Parti Québécois candidates in the 2008 Quebec provincial election
Introduction The '''Parti Québécois''' (PQ) fielded a full slate of 125 candidates in the '''2008 Quebec provincial election''' and elected fifty-one members to emerge as the Official Opposition party in the national assembly.
Candidates (incomplete) RidingCandidate's NameNotesGenderOccupationVotes%RankArgenteuilSaywell is the son of Canadian historian John Saywell. He also ran as a PQ candidate in Argenteuil in 2007.He was elected mayor of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge in a December 2010 by-election, resigned in 2012, and was re-elected mayor in 2013.MLawyer and urban planner7,35333.622ndBourassa-SauvéCarrier also ran for the PQ in Bourassa-Sauvé in 2007 and sought election to the Montreal city council in 1998 (as a Montreal Citizens' Movement candidate) and in 2005 and 2009 (for Vision Montreal).MLawyer6,11126.872ndBrome—MissisquoiA veteran member of the  Quebec sovereigntist movement, Leclerc also ran for the PQ in Brome—Missisquoi in 2007 and 2012.MPublicist8,32527.322ndJean-LesageGuillemette was a political attaché to Parti Québécois MNA François Gendron from 2003 to 2005.She sought the PQ nomination for Jean-Lesage in 2007, but lost to Christian Simard. She is married to former Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament (MP) Pascal-Pierre Paillé.FDevelopment agent7,47126.682ndOrfordBreton was a constituency assistant to Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament (MP) Christian Ouellet from 2006 to 2011.He was also the PQ candidate for Orford in 2007, 2012, and 2014.MParliamentary assistant12,51636.932ndVerdunLanglais was also the PQ candidate for Verdun in 2007 and in a December 2016 by-election. He ran for borough mayor of Verdun as a Vision Montreal candidate in 2009 and for Montreal city council in 2013 as an Option Verdun/Montréal candidate.MEntrepreneur8,31435.342nd
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