Bloc Québécois

The Bloc Québécois (BQ) is a federal political party based in Canada that mainly believes and advocates Quebec can secede from Canada, also known as Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was created by Members of Parliament (MPs) from the national Progressive Conservative Party and the Liberal Party. They were angry that the Meech Lake Accord could not pass. The party is considered to be centre-left. The leader of the party is currently Yves-François Blanchet.

 History 
The Bloc Québécois was founded in 1991 by Lucien Bouchard, who also became its first leader, in order to represent and advocate the Quebec sovereignty movement at the federal level in the Parliament of Canada. The Bloc was always the party with the biggest number of seats in Quebec between 1993 and 2011, and again since 2019. They are usually the second or third biggest party in the House of Commons. In the 2011 federal election, the party won only 4 seats. In the 2019 federal election, the party won 32 seats. In the 2021 federal election, the party won 32 seats in the House of Commons.

Relationship with the Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a provincial political party in Quebec to which it is allied. The Parti Québécois also wants sovereignty for Québec. Although the two political parties are separate organizations, they help each other during elections.

 Party leaders 
 Lucien Bouchard (1991–1996) 
 Gilles Duceppe (1996) temporary 
 Michel Gauthier (1996–1997) 
 Gilles Duceppe (1997–2011) 
 Vivian Barbot (2011) temporary 
 Daniel Paillé (2011–2013) 
 Mario Beaulieu (2014–2015) 
 Gilles Duceppe (2015) 
 Rhéal Fortin (2015–2017) temporary 
 Martine Ouellet (2017–2018) 
 Mario Beaulieu (2018–2019) temporary
 Yves-François Blanchet (since 2019)

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Category:Nationalist organizations in North America
Category:Social democratic parties
Category:Political parties of Quebec
Category:1991 establishments in Canada