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Gilles Duceppe to return to lead Bloc into next election
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jun 25, 2015 06:58pm |
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| Category | Announcement |
| Author | Daniel Leblanc |
| Media | Newspaper - Toronto Globe and Mail |
| News Date | Wednesday, June 10, 2015 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Gilles Duceppe is emerging from retirement to lead the struggling Bloc Québécois in the next election. The official announcement is scheduled for Wednesday, but the news has been confirmed by a former colleague who is involved in the political comeback.
It is a surprising twist in the career of the 67-year-old politician, who suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the NDP’s “orange wave” in 2011. Mr. Duceppe lost his seat in Montreal and resigned on election night.
He was replaced by a former Bloc MP, Daniel Paillé, who resigned as leader in 2013 for health reasons. Mr. Paillé’s successor was Mario Beaulieu, a French-language defender who never managed to rally all Bloc members to his campaign to put sovereignty at the forefront of the party’s agenda. Of the four Bloc MPs elected in 2011, only one – Louis Plamondon – is still representing the party in the House of Commons. The party’s second MP, Claude Patry, was elected as a New Democrat and crossed over to the Bloc in 2013.
Officially, Mr. Beaulieu asked Mr. Duceppe to return to the party’s helm. A source told The Canadian Press on Tuesday that the current leader will remain in the fold as party president.
“This is not a putsch,” a former Bloc official said on Tuesday. |
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