Bloc Quebecois elects Daniel Paille party leader
Posted December 11, 2011 4:06 pm.
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MONTREAL – Former MP Daniel Paille is the new leader of the Bloc Quebecois.
Paille, who lost his seat in the last election, beat out current MPs Maria Mourani and Jean-Francois Fortin.
Paille faces the daunting job of trying to bring back the party that was all but decimated in a disastrous showing in last May’s election.
The separatist party had been dominant under longtime leader Gilles Duceppe until it foundered, largely at the hands of the New Democrats who benefited from a late campaign surge.
Party membership has slumped since then.
More than a quarter of the party’s 53,000 members didn’t renew their card and couldn’t vote for the new leader.
