2013 Green Party of Quebec leadership election

2013 Green Party of Quebec leadership election
Date	September 21, 2013
Convention	Quebec City, Quebec
Resigning leader	Claude Sabourin
Won by	Alex Tyrrell
Ballots	1
Candidates	4

The 2013 Green Party of Quebec leadership election took place September 21, 2013 in Quebec City, Quebec

Following the party's sagging fortunes in the 2012 campaign, including a public incident in which a journalist with the newspaper La Presse was able to secure candidacy with the party without vetting, incumbent Green Party leader Claude Sabourin resigned.^[1]

Registered candidates[]

Alex Tyrrell, candidate for Jacques-Cartier in the 2012 Quebec general election.
Patricia Domingos, mayor of Sainte-Justine-de-Newton.
Marc-André Beauchemin, candidate for the Action démocratique du Québec in La Pinière in the 2007 and 2008 Quebec general elections.
Pierre Étienne Loignon, party activist.

Potential candidates who did not enter[]

Paul-André Martineau, candidate for leader.

Timeline[]

References[]

^ Sauves, Ewan. "Green Candidate at a glance," La Presse, 21 August 2012.

External links[]

Green Party of Quebec website Archived 2020-05-16 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Sauves, Ewan. "Green Candidate at a glance," La Presse, 21 August 2012.

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