Bloc pot candidates in the 2003 Quebec provincial election
Introduction The '''Bloc pot''' ran fifty-six candidates in the '''2003 Quebec provincial election''', none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Candidates ===Argenteuil: Yannick Charpentier==='''Yannick Charpentier''' received 292 votes (1.23%), finishing fifth against Liberal incumbent David Whissell.===Chapleau: Daniel Leblanc-Poirier==='''Daniel Leblanc-Poirier''' was born in 1984 in Campbellton, New Brunswick and raised in suburban Ottawa. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the Université du Québec à Montréal and has published two works of poetry: ''La lune n'aura pas de chandelier'' (2007) and ''Gyrophares de danse parfaite'' (2010). He received 402 votes (1.34%) in 2003, finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Benoît Pelletier.===Richelieu: Marie-Hélène Charbonneau==='''Marie-Hélène Charbonneau''' identified as a young comedian from Saint-Barnabé, Quebec and ran a low-profile campaign. She received 407 votes (1.42%), finishing fourth against Parti Québécois incumbent Sylvain Simard.===Viau: Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin==='''Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin''' was a Bloc pot candidate in the 1998 and 2003 provincial elections. He received 6.23% of the vote in his first bid for public office, a record for the party : unexpected withdrawal of the local Parti Québécois candidate halfway through the campaign helped Bloun-Beaudon to reach 3rd place. In the 2003 election, Blouin-Beaudoin was described as twenty-three years old with a CEGEP education.He intended to run as a Projet Montréal candidate in the 2005 Montreal municipal election for a council seat in the Desmarchais-Crawford ward, but withdrew before election day. He continued municipal politics through citizens' question periods and, amongst other propositions, demanded that public consultations be publicised in bus shelters; he also demanded that the water-meter contract be canceled. He than ran as an independent in 2009 in François-Perrault ; in this campaign, he described himself as having a degree in environmental management and wanting to have a direct democracy approach.+ '''Electoral record''' Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1998 provincial Viau Bloc pot 1,668 6.23 3/7 William Cusano, Liberal 2003 provincial Viau Bloc pot 426 1.57 4/6 William Cusano, Liberal 2009 municipal Montreal city council, François-Perrault division Independent 282 3.55 4/4 Frank Venneri, Union Montreal
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