Conservative Party of Quebec

The Conservative Party of Quebec (French: Parti conservateur du Québec; PCQ) is a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. It was authorized on March 25, 2009 by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec.[2]

"Conservative Party of Quebec (2009-present)" redirects here. For the historical party, see Conservative Party of Quebec (historical). For the 1982—1989 party, see Progressive Conservative Party of Quebec.
Conservative Party of Quebec

Parti conservateur du Québec
LeaderAdrien D. Pouliot (outgoing)
PresidentPatrice Raza
SpokespersonPatrice Raza
FoundedMarch 25, 2009 (2009-03-25)
HeadquartersCP 133 Suc. Mont-Royal,
Montreal, Quebec
IdeologyConservatism
Quebec federalism[1]
Fiscal conservatism
Social liberalism
Political positionCentre-right to Right-wing
Seats in the National Assembly
0 / 125
Website
particonservateurquebec.org/en/

The Conservative Party of Quebec ran twenty-seven candidates in the 2012 general election.[3]

On February 23, 2013, industrialist Adrien D. Pouliot was elected as the new leader of the party and as a result immediately implemented more of a centre-right vision. He replaced the party's social conservative stance, replacing it with a social liberal value system while still keeping fiscal conservative values. For the 2014 provincial election, the party used the name "Équipe Adrien Pouliot - Parti conservateur du Québec" (Team Adrien Pouliot - Conservative Party of Quebec).

The PCQ ran sixty candidates in the 2014 general election,[4] and 101 in the 2018 general election.[5]

History

Initial phase

In 2009, former Union Nationale Members of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNAs) Serge Fontaine and Bertrand Goulet announced the formation of a new Conservative Party of Quebec.[6]

In November 2009, Fontaine offered Éric Caire, who at the time sat with the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), the opportunity to join the party and become its leader, with the goal of attracting disaffected ADQ supporters. This did not materialize and Caire sat as an independent[7] before joining the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) in 2011.

In November 2011, the party leader, Serge Fontaine, left the Conservative Party to join the CAQ led by François Legault.[8]

2012 and later

In January 2012, the party, which still existed on paper, was taken over by the former federal Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the Louis-Hébert riding, Luc Harvey, who became its leader.

In contrast to the newly formed CAQ, which is neutral on the sovereignty issue, Harvey said the Conservatives will be federalist, promote a social conservative agenda and a flat tax.[9]

In March 2012, the party's website announced that former Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) MNAs Monique Roy Verville and Albert De Martin would run for the party in the upcoming election.[10]

On September 10, 2012, it was announced that Harvey was stepping down as party leader.[11] Albert De Martin was named interim leader on September 21.[12]

In December 2012, De Martin launched a leadership election. As a result, two contenders, Daniel Brisson and Adrien D. Pouliot, declared their intention to run.

In mid-February 2013, Brisson withdrew from the leadership election,[13] leaving the path clear for Pouliot to become the new leader.

Pouliot took the leadership on February 23, 2013 and immediately put a new constitution forward for the members present at its convention. It was immediately ratified by all the members and refocused the stance of the party to more of a centre-right value system. Later that day, he took a stance against the proposed Parti Québécois laws 14 and 20.[14]

In the 2014 provincial election, the party nominated 60 candidates, who won 16,429 votes, 0.39 percent of the total votes cast in the province.[15] In the 2018 election, these numbers increased to 101 nominated candidates winning 59,055 votes, or 1.46 percent of the total votes.[5]

On October 16, 2020, Adrien Pouliot announced he would be resigning as leader of the party to pursue further business ventures, but will stay on until a new leader is elected in a leadership election.[16]

Executive

The Conservative Party of Quebec's executive consists of its leader, a president, committee chairs, a secretary-general, an official agent, and regional vice-presidents.[17]

  • Leader: Adrien D. Pouliot (outgoing)
  • President, Official Agent, Chair of the Finance Committee, Acting Chair of the Organization Committee: Patrice Raza
  • Secretary-General, Chair of the Constitution Committee: Mikey Colangelo-Lauzon
  • Chair of the Policy Committee, Acting Chair of the Communications Committee: André Valiquette
  • Regional Vice-Presidents:
    • Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Côte-Nord: vacant
    • Montreal and Laval: vacant
    • Capitale-Nationale and Chaudière-Appalaches: Anne DeBlois
    • Mauricie, Centre-du-Québec and Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean: Jimmy Voyer
    • Montérégie and Estrie: vacant
    • Nord-du-Québec, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Outaouais, Laurentides and Lanaudière: Jean-Philippe Chaussé

Leaders

Election results
Election Leader Seats contested Seats won +/- Votes % Rank Status/Gov.
2012 Luc Harvey
27 / 125
0 / 125
 7,652 0.18% 7th Extra-parliamentary
2014 Adrien D. Pouliot
60 / 125
0 / 125
 16,429 0.39% 7th Extra-parliamentary
2018 Adrien D. Pouliot
101 / 125
0 / 125
 59,053 1.46% 6th Extra-parliamentary

References
  1. Wyatt, Nelson (2012-01-18). "Quebec Conservative party revived and calling for a provincial election". The Canadian Press. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  2. "Parti conservateur du Québec". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  3. "Parti conservateur du Québec". Official list of candidatest. Directeur général des élections du Québec. 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  4. "Parti conservateur du Québec". Official list of candidatest. Directeur général des élections du Québec. 2014. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  5. "Résultats des élections générales provinciales 2018 | Élections provinciales". Élections Québec (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  6. "Politique : Le Parti conservateur du Québec renaît | Mauricie". Radio-Canada.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  7. "Tensions à l'ADQ : Le Parti conservateur du Québec tisse des liens | Mauricie". Radio-Canada.ca. 2009-10-19. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  8. Ruel, Hélène (2012-01-17). "La CAQ veut s'ancrer dans Arthabaska" (in French). La Nouvelle Union. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  9. "Former MP launches Quebec Conservative Party". CTV News. January 18, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  10. "Ils choisissent le Parti conservateur du Québec". Parti conservateur du Québec. March 16, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  11. Bussières, Ian (10 September 2012). "Le Parti conservateur du Québec n'a plus de chef" (in French). Le Soleil. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  12. "Albert de Martin devient le chef intérimaire du Parti conservateur du Québec" (in French). Conservative Party of Quebec. 2012-09-21. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  13. "Withdrawal of Mr. Daniel Brisson's candidature". CNW Group. 2013-02-14. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  14. "Adrien D. Pouliot opposes Bill 14 and Bill 20". Parti conservateur du Quebec. 2013-02-24. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  15. Directeur général des élections du Québec, April 9, 2014 Final 2:24 pm Archived April 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  16. "En route pour 2022!" (in French). October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  17. "The National Executive". Retrieved October 16, 2020.
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