# Bloc Québécois candidates in the 2015 Canadian federal election

This is a list of nominated candidates for the Bloc Québécois in the 2015 Canadian federal election.

## Candidate statistics

| Candidates Nominated | Male Candidates | Female Candidates | Most Common Occupation |
| 78 | 56 | 22 | Business and education |

## Quebec - 78 seats
### Eastern Quebec

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
| Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia | Kédina Fleury-Samson | Former Mont-Joli councillor | F | Mont-Joli | | 7,641 | 21.0% | 2 |
| Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis | Antoine Dubé | Former Member of Parliament for Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière | M | | Consultant | 7,217 | 11.5% | 4 |
| Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Nicolas Roussy | | M | Québec | Consultant | 8,289 | 20.9% | 3 |
| Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | Louis Gagnon | | M | Rivière-du-Loup | Teacher | 7,939 | 16.1% | 4 |
| Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques | Johanne Carignan | Former Sainte-Flavie councillor | F | | Nurse, manager | 8,673 | 19.3% | 3 |

### Côte-Nord and Saguenay

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
| Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix | Sébastien Dufour | | M | Boischatel | | 9,650 | 19.1% | 3 |
| Chicoutimi—Le Fjord | Élise Gauthier | Former Saint-Honoré councillor | F | Saguenay | Teacher | 8,990 | 20.5% | 3 |
| Jonquière | Jean-François Caron | | M | Saguenay | Political attaché | 11,202 | 23.3% | 3 |
| Lac-Saint-Jean | Sabin Gaudreault | | M | Alma | Retired teacher | 10,152 | 18.4% | 4 |
| Manicouagan | Marilène Gill | | F | Baie-Comeau | Teacher | 17,338 | 41.2% | 1 |

### Quebec City

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
| Beauport—Limoilou | Doni Berberi | | M | Beauport | Businessman | 7,467 | 14.8% | 4 |
| Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles | Marc-Antoine Turmel | 2013 municipal candidate in Québec | M | Charlesbourg | Student | 7,177 | 12.3% | 4 |
| Louis-Hébert | Caroline Pageau | 2007 Action démocratique du Québec candidate in Taschereau | F | | Translator | 8,900 | 14.4% | 4 |
| Louis-Saint-Laurent | Ronald Sirard | | M | | Lawyer | 6,688 | 10.3% | 4 |
| Québec | Charles Mordret | | M | | Businessman | 10,153 | 18.8% | 4 |

### Central Quebec

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
| Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel | Louis Plamondon | Member of Parliament for Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour and for Richelieu (PC 1984-1990, Bloc 1990-); dean of the House of Commons | M | Sorel-Tracy | Math teacher, businessman | 20,871 | 40.0% | 1 |
| Berthier—Maskinongé | Yves Perron | | M | Berthierville | Teacher | 14,037 | 25.8% | 2 |
| Joliette | Gabriel Ste-Marie | | M | Joliette | Economist and teacher | 18,875 | 33.3% | 1 |
| Lévis—Lotbinière | Steve Gagné | | M | | Financial counsellor | 7,163 | 11.4% | 4 |
| Montcalm | Luc Thériault | Former Member of the National Assembly for Masson | M | | BQ staff, former philosophy teacher | 19,405 | 36.6% | 1 |
| Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier | Raymond Harvey | | M | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier | | 6,665 | 10.7% | 4 |
| Repentigny | Monique Pauzé | | F | | Retired teacher | 22,618 | 34.7% | 1 |
| Saint-Maurice—Champlain | Sacki Carignan Deschamps | | F | Shawinigan | Sociologist and teacher | 11,295 | 19.2% | 3 |
| Trois-Rivières | André Valois | | M | Trois-Rivières | Retired accountant | 10,249 | 17.0% | 4 |

