2025 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election

2025 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election

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Incumbent Leader

Marc Tanguay (interim)



2025 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election
DateJune 9–14, 2025
ConventionQuebec City
Resigning leaderDominique Anglade
Entrance Fee$40,000
Spending limit$400,000
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The 2025 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election will be held from June 9 to 14, 2025,[1] to elect a new leader to replace Dominique Anglade, who announced her resignation on November 7, 2022 amid mounting criticism within the party for her performance in the 2022 Quebec general election and for her subsequent decision to remove Liberal MNA Marie-Claude Nichols from caucus.[2] Anglade had led the party to losses in the election held a month earlier, finishing with only 21 seats and 14% of the popular vote, their lowest seat count since 1956 and their lowest share of the popular vote in their history; while the party remained the official opposition, they fell behind the governing Coalition Avenir Québec and opposition Parti Québécois and Québec solidaire to place fourth in the popular vote.[3][4]

Rules and procedures

The race will officially start on January 13, 2025. Candidate registration will be available between the start of the race and April 11. To be registered in the race, candidates would need to collect signatures from 750 party members from at least 70 electoral districts and 12 administrative regions with 350 of those needing to be new members who became ones after May 27, 2024, and to deposit an $40,000 entry fee. The spending limit will be $400,000. The voting period will be between June 9 and 14, 2025, with every members of the party who were members on May 20 being able to vote. Points will be allocated to candidates with 250,000 of them being distributed according to results from electoral districts and 125,000 of them according to the vote of members 25 years old and younger. The candidate who win over 50% of the total amount of points become leader of the party. If no candidates reach this threshold, a second round will be organized between the two candidates who received the most points from the first round. The new leader will be announced on July 14 during a convention in Quebec City.[1][5][6]

The requirements to enter the race, the spending limit and timeframes for the start of the race and the election, set in late 2024 and in the spring of 2025, respectively, were announced in October 2023.[7][8] The precise dates of the start of the race and the voting period and other parts of the procedure were announced in April 2024.[1][5]

Debates

In April 2024, the party announced that, if more than one candidate is running for election, four debates will be organized between April 12 and June 8, 2025.[5]

Candidates

Declared

Candidate Experience Announcement date Campaign Ref.

Frédéric Beauchemin
MNA for Marguerite-Bourgeoys
(2022–present)
September 13, 2024 Endorsements [9]
Marc Bélanger Tax lawyer
Candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in Matapédia—Matane in 2000 and 2004
August 28, 2024 [10]
[11]

Denis Coderre
(age 61)
Mayor of Montreal
(2013–2017)
President of the Privy Council
(2003—2004)
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
(2002—2003)
MP for Bourassa
(1997–2013)
June 21, 2024 Endorsements [12]

Charles Milliard
President of the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec
(2020–2024)
August 9, 2024 Endorsements [13]

Pablo Rodriguez
(age 57)
Federal Minister of Transport
(2023–2024)
Quebec lieutenant for the Liberal Party of Canada
(2019–2024)
Minister of Canadian Heritage[a]
(2018–2019; 2021–2023)
MP for Honoré-Mercier
(2004–2011; 2015–present)
September 19, 2024 Endorsements [14]

Expressed interest

Declined

Endorsements

Frédéric Beauchemin

Frédéric Beauchemin
Former ministers
MNA
Party officials

Denis Coderre

Denis Coderre
Former minister
  • Yvon Picotte, President of the Action démocratique du Québec (2004–2006), Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1990–1994), Minister of Municipal Affairs (1989–1990), Minister of Tourism (1985–1987), MNA for Maskinongé (1973–1994). (deceased)[41]
Party official
  • Christopher Sirois, President of the liberal association of Lévis, Secretary general of the Quebec Liberal Party Youth Commission.[43]

Charles Milliard

Charles Millard
Former ministers
  • Lucie Charlebois, Minister for Rehabilitation, Youth Protection and Public Health (2014–2018), Chief Government Whip (2011–2012), MNA for Soulanges (2003–2018). (campaign copresident)[44]
  • Jean D'Amour, Junior Minister of Maritime Affairs (2016–2018), Junior Minister of Transports and Implementation of the Maritime Strategy (2014–2016), MNA for Rivière-du-Loup (2009–2012) then Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata (2012–2018), President of the Quebec Liberal Party (2008–2009), Mayor of Rivière-du-Loup (1999–2007). (campaign copresident)[44]

