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Mario Beaulieu
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Beaulieu in 2015
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| Leader of the Bloc Québécois | |
| In office June 13, 2018 – January 17, 2019 Interim |
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| President | Himself Yves Perron |
| Preceded by | Martine Ouellet |
| Succeeded by | Yves-François Blanchet |
| In office June 25, 2014 – June 10, 2015 |
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| President | Himself |
| Preceded by | Daniel Paillé |
| Succeeded by | Gilles Duceppe |
| President of the Bloc Québécois | |
| In office June 25, 2014 – August 22, 2018 |
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| Leader | Himself Gilles Duceppe Rhéal Fortin (interim) Martine Ouellet Himself (interim) |
| Preceded by | Daniel Paillé |
| Succeeded by | Yves Perron |
| President of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal | |
| In office 2009–2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jean Dorion |
| Succeeded by | Maxime Laporte |
| Member of Parliament for La Pointe-de-l'Île |
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| Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Ève Péclet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1, 1959 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois (federal) Parti Québécois (provincial) |
| Residences | Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montreal, Quebec |
| Occupation | Politician |
Mario A. Beaulieu was born on February 1, 1959. He is a Canadian politician from Quebec. He believes that Quebec should be its own country.
He has held important roles in the Bloc Québécois political party. He was the leader from 2014 to 2015. He also served as the interim leader from 2018 to 2019. From 2014 to 2018, he was the party's president. Since 2015, Mario Beaulieu has been a Member of Parliament (MP). He represents the area of La Pointe-de-l'Île in the Canadian Parliament.
Before his time in federal politics, he was the president of the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste of Montreal. This group supports Quebec becoming an independent country. He also spoke for the Mouvement Québec français. This group works to protect and promote the French language in Quebec.
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Early Life and Political Start
Mario Beaulieu was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec. When he was four years old, his family moved to Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
He was involved in politics from a young age. From 1997 to 2002, he was the president of a local branch of the Parti Québécois in Montreal. He also ran for the Bloc Québécois in the 1997 federal election. He did not win that election. Beaulieu has always strongly supported making the French language more important in Quebec. He also believes Quebec should be independent.
Leading the Bloc Québécois
In April 2014, Mario Beaulieu decided to run for the leader of the Bloc Québécois. Many people supported him, including former politicians. He promised to focus on Quebec becoming independent above all else. On June 14, 2014, he won the leadership election. He officially became the leader on June 25, 2014.
After he became leader, some of his comments caused disagreements within the party. Some members left the party because they did not agree with his leadership. The number of Bloc Québécois MPs in Parliament became very small.
Gilles Duceppe Returns to Lead
The Bloc Québécois was struggling before the 2015 federal election. Mario Beaulieu talked with Gilles Duceppe, a former party leader. They hoped to help the party do better. On June 10, 2015, they announced that Gilles Duceppe would return as leader for the election. Mario Beaulieu stepped down as leader but stayed on as the party president. The party agreed to have separate roles for leader and president.
2015 Election Results
In the 2015 Canadian federal election, Mario Beaulieu was elected as an MP. He won in the area of La Pointe-de-l'Île. He was the only Bloc MP elected in Montreal. The party won 10 seats in total. However, they did not win enough seats to be recognized as an official party in Parliament.
Return to Interim Leadership
Later, in 2018, there was a disagreement within the Bloc Québécois about the leader, Martine Ouellet. Mario Beaulieu was one of the few MPs who stayed with the party during this time. He later became critical of her leadership. When Martine Ouellet resigned, Mario Beaulieu was named the interim leader. This meant he led the party temporarily.
On August 22, 2018, he gave up his role as party president to Yves Perron. This was part of a plan to bring the party back together. He continued as interim leader until a new leader was chosen in 2019. On January 17, 2019, Yves-François Blanchet became the new leader of the party.
Since 2021, Mario Beaulieu has been the critic for Official Languages. This means he speaks for the Bloc Québécois on issues related to Canada's official languages.