### Eastern Townships

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
| Beauce | Stéphane Trudel | 2012 Option nationale candidate in Beauce-Nord | M | Saint-Georges | Businessman | 4,144 | 7.4% | 4 |
| Brome—Missisquoi | Patrick Melchior | 2012 Option nationale candidate in Brome-Missisquoi | M | Bedford | Community development | 10,252 | 17.5% | 3 |
| Compton—Stanstead | France Bonsant | Former Member of Parliament for Compton—Stanstead | F | | | 11,551 | 20.7% | 3 |
| Drummond | Diane Bourgeois | Former Member of Parliament for Terrebonne—Blainville; Saint-Lucien councillor | F | Saint-Lucien | Teacher | 11,862 | 22.8% | 3 |
| Mégantic—L'Érable | Virginie Provost | | F | Thetford Mines | Student | 5,838 | 12.3% | 4 |
| Richmond—Arthabaska | Olivier Nolin | | M | Victoriaville | | 10,068 | 17.2% | 4 |
| Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot | Michel Filion | | M | Saint-Hyacinthe | Public manager | 13,200 | 24.3% | 3 |
| Shefford | Jocelyn Beaudoin | 2012 and 2014 Option nationale candidate in Granby | M | Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton | Lawyer | 13,092 | 22.2% | 3 |
| Sherbrooke | Caroline Bouchard | | F | | Journalist | 11,713 | 20.5% | 3 |

### Montérégie

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
| Beloeil—Chambly | Yves Lessard | Former Member of Parliament for Chambly—Borduas | M | Saint-Basile-le-Grand | Businessman, labour relations consultant | 18,387 | 27.7% | 3 |
| Brossard—Saint-Lambert | Suzanne Lachance | 2000-2001 leader of the RAP; former Longueuil councillor | F | Human resources manager | | 6,071 | 10.6% | 4 |
| Châteauguay—Lacolle | Sophie Stanké | Parti Québécois candidate in 2012 in Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne and in 2014 in Laporte | F | | Radio presenter | 12,615 | 24.4% | 2 |
| La Prairie | Christian Picard | 2000 candidate in Saint-Lambert | M | | | 15,107 | 26.2% | 2 |
| Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne | Philippe Cloutier | | M | Longueuil | Teacher | 13,974 | 27.0% | 2 |
| Longueuil—Saint-Hubert | Denis Trudel | | M | Longueuil | Actor | 15,873 | 27.3% | 3 |
| Montarville | Catherine Fournier | | F | Sainte-Julie | Lecturer | 16,460 | 28.4% | 2 |
| Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères | Xavier Barsalou-Duval | Former president of Forum jeunesse du Bloc Québécois 2012-2015 | M | Boucherville | Accountant | 17,007 | 28.6% | 1 |
| Saint-Jean | Denis Hurtubise | | M | | Computer consultant | 14,979 | 24.8% | 3 |
| Salaberry—Suroît | Claude DeBellefeuille | Former Member of Parliament for Beauharnois—Salaberry | F | Ormstown | Social worker | 17,452 | 28.4% | 3 |
| Vaudreuil—Soulanges | Vincent François | | M | Montréal | | 9,858 | 15.0% | 3 |

### Eastern Montreal

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
| Hochelaga | Simon Marchand | 2014 Option nationale candidate for Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, President of l'AÉTÉLUQ | M | Hochelaga | Manager - Fraud prevention | 14,389 | 27.7% | 3 |
| Honoré-Mercier | Audrey Beauséjour | 2014 Parti québécois candidate for Mont-Royal | F | | | 6,680 | 12.9% | 3 |
| La Pointe-de-l'Île | Mario Beaulieu | 1997 candidate in Papineau—Saint-Denis, former party leader from 2014-2015, party president since 2014. | M | Montréal | Educator | 18,545 | 33.6% | 1 |
| Laurier—Sainte-Marie | Gilles Duceppe | Former Member of Parliament for Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Former Leader of the Bloc Québecois (1997-2011, 2015-2015) | M | | | 15,699 | 28.7% | 2 |
| Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie | Claude André | | M | | | 12,276 | 21.0% | 2 |

