Claude Patry (born January 10, 1953) is a former Canadian

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for the riding of

Jonquière—Alma Jonquière—Alma was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011. It was created in 2003 from parts of Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay ridings. It con ...

, who served a single term from

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until 2015. He was elected as a member of the

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, but

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to the

Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois (BQ; , " Quebecer Bloc") is a federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was formed by Members of Parliament (MPs) who defected from the federal Progre ...

on February 28, 2013. He defeated incumbent MP

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of the

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, who was Veterans Affairs Minister. Patry was president of the ''Syndicat national des employés de l'aluminium d'Arvida'', the union representing

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workers in the riding. Following his defection to the Bloc in 2013, Patry stated that "he voted for sovereignty in the 1980 and 1995 referendums and that he still hopes Quebec will one day become a country". In August 2014, Patry announced that he was not running in the next federal election. He was rumoured to have considered resigning from the Bloc following the election of

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

as leader but remained with the party following the resignations of

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and Jean-François Fortin and was, with

Louis Plamondon Louis Plamondon (born July 31, 1943) is a Canadian politician who has represented Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel (formerly known as Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour and Richelieu) in the House of Commons since 1984, making him the Dean of ...

, one of two Bloc MPs until the House of Commons dissolved for the 2015 election. It was reported in February 2017 that Patry had joined the militant far-right anti-Muslim group, ''

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'' (Wolf Pack) and is leader of the group's "clan" in the

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region.

Electoral record

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Elections Canada
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Patry, Claude Trade unionists from Quebec Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Bloc Québécois MPs New Democratic Party MPs Politicians from Saguenay, Quebec Living people 1953 births 21st-century Canadian politicians