Being the only candidate, Martine Ouellet won the election by default at the end of the nomination period, on March 14, 2017. She was officially named leader on March 18, 2017. Disqualified candidate Félix Pinel, teacher, 2015 BQ candidate in Rivière-des-Mille-Îles. He announced his intention of running on February 1, 2017. He did not obtain the required number of signatures before the end of the nomination period and thus he did not become a candidate. Campaign website: felixpinelQc Declined Xavier Barsalou-Duval, MP for Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères (2015–present), president of the BQ's youth wing Forum jeunesse du Bloc Québécois (2011-2015) Mario Beaulieu, BQ party president (2014–present), former leader of the BQ (2014-2015), MP for La Pointe-de-l'Île (2015–present), leader of the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste (2009–2014). Rhéal Fortin, interim leader of the BQ (2015–present), MP for Rivière-du-Nord (2015–present), lawyer. Catherine Fournier, BQ candidate in Montarville (2015), placed second, economist by profession. Denis Trudel, BQ candidate in Longueuil—Saint-Hubert (2015), placed third, comedian by profession. References External links Élection à la chefferie du Bloc Québécois (in French), Official page of the leadership election, Bloc Québécois Elections Canada, Information on Leadership Contests, Bloc Québécois 2017 2017 elections in Canada 2017 in Quebec Bloc Québécois leadership election