Éric Duhaime

Éric Duhaime (born April 15, 1969) is a Canadian conservative pundit, radio host, and politician. He writes for the Journal de Montréal and the National Post[1] and is also a blogger. He participated in various blogs such as Les analystes [2] and also ran a blog on the pages of Journal de Québec (called En droite ligne).[3] He hosts Le retour d'Éric Duhaime on FM93 in Quebec City. He also worked as part of public affairs programs broadcast on V, Tele-Quebec and 98,5 FM.

Éric Duhaime
Éric Duhaime in 2012
Personal details
Born (1969-04-15) April 15, 1969
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Political partyConservative (federal)
Conservative (provincial)
Other political
affiliations		ADQ (2003-2012)
Alma materUniversité de Montréal
OccupationJournalist

In 2010, Éric Duhaime co-founded the Réseau Liberté-Québec and the page Quebec fier (RLQ) along with Joanne Marcotte, Roy Eappen, Gérard Laliberté, Ian Sénéchal and Guillaume Leduc. The RLQ is a movement inspired by libertarianism advocating a revival of conservatism and right-wing nationalism in Quebec.[4]

Duhaime came out as gay in his 2017 book La fin de l'homosexualité et le dernier gay.[5] That same year he allegedly helped fellow Rebel Media contributor Jack Posobiec translate the leaked emails from the Emmanuel Macron presidential campaign.[6]

Early life and education

Born on April 15, 1969 in Montreal, Duhaime holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the Université de Montréal and a Master's degree from École nationale d'administration publique (ÉNAP).[7]

Political career

Duhaime spent more than a decade as a political advisor for different leaders in Ottawa and Quebec City. He was an advisor for Stockwell Day (during the days of the Canadian Alliance), Mario Dumont from 2003 to 2008 when Dumont was leader of the Action démocratique du Québec and Gilles Duceppe of the Bloc Québécois.[8] He made his first run for office in 2003, when he ran for the ADQ in Deux-Montagnes, in which he placed third. He also worked for the Montreal Economic Institute, a libertarian think tank.[9] On November 22, 2020, Duhaime announced he would be running in the Conservative Party of Quebec leadership election to succeed Adrien D. Pouliot.[10][11][12]

Electoral record
2003 Quebec general election: Deux-Montagnes
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Parti QuébécoisHélène Robert12,43239.04-7.99
LiberalMarc Lauzon12,09937.99+7.02
Action démocratiqueÉric Duhaime6,90721.69+0.95
UFPJulien Demers4081.28+0.98[lower-alpha 1]
Total valid votes 31,84698.28–
Total rejected ballots 5571.72+0.58
Turnout 32,40374.37-2.92
Electors on the lists 43,571––
  1. Results taken from Socialist Democracy.

References
  1. Comment, Full (August 11, 2010). "Éric Duhaime: National Assembly journalists shame Quebec | National Post". Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  2. Éric Duhaime « Les analystes
  3. Éric Duhaime
  4. Cheung, Andrew (September 5, 2010), Quebec's 'Tea Party' is born, retrieved September 30, 2011
  5. "J’ai lu le livre d’Éric Duhaime pour vous... de rien". Le Journal de Montréal, March 21, 2017.
  6. "T'es toxique, Éric". La Presse (in French). May 13, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  7. "Éric Duhaime". Éric Duhaime (in French).
  8. Government of Canada (June 15, 2009), Le ministre d'état (réforme démocratique) annonce la mise sur pied d'un comité consultatif sur la création prochaine d'un organisme de promotion de la démocratie, retrieved October 31, 2010
  9. http://www.iedm.org/uploaded/pdf/mai2010b_fr.pdf
  10. "Éric Duhaime visera la chefferie du Parti conservateur du Québec". Radio Canada (in French). November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  11. "Éric Duhaime se lance dans la course à la chefferie du Parti conservateur du Québec". Le Journal de Québec (in French). November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  12. "Éric Duhaime souhaite diriger le Parti conservateur du Québec". La Presse (in French). November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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