Québec Solidaire fielded 123 candidates in the 2007 Quebec provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Guy Dufresne is a university lecturer and union activist at the Université du Québec à Montréal.[1] He received 600 votes (2.25%), finishing fifth against Liberal incumbent David Whissell.[2]
Lorraine Lasnier has a professional background in administration and the arts, and she once owned a jewelry business. After suffering a serious illness, she researched alternative medicine and became active with events pertaining to indigenous spirituality.[3] In the 2007 campaign, she focused on poverty issues and highlighted her party's pledge to raise the Quebec minimum wage to ten dollars an hour.[4] She received 1,032 votes (2.90%), finishing fifth against Liberal incumbent Pierre Paradis.[5]
Jennifer Jean-Brice Vales was nineteen years old at the time of the election and was a communications student at the Université du Québec en Outaouais.[6] Of Haitian background, she said that she joined Québec Solidaire because of its positions on women's rights and immigration issues.[7] She received 774 votes (2.39%), finishing fifth against Liberal incumbent Benoît Pelletier.
Jean Proulx was born in Baie-du-Febvre. He has a Master's Degree in Social Work, and has worked in the field of industrial relations at the Université du Québec à Montréal.[8] He has also been involved in several community organizations, including those for women, youth, and persons with intellectual disabilities. During the 2007 election, he identified as a former Parti Québecois supporter who was disappointed with that party's shift away from its social democratic origins. He took an interest in health issues and called for the creation of a state company to coordinate pharmaceutical purchases, arguing that this would result in lower prices.[9]
He received 1,121 votes (4.26%), finishing fourth against Action démocratique du Québec candidate Éric Dorion.