14 October 2008
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From an article in Wednesday’s Le Soleil:
Rimouski-Neigette-Témiscouata-Les Basques : la famille souverainiste divisée: L’ex-députée bloquiste Louise Thibault, élue en 2004 et réélue en 2006, souhaite un nouveau mandat comme «souverainiste indépendante», alors que le Bloc québécois y présente Claude Guimond, l’ex-président de l’Union des producteurs agricoles du Bas-Saint-Laurent, choisi au terme d’une assemblée d’investiture contestée.
Not only will the sitting BQ MP be running as an independent, the Bloc’s riding association was deeply divided in its choice of candidate:
En octobre 2007, quelque 400 militants du Bloc ont choisi Claude Guimond, qui n’aurait devancé son adversaire Christian Gionest que d’une trentaine de voix. M. Guimond jouit de l’appui de l’ex-députée Suzanne Tremblay. Une clientèle fragmentée sur le thème de la souveraineté mais aussi à gauche puisque le néo-démocrate Guy Caron, qui avait récolté un très respectable 10 % des votes au scrutin de 2006, est de nouveau sur les rangs.
This may be closer than what previous patterns would suggest.

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4 Responses for "Rimouski-Neigette-Témiscouata-Les Basques: The sovereignist family is divided"
Thibault isn’t a sitting Bloc MP, she resigned from the party because she opposed the same-sex position of the Bloc.
Because of that, she could bleed away a lot of Conservative votes.
Ah. That I didn’t know.
I believe she actually attributed to not being able to speak her mind in caucus. Either way, Quebecers did not vote Conservative for same sex marriage.
An independent sovereigntist biggot… oh joy!!! As a gay anglophone who voted Oui in 95, that’s not very comforting… Why doesn’t she just run under the ADQ banner? Sounds like, except for sovereignty, she agrees whole-heartedly with Super Mario…
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