Duceppe in Montreal,
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Gilles Duceppe
Leader, Bloc Québécois
Gilles Duceppe was the first politician ever elected to the
House of Commons on a sovereigntist platform.
He won a
1990 byelection in the Montreal riding of Laurier-Sainte
Marie, running as an Independent.
An informal group of former Tory and
Liberal MPs enraged by the defeat of
the Meech Lake accord became an
official party a few months later
under Duceppe s mentor, Lucien
Bouchard.
And the Bloc Québécois
was born.
After Bouchard resigned in late 1995
to become leader of the Parti
Québécois and premier of Quebec,
Michel Gauthier spent a year as
leader, struggling to control an unruly
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