# Marc Tanguay

Marc Tanguay MNA (born April 18, 1973) is a Canadian politician and a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the LaFontaine electoral district.
On September 26, 2009, he was elected president of the Quebec Liberal Party. He is a lawyer by profession, and studied political science at Université Laval and law at Université de Montréal.
He was elected in a by-election held on June 11, 2012, which was triggered by the resignation of Tony Tomassi on May 3, 2012. Prior to that, he was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate in the 2007 general election in Chambly electoral district, finishing third.
On November 10, 2022, he was named interim leader of the Quebec Liberal Party following the resignation of Dominique Anglade. As of September 7, 2024, aside from serving as the Leader of the Opposition, he also serves as critic for Canadian Relations and Canadian Francophonie and Capitale-Nationale.

## Electoral record

vte2022 Quebec general election: LaFontaine :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Marc Tanguay | 13,398 | 51.67 | -7.13 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Loredana Bacchi | 5,189 | 20.01 | -1.9 |
| | Conservative | Yassir Madih | 3,406 | 13.14 | +11.38 |
| | Québec solidaire | Anne B-Godbout | 2,301 | 8.87 | +0.02 |
| | Parti Québécois | Shawn Vermette-Tassoni | 1,322 | 5.10 | -3.25 |
| | Green | Quinn Brunet | 313 | 1.21 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 25,929 | 98.58 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 374 | 1.42 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,303 | 62.33 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 42,199 |
vte2018 Quebec general election: LaFontaine :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Marc Tanguay | 14,491 | 58.8 | -14.46 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Loredana Bacchi | 5,400 | 21.91 | +11.14 |
| | Québec solidaire | David Touchette | 2,181 | 8.85 | +4.97 |
| | Parti Québécois | Claude Gauthier | 2,057 | 8.35 | -2.49 |
| | Conservative | Caleb Lavoie | 434 | 1.76 | – |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Yves Le Seigle | 80 | 0.32 | +0.21 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 24,643 | 98.04 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 493 | 1.96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,136 | 59.03 | -15.35 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 42,584 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -12.80 |
| Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |||||||
2014 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Marc Tanguay | 22,476 | 73.26 | +14.12 |
| | Parti Québécois | Mathieu Pelletier | 3,327 | 10.84 | -5.87 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Julie Di Battista Manseau | 3,303 | 10.77 | -5.06 |
| | Québec solidaire | Véronique Martineau | 1,189 | 3.88 | -0.44 |
| | Green | Benoit Drouin | 233 | 0.76 | -1.00 |
| | Option nationale | Geneviève Dao Phan | 116 | 0.38 | -0.49 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Yves Le Seigle | 34 | 0.11 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,678 | 99.13 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 269 | 0.87 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,947 | 74.38 | +3.07 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 41,609 | – | – |
2012 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Marc Tanguay | 17,081 | 59.14 | +5.22 |
| | Parti Québécois | Marc Boulerice | 4,826 | 16.71 | -0.30 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Domenico Cavaliere | 4,728 | 16.37 | +0.68 |
| | Québec solidaire | Christine Filiatrault | 1,248 | 4.32 | -1.59 |
| | Green | Gaëtan Bérard | 507 | 1.76 | -1.26 |
| | Option nationale | Maxime St-Arnault | 252 | 0.87 | -0.71 |
| | Conservative | Patrice Raza | 160 | 0.55 | -0.71 |
| | Quebec Citizens' Union | Steven Hombrados | 78 | 0.27 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,880 | 98.88 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 327 | 1.12 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,207 | 71.31 | +45.77 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 40,960 | – | – |
Quebec provincial by-election, June 11, 2012 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Marc Tanguay | 5,446 | 53.36 | -16.40 |
| | Parti Québécois | Frédéric St-Jean | 1,736 | 17.01 | -2.10 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Domenico Cavaliere | 1,601 | 15.69 | +9.19* |
| | Québec solidaire | Sébastien Rivard | 603 | 5.91 | +4.00 |
| | Green | Gaëtan Bérard | 308 | 3.02 | +0.29 |
| | Option nationale | Paolo Zambito | 161 | 1.58 | – |
| | Conservative | Patrice Raza | 129 | 1.26 | – |
| | Independent | Marc-André Beauchesne | 104 | 1.02 | – |
| | Parti nul | Renaud Blais | 82 | 0.80 | – |
| | Équipe Autonomiste | Guy Boivin | 36 | 0.45 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,206 | 98.24 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 183 | 1.76 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,389 | 25.54 | -25.62 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 40,679 | – | – |