Pablo Rodriguez

Pablo Rodriguez
MNA

Declined to endorse

Declined to endorse
Party leader
MNA

Opinion polling

Leadership election

Liberal supporters

Polling firm Last date of polling Sample
size
Source Margin of
error
Pierre Arcand Gaétan Barrette Frédéric Beauchemin Karl Blackburn Sophie Brochu François-Philippe Champagne Denis Coderre Alexandre Cusson Monsef Derraji Antoine Dionne Charest André Fortin Balarama Holness Joël Lightbound Charles Milliard Pierre Moreau André Pratte Alain Rayes Marwah Rizqy Pablo Rodriguez Marc Tanguay Antoine Tardif Other
Léger Marketing August 25, 2024 108 PDF 1% 6% 16% 4% 7% 2% 13% 11% 3% Undecided/refused to answer 37%
Léger Marketing June 3, 2024 104 PDF 2% 5% 12% 4% 1% 6% 30% 5% Undecided/refused to answer 36%
Léger Marketing February 5, 2024 107 PDF 3% 27% 11% 3% 10% 12% Undecided/refused to answer 33%
Léger Marketing August 21, 2023 93 PDF 1% 0% 1% 6% 2% 4% 7% 28% Undecided/refused to answer 51%
Léger Marketing June 12, 2023 112 PDF 2% 2% 0% 5% 1% 1% 6% 27% Undecided/refused to answer 55%
Léger Marketing November 6, 2022 103 PDF 2% 4% 4% 1% 17% 1% 0% 0% 4% 3% 1% Undecided/refused to answer 62%

All Quebecers

Polling firm Last date of polling Sample
size
Source Margin of
error
Pierre Arcand Gaétan Barrette Frédéric Beauchemin Karl Blackburn Sophie Brochu François-Philippe Champagne Denis Coderre Alexandre Cusson Monsef Derraji Antoine Dionne Charest André Fortin Balarama Holness Joël Lightbound Charles Milliard Pierre Moreau André Pratte Alain Rayes Marwah Rizqy Pablo Rodriguez Marc Tanguay Antoine Tardif Other
Léger Marketing August 25, 2024 1,041 PDF ±3.04% 1% 7% 10% 2% 3% 7% 8% 4% 2% Undecided/refused to answer 57%
Léger Marketing June 3, 2024 1,015 PDF ±3.08% 2% 1% 13% 2% 2% 10% 7% 3% Undecided/refused to answer 62%
Léger Marketing February 5, 2024 1,032 PDF ±3.05% 3% 18% 4% 2% 15% 4% Undecided/refused to answer 55%
Léger Marketing August 21, 2023 1,036 PDF ±3.04% 2% 1% 1% 3% 3% 4% 11% 6% Undecided/refused to answer 70%
Léger Marketing June 12, 2023 1,042 PDF ±3.03% 1% 7% 1% 3% 3% 1% 11% 6% Undecided/refused to answer 68%
Léger Marketing November 6, 2022 1,028 PDF ±3.1% 4% 2% 4% 2% 9% 0% 2% 2% 5% 5% 1% Undecided/refused to answer 65%

General election

Frédéric Beauchemin as leader

Polling organisation Last date of polling Source Sample size MoE CAQ QS PQ PLQ PCQ Other Lead
Leger February 5, 2024 PDF 1,032 ±3.05% 24 15 35 13 11 2 11

Denis Coderre as leader

Polling organisation Last date of polling Source Sample size MoE CAQ QS PQ PLQ PCQ Other Lead
Leger August 25, 2024 PDF 1,041 ±3.04% 23 14 30 16 12 4 7
Leger February 5, 2024 PDF 1,032 ±3.05% 23 14 31 21 9 3 8

Charles Milliard as leader

Polling organisation Last date of polling Source Sample size MoE CAQ QS PQ PLQ PCQ Other Lead
Leger August 25, 2024 PDF 1,041 ±3.04% 23 15 31 14 13 4 8

Marwah Rizqy as leader

Polling organisation Last date of polling Source Sample size MoE CAQ QS PQ PLQ PCQ Other Lead
Leger February 5, 2024 PDF 1,032 ±3.05% 23 14 34 16 10 3 11

Pablo Rodriguez as leader

Polling organisation Last date of polling Source Sample size MoE CAQ QS PQ PLQ PCQ Other Lead
Leger August 25, 2024 PDF 1,041 ±3.04% 23 13 30 19 11 3 7

Notes

  1. ^ As Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism from 2018 to 2019

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