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Gilles Duceppe
Duceppe in 2011
Leader of the Opposition
In office March 15, 1997 – June 1, 1997
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Prime Minister
Jean Chrétien
Preceded by
Michel Gauthier
Succeeded by
Preston Manning
In office January 16, 1996 – February 17, 1996
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Prime Minister
Jean Chrétien
Preceded by
Lucien Bouchard
Succeeded by
Michel Gauthier
Leader of the Bloc Québécois
In office June 10, 2015 – October 22, 2015
Preceded by
Mario Beaulieu
Succeeded by
Rhéal Fortin (interim)
In office March 15, 1997 – May 2, 2011
Preceded by
Michel Gauthier
Succeeded by
Vivian Barbot (interim)
In office January 16, 1996 – February 17, 1996 (interim)
Preceded by
Lucien Bouchard
Succeeded by
Michel Gauthier
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Laurier—Sainte-Marie
In office August 13, 1990 – May 2, 2011
Preceded by
Jean-Claude Malépart
Succeeded by
Hélène Laverdière
Personal details
Born
(1947-07-22) July 22, 1947 (age 76) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political party
Bloc Québécois
Other political affiliations
Workers' Communist Party of Canada (formerly) Independent (1990-1993)
Spouse
Yolande Brunelle
Children
Amélie, Alexis
Profession
Orderly
union organizer
political analyst
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Gilles Duceppe (French pronunciation:[ʒildysɛp]; born July 22, 1947) is a retired Canadian politician, proponent of the Quebec sovereignty movement and former leader of the Bloc Québécois. He was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for over 20 years and was the leader of the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois for 15 years in three stints: 1996, 1997-2011 and in 2015. He was Leader of the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada from March 17, 1997, to June 1, 1997. He resigned as party leader after the 2011 election, in which he lost his own seat to New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Hélène Laverdière and his party suffered a heavy defeat; however, he returned four years later to lead the party into the 2015 election.[1][2] After being defeated in his own riding by Laverdière again, he resigned once more.[3]
^"Duceppe quits after BQ crushed in Quebec". CBC News. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^"Willingness to be united - pushed Gilles Duceppe to accept Bloc Québécois leadership". Montreal Gazette. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
GillesDuceppe (French pronunciation: [ʒil dysɛp]; born July 22, 1947) is a retired Canadian politician, proponent of the Quebec sovereignty movement and...
four Quebecers, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Bloc Québécois leader GillesDuceppe, Progressive Conservative leader Jean Charest, and Premier of Quebec...
Canadian politician GillesDuceppe, a supporter of the independence of Quebec from Canada and a former leader of the Bloc Québécois. Duceppe was the recipient...
defeat to Trudeau and resigned as leader of the Conservative Party. GillesDuceppe resigned as leader of the Bloc Québécois shortly after the election...
GillesDuceppe and all but four Bloc MPs. As vice-president of the party, Barbot was appointed interim party leader and president following Duceppe's...
leader GillesDuceppe in hopes of saving the Bloc from extinction. On June 10, 2015, Beaulieu and Duceppe jointly announced that GillesDuceppe would be...
first time since contesting general elections in 1993. Party leader GillesDuceppe was defeated in his riding and subsequently resigned as leader. The...
chose not to vote at all to demonstrate their frustration. Bloc leader GillesDuceppe received negative media attention after he decided to personally appoint...
many political polls – for example, polling second in Quebec after GillesDuceppe, despite the low polls for his party as a whole in the province.[citation...
caucus discussions, Gauthier resigned in March 1997. He was succeeded by GillesDuceppe. As a result of health issues after surgery, he announced in March 2007...
Leader GillesDuceppe said the Conservatives must be prevented from winning a majority, and the BQ is the only party that can do that. Duceppe compared...
of social democracy and respect of the autonomy of provinces. Leader GillesDuceppe stated that the Bloc, as before, would co-operate with other opposition...
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Quebec politicians (Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Bloc Québécois leader GillesDuceppe, Progressive Conservative leader Jean Charest, and separatist Quebec...
required number of MPs—twelve—for official party status. Bloc leader GillesDuceppe announced his resignation shortly after the election, and was succeeded...
dramatically altered by this inexplicable event." Bloc Québécois Leader GillesDuceppe: "It's tragic. We can never explain why these things happen. At the...
well over 6,000 votes. The NDP surge even cost longtime Bloc leader GillesDuceppe his seat in Laurier-Sainte-Marie. The NDP largely held its gains in...
leaders of both defeated parties, respectively, GillesDuceppe and Michael Ignatieff lose their seats (Duceppe in Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Ignatieff in Etobicoke—Lakeshore)...
him as a representative of the true Quebec; the Bloc Québécois leader GillesDuceppe distanced himself from this comment. Tremblay also made similar comments...
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