Coalition Avenir Quebec

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Coalition Avenir Quebec
Party leader François Legault
founding November 4, 2011
Headquarters Montreal
Alignment Conservatism
Liberalism
Parliament seats
74/125
Website www.coalitionavenirquebec.org

The Avenir Québec Coalition (CAQ) is a political party in the Canadian province of Québec . After the last election on October 1, 2018, she has 74 out of 125 seats in the National Assembly of Québec and governs with an absolute majority. The party leader François Legault is prime minister. In the political spectrum it is somewhat right of center, with conservative positions in economic policy and liberal positions in social policy. She does not support the independence of Québec, but advocates more autonomy for the province.

history

François Legault , a former education and health minister of the separatist Parti Québécois (PQ), and the entrepreneur Charles Sirois announced in February 2011 the creation of a movement called Coalition pour l'avenir du Québec ("Coalition for the future of Québec" ) should wear. In November 2011, the party was founded under the slightly changed name Coalition Avenir Québec. One month later, the CAQ announced the impending merger with Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), subject to the approval of ADQ party members. Two MPs each from the PQ and the ADQ, who had resigned from their parties and thus became non-attached, then announced that they would join the CAQ. In January 2013, they were followed by another PQ MP, meaning that the party was represented with five MPs in the National Assembly two months after it was founded.

After counting all the votes received by post, 70% of the ADQ members supported the dissolution of their party and the merger with the CAQ. Due to this result, the four remaining ADQ MPs also joined the new party on January 21, 2012, whose parliamentary group now had nine members. In the elections on September 4, 2012, the CAQ received 27% of the vote and 19 out of 125 seats, making it the third strongest political force in Québec. 19 months later, in the early elections on April 7, 2014, the CAQ lost around four percent, but still gained three seats. In the elections on October 1, 2018, she increased her share of the vote to 37.42% and won an absolute majority with 74 seats.

Election results

François Legault (party leader)
choice seats
total 		candidates
data 		Weighted
seats 		be right proportion of
2012 125 125 19th 1,180,235 27.05%
2014 125 122 22nd 975.781 23.16%
2018 125 125 74 1,509,427 37.42%

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Francois Legault unveils Coalition for the Future. CTV, February 21, 2011, accessed April 13, 2014 .
  2. ^ L'ADQ se joint à la CAQ de François Legault. Radio Canada, December 14, 2011, accessed April 13, 2014 (French).
  3. ↑ Quatre députés indépendants se rallient à la CAQ. La Presse, December 19, 2011, accessed April 13, 2014 (French).
  4. ^ François Rebello passe à la CAQ. Le Devoir, January 9, 2012, accessed April 13, 2014 (French).
  5. ^ Coalition for Quebec's Future, ADQ finalize merger. CTV, January 22, 2012, accessed April 13, 2014 (French).