Gilles Taillon
Gilles Taillon | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Action démocratique du Québec | |
| In office October 18, 2009 – November 19, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Sylvie Roy |
| Succeeded by | Gérard Deltell |
| MNA for Chauveau | |
| In office April 25, 2007 – November 5, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Sarah Perreault |
| Succeeded by | Gérard Deltell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 11, 1945 Saint-Jérôme, Quebec |
| Political party | Action démocratique du Québec |
| Profession | teacher, businessman |
Gilles Taillon (born August 11, 1945) is the former leader of the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ). A politician, teacher and businessman in Quebec, Canada; he was the ADQ Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the district of Chauveau in the Quebec City area from the 2007 to the 2008 elections.
He was not sitting as an MNA when he was selected as the party's new leader in the Action démocratique du Québec leadership election on October 18, 2009. However, he announced his resignation from that position less than a month later following a caucus revolt.[1]
Background
Taillon was born in
Taillon was a teacher in secondary school for 5 years before being an adviser in working relations. He was a director for the
Conseil du patronat du Québec
Taillon was the president of the
Provincial politics
In 2005 Taillon, who had previously been a Liberal supporter, joined the ADQ and served as president of the party from 2006 to 2007.
2007 election
In September 2006, Taillon decided to run for provincial politics in the
While Taillon focussed on issues sensitive to the education system, he was among several candidates in favor of abolishing school boards across the province and giving the responsibility to municipalities.
On March 29, 2007, Taillon was appointed deputy leader of the
On April 25, 2008, Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois tabled a $900,000 lawsuit against Taillon after comments he made in which he linked Marois to the Norbourg financial scandal.[6]
2008 election
On October 31, 2008, Taillon announced that he would vacate his Chauveau seat and run for the riding of Chapleau, in the Outaouais region. According to La Presse, Taillon indicated that he was disappointed about politics and wanted to move to Outaouais for personal reasons. Initially, it was rumoured he would run in the riding of Papineau against Liberal Chief Whip Norman MacMillan, before he decided to run in Chapleau, where former provincial Liberal cabinet minister Benoît Pelletier had announced that he did not intend to seek reelection.[7][8] Taillon lost his bid for election in Chapleau, finishing in third place behind the victorious Liberal, Marc Carrière, and Parti Québécois candidate Yves Morin.
Leadership campaign
Following the resignation of ADQ leader Mario Dumont after the 2008 general election, Taillon announced his candidacy for the leadership. His campaign manager was MNA François Bonnardel.[9]
Taillon was elected leader by two votes cast, over rival Éric Caire.[10] The election result was very controversial, as it was later reported that a television personality, in an on-air stunt, voted in the election under the name of recently deceased Gabonese strongman Omar Bongo. Later reports also revealed that the party president, who was supposed to be neutral in the race, helped raise money and organize for Taillon. Following the narrow victory, Taillon named a new shadow cabinet that did not include a critic's role for his leadership rival, Caire. Caire later resigned from the party to sit as an independent MNA, joined by caucus colleague and supporter Marc Picard.[11]
On November 10, 2009, just 23 days after his election as party leader, Taillon announced a new leadership race, citing the party infighting and alleging irregularities in the party's financial affairs, dating back to 2003, which he had called in the Sûreté du Québec to investigate.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Beleaguered ADQ chief wants out". The Globe and Mail, November 10, 2009.
- ^ L'historique du CPQ Archived April 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dumont désigne ses lieutenants, Radio-Canada, March 29, 2007
- ^ Dumont présente les membres de son équipe, La Presse, March 29, 2007
- ^ Des postes clés pour Gilles Taillon et Sébastien Proulx, Martin Ouellet, La Presse, April 19, 2007
- ^ Pauline Marois poursuit Gilles Taillon[usurped]
- ^ Gilles Taillon quitterait Chauveau pour Papineau[usurped]
- ^ "L'adéquiste Gilles Taillon briguera les suffrages dans Chapleau – Politique – Info07". Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
- ^ www.theglobeandmail.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090424012555/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090423.wromance0423/BNStory/National/home. Archived from the original on 24 April 2009.
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- ^ https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jcqRbqPASIe2Qc3BPmPv6UNuYD0g [dead link]
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- Gilles Taillon