Election History
Here are some of the elections Mario Beaulieu has participated in:
| Canadian federal election, 2025: La Pointe-de-l'Île | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Mario Beaulieu | 22,940 | 43.11 | -3.55 | ||||
| Liberal | Viviane Minko | 20,051 | 37.68 | +5.36 | ||||
| Conservative | Violetta Potapova | 6,781 | 12.74 | +6.03 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ghada Chaabi | 2,279 | 4.28 | -5.42 | ||||
| Green | Olivier Huard | 977 | 1.84 | N/A | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Geneviève Royer | 181 | 0.34 | +0.03 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,209 | 98.18 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 987 | 1.82 | ||||||
| Turnout | 54,196 | 65.14 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 83,193 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | -4.46 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2021: La Pointe-de-l'Île | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Mario Beaulieu | 23,835 | 46.7 | -0.1 | $40,618.35 | |||
| Liberal | Jonas Fadeu | 16,508 | 32.3 | +1.9 | $37,367.99 | |||
| New Democratic | Alexandre Vallerand | 4,954 | 9.7 | -1.2 | $0.00 | |||
| Conservative | Massimo Anania | 3,427 | 6.7 | -0.5 | $2,567.20 | |||
| PPC | Jonathan Desclin | 1,399 | 2.7 | +2.0 | $1,481.55 | |||
| FPC | Agnès Falquet | 577 | 1.1 | N/A | $604.58 | |||
| Indépendance du Québec | Charles Phillippe Gervais | 221 | 0.4 | ±0.0 | $0.00 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Genevieve Royer | 159 | 0.3 | +0.1 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,080 | 97.6 | – | $113,429.83 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,239 | 2.4 | ||||||
| Turnout | 52,319 | 62.3 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 83,970 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | -1.0 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2019: La Pointe-de-l'Île | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Mario Beaulieu | 26,010 | 46.84 | +13.26 | $38,017.09 | |||
| Liberal | Jonathan Plamondon | 16,898 | 30.43 | +1.86 | $50,221.87 | |||
| New Democratic | Ève Péclet | 6,057 | 10.91 | -15.85 | $6,545.53 | |||
| Conservative | Robert Coutu | 3,984 | 7.17 | -0.81 | $25,219.21 | |||
| Green | Franco Fiori | 1,910 | 3.44 | none listed | ||||
| PPC | Randy Manseau | 388 | 0.70 | none listed | ||||
| Indépendence du Québec | Jacinthe Lafrenaye | 199 | 0.4 | $636.28 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Geneviève Royer | 88 | 0.2 | $0.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 55,534 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,141 | |||||||
| Turnout | 56,675 | 66.2 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 85,589 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | +5.70 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2015: La Pointe-de-l'Île | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Mario Beaulieu | 18,545 | 33.58 | +1.21 | $48,190.59 | |||
| Liberal | Marie-Chantale Simard | 15,777 | 28.57 | +18.47 | $5,384.21 | |||
| New Democratic | Ève Péclet | 14,777 | 26.76 | -20.77 | $51,626.51 | |||
| Conservative | Guy Morissette | 4,408 | 7.98 | +0.33 | $4,736.10 | |||
| Green | David J. Cox | 1,130 | 2.05 | +0.16 | – | |||
| Rhinoceros | Ben 97 Benoit | 358 | 0.65 | – | $1,062.19 | |||
| Strength in Democracy | Jean-François Larose | 135 | 0.24 | – | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Geneviève Royer | 96 | 0.17 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 55,226 | 100.00 | $222,699.43 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 912 | 1.62 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 56,138 | 65.43 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 84,507 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +10.99 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1997: Papineau—Saint-Denis | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Pierre Pettigrew | 26,260 | 53.90 | – | $53,271 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Mario Beaulieu | 14,083 | 28.91 | $25,032 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Yannis Felemegos | 6,227 | 12.78 | $19,274 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gaby Kombé | 1,196 | 2.45 | $3,030 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peter Macrisopoulos | 481 | 0.99 | $0 | ||||
| Communist League | Michel Dugré | 471 | 0.97 | $270 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 48,718 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,676 | |||||||
| Turnout | 50,394 | 75.55 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 66,706 | |||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada: http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/dec3097&document=res_table12&lang=e and official contributions and expenses: http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=72.421&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=211 submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada. | ||||||||