### Western Montreal

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
| Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle | Jean-Frédéric Vaudry | | M | | | 5,338 | 9.8% | 4 |
| Lac-Saint-Louis | Gabriel Bernier | | M | | Student | 1,681 | 2.7% | 5 |
| LaSalle—Émard—Verdun | Gilbert Paquette | Former MNA for Rosemont; President of OUI. | M | | Mathematician, professor, computer scientist | 9,164 | 17.0% | 3 |
| Mount Royal | Jade Bossé-Bélanger | 2014 Option nationale candidate in Saint-Jean | F | | | 908 | 1.9% | 4 |
| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount | Simon Quesnel | | M | | Student, salesman | 1,282 | 2.5% | 5 |
| Outremont | Roger Galland Barou | | M | | Businessman | 3,668 | 8.4% | 4 |
| Pierrefonds—Dollard | Natalie Laplante | Historian, scientist | F | | | 2,043 | 3.5% | 4 |
| Saint-Laurent | Pascal-Olivier Dumas-Dubreuil | | M | | Student | 1,879 | 4.7% | 4 |
| Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs | Chantal St-Onge | 2014 Option nationale candidate in Rousseau | F | Saint-Hippolyte | Teacher | 4,307 | 8.6% | 4 |

### Northern Montreal and Laval

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
| Ahuntsic-Cartierville | Nicolas Bourdon | M | Montréal | Teacher | 7,346 | 13.2% | 3 |
| Alfred-Pellan | Daniel St-Hilaire | M | | Athletics coach | 9,836 | 17.8% | 3 |
| Bourassa | Gilles Léveillé | M | Montréal | Retired journalist and trade unionist | 7,049 | 17.1% | 2 |
| Laval—Les Îles | Nancy Redhead | F | Laval | Businesswoman | 6,731 | 12.4% | 4 |
| Marc-Aurèle-Fortin | Patrice Jasmin-Tremblay | M | | Communicator | 11,820 | 21.7% | 3 |
| Papineau | Maxime Claveau | M | Montréal | Classical musician | 6,182 | 12.2% | 3 |
| Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel | Steeve Gendron | M | | Accountant, financial consultant | 3,204 | 7.2% | 4 |
| Vimy | Barek Kaddouri | M | | Teacher | 9,068 | 16.7% | 3 |

### Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
| Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou | Luc Ferland | Former Member of the National Assembly for Ungava | M | | Administrator | 6,398 | 18.5% | 3rd |
| Abitibi—Témiscamingue | Yvon Moreau | | M | Rouyn-Noranda | Journalist | 9,651 | 19.4% | 3rd |
| Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation | Jonathan Beauchamp | 2012 and 2014 Option nationale candidate in Papineau | M | | | 9,525 | 18.6% | 3rd |
| Gatineau | Philippe Boily | President of l'Association générale des étudiants de l'Université du Québec en Outaouais; 2014 Option nationale candidate in Chapleau | M | Hochelaga | Consultant | 5,455 | 9.4% | 3rd |
| Hull—Aylmer | Maude Chouinard-Boucher | | F | | Student | 3,625 | 6.5% | 4th |
| Laurentides—Labelle | Johanne Régimbald | | F | Mont-Tremblant | | 18,793 | 29.7% | 2nd |
| Mirabel | Simon Marcil | 2012 Option nationale candidate in Labelle | M | Mirabel | Trade unionist | 18,710 | 31.5% | 1st |
| Pontiac | Nicolas Lepage | 2014 Option nationale candidate for Gatineau | M | | | 4,327 | 6.9% | 4th |
| Rivière-des-Mille-Îles | Félix Pinel | | M | Saint-Eustache | Teacher | 14,755 | 25.4% | 3rd |
| Rivière-du-Nord | Rhéal Fortin | | M | | Lawyer | 18,157 | 32.0% | 1st |
| Terrebonne | Michel Boudrias | | M | Montréal | Soldier, activist | 19,238 | 33.0% | 1st |
| Thérèse-De Blainville | Alain Marginean | 2012 and 2014 Option nationale candidate in Groulx | M | Rosemère | | 15,238 | 27.0% | 2nd |