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The Bloc only succeeded in electing four candidates and earning 24 per cent of the vote. The party thus lost its official party status in the House of Commons. Party leader Gilles Duceppe was defeated in his riding of Laurier-Sainte-Marie and resigned from a year career in the party that evening.
After August , however, Beaulieu's leadership was contested, with two Bloc MPs leaving the party to sit as independents. During elections held on 19 October , the Bloc improved its representation in the House of Commons by electing 10 members. Nevertheless, this result remained insufficient for the party to be officially recognized by Parliament the minimum threshold being 12 MPs.
Defeated in his constituency and disappointed, Gilles Duceppe stepped down as leader of the party. At the end of February , less than a year after she became party leader, the Bloc faced an internal crisis that led to the departure of seven out of ten members of the caucus. They also demanded she submit to a vote of confidence before the next party convention in May See Sovereignty-Association.
Ouellet resigned on 11 June and was replaced by party president Mario Beaulieu as interim leader. By the end of September, all seven renegade MPs had rejoined the party. Photo dated 16 October Bill 21 bans some public-sector employees from wearing religious symbols at work, including Muslim hijabs, Sikh turbans and Jewish kippahs. The Bloc also supported environmental protections, including opposition to pipelines.
The Bloc won 32 seats in the federal election held on 21 October Elections Canada The official web site of Elections Canada. Just about everything you need to know about elections in Canada. Search The Canadian Encyclopedia. Remember me. I forgot my password. As the Reform Party prepares to go national, Stephen Harper takes aim at the party's opponents in Ottawa. Westerners are getting together to form a new federal political party, soon to be known as Reform.
Stephen Lewis eulogizes Tommy Clement Douglas, the father of medicare who has died at the age of After pulling off a Toronto municipal election upset, Jack Layton is ready to get down to business. The MLA from B. NDP leader David Lewis talks big business and tax deferrals during the federal election. The first woman mayor in Canada talks about her unique place in Canadian political history. The federal NDP confronts a radical proposal for its future at a convention in Winnipeg.
Robert Stanfield peels a banana as he calmly awaits the results of leadership convention. The page you are looking at will not be updated. Did You know?
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