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Quebec Liberal Party candidates in the 1998 Quebec provincial election

Quebec Liberal Party candidates in the 1998 Quebec provincial election

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The Quebec Liberal Party fielded a full slate of 125 candidates in the 1998 provincial election and won forty-eight seats to retain their status as the Official Opposition party in the National Assembly. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

Candidates

Fabre: Joanne Gauthier

Joanne Gauthier highlighted health and education issues during the campaign.[1] She received 17,507 votes (40.51%), finishing second against incumbent Parti Québécois cabinet minister Joseph Facal.[2]

Labelle: Raymond Laporte

Raymond Laporte received 9,024 votes (31.07%), finishing second against incumbent Parti Québécois cabinet minister Jacques Léonard.[3]

Mercier: Elizabeth da Silva

Elizabeth da Silva highlighted anti-poverty issues during the campaign.[4] She received 9,005 votes (28.42%), finishing second against incumbent Parti Québécois cabinet minister Robert Perreault.[5]

Richelieu: Gilles Ferlatte

Gilles Ferlatte is a former Montreal police inspector who was fifty years old during the election.[6] He had previously sought election for mayor of Tracy in 1995.[7] He attracted controversy in the 1998 campaign when he said that the Hells Angels did not pose a problem in his riding. Party leader Jean Charest quickly distanced himself from this comment, which was widely criticized in the media.[8]

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References

  1. [1]
    Linda Gyulai, "Mulcair coasts in Chomedey stronghold," Montreal Gazette, 1 December 1998, B10.
  2. [2]
    Official Results (Fabre, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
  3. [3]
    Official Results (Labelle, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec[permanent dead link].
  4. [4]
    Eileen Travers, "Two ridings remain PQ strongholds: Incumbents Boulerice, Perreault favoured in pair of low-income ridings in central Montreal," Montreal Gazette, 26 November 1998, A8.
  5. [5]
    Official Results (Mercier, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec[permanent dead link].
  6. [6]
    Sandro Contenta, "Bouchard launches attack, calls Charest out of touch," 23 November 1998, A8.
  7. [7]
    Martha Gagnon, "Sur la Rive-Sud, le gel des taxes est au coeur des débats," La Presse, 4 November 1995, A23.
  8. [8]
    Ferlatte was quoted as saying, "In the Sorel area [...] the Hell's Angels are not what people say it is in the Montreal area. [...] They have a clubhouse and they don't disturb the citizens." See Tu Thanh Ha, "Charest hit by Hells Angels remark," Globe and Mail, 23 November 1998, A7.
  9. [9]
    Official Results (Richelieu, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec[permanent dead link].
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