Conservative Party of Quebec

Conservative Party of Quebec
Parti conservateur du Québec
AbbreviationCPQ (English)
PCQ (French)
LeaderÉric Duhaime
PresidentChantal Dauphinais
Founder(s)Serge Fontaine
Bertrand Goulet
Founded25 March 2009 (2009-03-25)
Headquarters400-1020 Bouvier Road
Quebec City, Quebec
G2K 0K9
Membership (April 17, 2022)Increase 57,346[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
Seats in the National Assembly
0 / 125
Website
www.conservative.quebec

The Conservative Party of Quebec (CPQ; French: Parti conservateur du Québec (PCQ)) is a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. It was authorized on 25 March 2009 by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec.[2] The CPQ has gradually run more candidates in successive elections, with 27 in the 2012 general election and 125 (all seats contested) in 2022. The party has not won a seat in the National Assembly of Quebec; however, under leader Éric Duhaime the CPQ won about 12.9% of the popular vote in the 2022 election, a major increase from prior elections. Previously on June 18, 2021 Claire Samson crossed the floor to join the party after having won election in 2018 as a candidate of the governing Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ).

For the 2014 provincial election, the party used the name "Équipe Adrien Pouliot – Parti conservateur du Québec" (English: Team Adrien Pouliot – Conservative Party of Quebec). For the 2022 provincial election, the party used the name "Parti conservateur du Québec – Équipe Éric Duhaime" (English: Conservative Party of Quebec – Team Éric Duhaime).

  1. ^ "Les nouveaux partisans du Parti conservateur du Québec" (in Canadian French). 3 May 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Parti conservateur du Québec". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2012.