Conservative Party of Quebec
The Conservative Party of Quebec (CPQ; French: Parti conservateur du Québec (PCQ)) is a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. It was authorized on 25 March 2009 by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec. The CPQ has gradually run more candidates in successive elections, with 27 in the 2012 general election and 125 (all seats contested) in 2022. The party has not won a seat in the National Assembly of Quebec; however, under leader Éric Duhaime the CPQ won about 12.9% of the popular vote in the 2022 election, a major increase from prior elections. Previously on June 18, 2021 Claire Samson crossed the floor to join the party after having won election in 2018 as a candidate of the governing Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ).
Conservative Party of Quebec Parti conservateur du Québec | |
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Abbreviation | CPQ (English) PCQ (French) |
Leader | Éric Duhaime |
President | Donald Gagnon |
Founder(s) | Serge Fontaine Bertrand Goulet |
Founded | 25 March 2009 |
Headquarters | 400-1020 Bouvier Road Quebec City, Quebec G2K 0K9 |
Membership (April 17, 2022) | 57,346 |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
Seats in the National Assembly | 0 / 125 |
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For the 2014 provincial election, the party used the name "Équipe Adrien Pouliot – Parti conservateur du Québec" (English: Team Adrien Pouliot – Conservative Party of Quebec). For the 2022 provincial election, the party used the name "Parti conservateur du Québec – Équipe Éric Duhaime" (English: Conservative Party of Quebec – Team Éric Duhaime).