This is a list of politicians who served as third party leaders at the National Assembly of Quebec. Parties with fewer than twelve Members of the National Assembly (MNA) 12 members and less than 20% of the vote do not have official party status and their members sit as Independents. [1]
1.Standing Orders of the National Assembly 2. In 1935, the Conservatives formed a coalition with the Action libérale nationale (ALN). The ALN ran 60 candidates and won 26 seats. The Conservatives ran 30 candidates and won 16 seats. However, Conservative Maurice Duplessis rather than Paul Gouin served as leader of the coalition and therefore remained Leader of the Opposition. 3. Parti Québécois Leader René Lévesque lost his seat in Laurier. While he remained Party Leader, Camille Laurin rather than him led the party in the legislature. 4. Following the resignation of Camil Samson, Armand Bois served as Acting Leader. 5. Newly chosen Leader Yvon Dupuis' tried to win a seat to the legislature in the district of Saint-Jean. In the meantime Camil Samson remained as leader of the party's parliamentary wing. However, Dupuis was defeated. 6. From September to December 1973, the Ralliement créditiste du Québec was called Parti créditiste. 7. In 1976, Members of the National Assembly (MNA) agreed to grant the Union Nationale official party status, even though it had not quite met the guidelines. 8. In 1980, Rodrigue Biron resigned as Leader of the Union Nationale and joined the Parti Québécois. Michel Le Moignan served as Acting Leader until newly selected Leader Roch Lasalle tried to win a seat to the legislature in the district of Berthier. Lasalle was defeated. 9. Following the resignation of André Boisclair (May 8, 2007), François Gendron became Acting Leader. Pauline Marois became party Leader on June 26, 2007, but Gendron still leads the party's parliamentary wing until Marois wins a seat to the legislature. On August 13, 2007, Marois announced that she is running in the by-election that will be held on September 24, 2007 in the district of Charlevoix. The district has been vacant since MNA Rosaire Bertrand resigned in her favor. ''See the following articles: Pauline Marois choisit Charlevoix, Norman Delisle, La Presse, August 13, 2007 Marois tentera de se faire élire le 24 septembre, La Presse, August 22, 2007'' 10. Laurendeau sat as an Independent by July 6, 1947. 11. CCF Leader in Quebec Romuald-Joseph Lamoureux was defeated in Montréal-Saint-Henri. David Côté rather than him led the party in the legislature. 12. By July 22, 1945 Côté sat as an Independent. 13. Elected to to legislature as the Member for Laurier, René Lévesque left the Liberals in 1967 and co-founded the Parti Québécois in 1968. 14. In 1973, Party Leader Yvon Dupuis was defeated in Saint-Jean. Fabien Roy succeeded him as Socred Leader. 15. Maurice Bellemare won a by-election in 1974. He served as Acting Leader of the Union Nationale until 1976, when Rodrigue Biron was chosen as leader and won a seat to the legislature.
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