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There were sixty-eight independent and non-affiliated candidates in the 1994 Quebec provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Candidates
[edit]Wilfrid Laroche is a retired contractor who also served as mayor of Sainte-Sabine, Quebec in the Montérégie for fourteen years. He joined the Parti Québécois (PQ) in 1978 and ran for the party in Brome—Missisquoi in the 1981 provincial election, finishing second to Liberal incumbent Pierre Paradis. He sought the PQ nomination for Iberville in the buildup to the 1994 election, but finished third against star candidate Richard Le Hir.[1]
Laroche later ran as an independent in the 1994 election, saying that he had been encouraged to run after Le Hir made a number of embarrassing gaffes. Although Laroche kept his PQ membership, he said that he would remain an independent and not join the party caucus if he won.[2] He finished well behind Le Hir on election day.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 provincial | Brome—Missisquoi | Parti Québécois | 6,456 | 26.93 | 2/4 | Pierre Paradis, Liberal |
| 1994 provincial | Iberville | Independent | 1,004 | 2.79 | 4/6 | Richard Le Hir, Parti Québécois |
Sources: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, 1985[permanent dead link] and 1994[permanent dead link].
Marcel Cloutier received 1,570 votes (5.03%), finishing third against Parti Québécois candidate Sylvain Simard.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Andy Riga, "Le Hir faces new challenge," Montreal Gazette, 12 August 1994, A17. Le Hir received 244 of the 446 votes cast for the party nomination; Laroche received forty-nine.
- ↑ Andy Riga, "Le Hir faces new challenge," Montreal Gazette, 12 August 1994, A17. He was sixty-two years old at the time.
- ↑ Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. There was a candidate named Marcel Cloutier in the 1970 Quebec provincial election, running for the Ralliement créditiste party in Brome. This candidate received 787 votes, finishing third against Liberal candidate Glendon Brown. It is not known if this was the same person as the 1994 candidate.