Here are 9 political staff members who will be present at the provincial elections

Marie-Renée Grondin

Thursday, 1 march 2018 16:51

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While several mps have already announced that they will seek not re-election, several new faces will be necessarily entered the national Assembly in October 2018. Among them, several people already working in politics aspire to win a seat.

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Here is a list of political employees who have announced or who are considering to be a candidate at the next election:

Jean-Martin Aussant

PHOTO BY TOMA ICZKOVITS/QMI AGENCY

Jean-Martin Aussant

Pointe-aux-Trembles
Parti québécois

The founder and ex-head of Option nationale, Jean-Martin Aussant, has announced last week that he was returning to his “natural family”, the Parti québécois.

The one who currently works as an advisor to the chief and the vice-head of the party will be candidate for the nomination in Pointe-aux-Trembles, where he will face the current president of the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Maxime Laporte.

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon

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Paul St-Pierre Plamondon

Prevost
Parti québécois

The former candidate for the leadership of the parti québecois and special advisor Jean-François Lisée will be in line for the nomination in the new riding of Prévost.

Florent Tanlet

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Florent Tanlet

Taschereau
Liberal party

Freshly invested in Taschereau, Florent Tanlet will, for a second time in a row the colours of the liberal Party in this constituency. In 2014, the current press attaché to the minister of Labour, Dominique Vien, and had lost the county by a small advance of 451 votes in favour of Agnès Maltais.

The latter has also published a video Thursday in which he explains why he wants to become the mna for Taschereau:

Jean-Bernard Emond

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Jean-Bernard Emond

Richelieu
The Coalition avenir Québec

The one who has suffered a defeat in the last by-election in Richelieu will try once more to delight the county of Richelieu. Mr. Emond is currently acting as political attaché to the member for Montarville Nathalie Roy. In addition to being the chairman of the local action committee CAQ-Richelieu, it is also one of the founding members of the party.

Stéphane Lacasse

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Stéphane Lacasse

La Peltrie
Liberal party

Activist liberal for 15 years, Stéphane Lacasse working the party since 2014 as political attaché in three ministerial offices. He will be a candidate for the nomination in The Peltrie.

Marlène Lessard

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Marlène Lessard

Anjou – Louis-Riel
Québec solidaire

The one who works as press attaché for the member Amir Khadir, will try for a third consecutive time to win the riding of Anjou-Louis-Riel. It is one of the founding members of the party.

Patrick Ney

Photo taken from Facebook

Patrick Ney

Vachon
Parti québécois

Patrick Ney will attempt to resume the torch of its patron saint Martine Ouellet in Vachon and is on the line for the party nomination in the county. Before being a political attaché Mrs. Ouellette, he has also worked for the former mp pq’s Camil Bouchard.

Vincent Caron

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Vincent Caron

Portneuf
The Coalition avenir Québec

The ex-political attaché liberal, who has made the leap with the caquistes and who holds the same positions with the member Genevieve Guilbault, will bear the colors of the CAQ in the next election in Portneuf. He will also be facing his ex-boss, Michel Matte in the general election.

Évelyn Abitbol

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Evelyne Abitbol

Mercier
Parti québécois

The one who acts as an adviser on diversity for the leader of the PQ, Jean-François Lisée, covets Mercier, the constituency currently represented by Amir Khadir. This is not the first time that Ms. Abitbol tried his luck in politics. She has stood for election in 2014 in Acadia against the minister Christine St-Pierre. She was also the press attaché of Lucien Bouchard Bloc québécois in the early 90’s. Évelyn Abitbol is the founder of the Foundation Raif Badawi for freedom.

Other names to watch:
Sonia LeBel

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Sonia LeBel

Champlain
The Coalition avenir Québec

The ex-prosecutor of the Charbonneau commission, which is the deputy director of the office of the leader of the CAQ, François Legault since a year, could she even get into politics as a candidate. Some rumors the send in the riding of Champlain.

Samuel Poulin

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Samuel Poulin

Beauce-Sud
The Coalition avenir Québec

The press secretary of the caucus of the CAQ, Samuel Poulin, is thinking of trying his luck in the electoral district of Beauce-Sud. He had contested the vote in 2014 and had finished 2nd behind Robert Dutil.

Simon Laboissonnière

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Simon Laboissonnière

Côte-du-Sud
Liberal party

The current press attaché to the minister François Blais would think to present himself in the district of Côte-du-Sud for the successor to the current mna Norbert Morin if the latter decided not to seek re-election.

Alexandre Bégin

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Alexandre Bégin

Levis
Parti québécois

The political attaché in the cabinet of Jean-François Lisée could try again to get elected under the banner of the Parti québécois in Lévis. He had tried his luck in the by-election of 2014.

If you know of other political employees looking to start, please do not hesitate to write to us at marie-renee.grondin@quebecormedia.com