ouellet was first elected to t ...

, a member of the Quebec National Assembly and former

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cabinet minister and leadership candidate was acclaimed BQ leader on March 18, 2017.

2019 BQ leadership election

resigned on June 11, 2018, after receiving 32% support from a leadership review.

was appointed interim leader. Yves-François Blanchet was declared leader in January 2019 after running unopposed for the leadership role.

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