Québec solidaire candidates in the 2007 Quebec provincial election
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Québec Solidaire fielded 123 candidates in the 2007 Quebec provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Candidates
Argenteuil: Guy Dufresne
Guy Dufresne is a university lecturer and union activist at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He received 600 votes (2.25%), finishing fifth against Liberal incumbent David Whissell.
Brome—Missisquoi: Lorraine Lasnier
Lorraine Lasnier has a professional background in administration and the arts, and she once owned a jewelry business. After suffering a serious illness, she researched alternative medicine and became active with events pertaining to indigenous spirituality. In the 2007 campaign, she focused on poverty issues and highlighted her party's pledge to raise the Quebec minimum wage to ten dollars an hour. She received 1,032 votes (2.90%), finishing fifth against Liberal incumbent Pierre Paradis.
Chapleau: Jennifer Jean-Brice Vales
Jennifer Jean-Brice Vales was nineteen years old at the time of the election and was a communications student at the Université du Québec en Outaouais. Of Haitian background, she said that she joined Québec Solidaire because of its positions on women's rights and immigration issues.
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