Paul St-Pierre Plamondon

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Paul St-Pierre Plamondon
Plamondon in 2020.
Leader of the Parti Québécois
Incumbent
Assumed office October 9, 2020
Preceded by	Pascal Bérubé (interim)
Personal details
Born	(1977-02-17) February 17, 1977 (age 44) Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Parti Québécois
Spouse(s)	Alexandra Tremblay
Alma mater	McGill University Lund University Oxford University
Profession	Lawyer, entrepreneur, columnist, author

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon (born February 17, 1977), often known by his initials PSPP, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, and columnist currently serving as the leader of the Parti Québécois.

Education and early career[]

Plamondon started his academic studies at Collège André-Grasset, which he graduated from in 1997. He would later receive a bachelor's degree in civil and common law from McGill University in 2001, a diploma in International Law from Lund University in 2001, and an MBA from Oxford University in 2006.^[1]

In 2003, he was a volunteer prosecutor for the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights in Sucre, Bolivia. A little later in 2005, he worked in the legal affairs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Belgium. Plamondon was also a lawyer in the litigation department of Stikeman Elliott, a renowned national law firm.^[2]

In 2009, he joined the law firm Delegatus as vice-president and shareholder of the firm.^[3] Recognized for his social involvement, Plamondon was awarded the title of Lawyer of the Year in 2010, in the pro bono category, at the Young Bar Association of Montreal's annual conference celebrating the "leaders of tomorrow".^[4]

Social activism and political career[]

In 2007, he co-founded Génération d'idées, a non-profit think tank whose mission is to interest 20-35 year olds in public debate by inviting them to express themselves on societal themes on the various platforms of Génération d'idées.

In 2009, in order to promote Generation of Ideas and to sound out the opinion of Quebec's Generation Y, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon visited 19 Quebec cities in 63 days and collected the thoughts of 500 young people.

Electoral record[]

2020 Parti Québécois leadership election results by round^[5]

Candidate		1st round		2nd round		3rd round
		Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
	Paul St-Pierre Plamondon	9,042	35.44%	10,554	41.59%	13,530	56.02%
	Sylvain Gaudreault	8,415	32.98%	8,906	35.09%	10,621	43.98%
		5,499	21.55%	5,917	23.32%	Eliminated
	Frédéric Bastien	2,559	10.03%	Eliminated
Total		25,515	100%	25,377	100%	24,151	100%

2016 Parti Québécois leadership election results by round^[6]

Candidate		1st round		2nd round
		Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
	Jean-François Lisée	25,936	47.03%	27,801	50.63%
	Alexandre Cloutier	16,357	29.66%	17,403	31.70%
	Martine Ouellet	9,077	16.46%	9,702	17.67%
	Paul St-Pierre Plamondon	3,772	6.84%	Eliminated
Total		55,142	100%	54,906	100%

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