Dominique Anglade

Dominique Anglade is a Canadian politician who currently serves as the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and leader of the Official Opposition of Quebec. She has served as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec since 2015, representing Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne. She is the daughter of academic Georges Anglade.[1]

Dominique Anglade

MNA
Leader of the Opposition in Quebec
Assumed office
May 11, 2020
Preceded byPierre Arcand
Leader of the Quebec Liberal Party
Assumed office
May 11, 2020
Preceded byPierre Arcand (Interim)
Deputy Premier of Quebec
In office
October 11, 2017 – October 18, 2018
PremierPhilippe Couillard
Preceded byLise Thériault
Succeeded byGeneviève Guilbault
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne
Assumed office
November 9, 2015
Preceded byMarguerite Blais
Personal details
Born (1974-01-31) January 31, 1974
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Political partyLiberal
Other political
affiliations		Coalition Avenir Québec (formerly)
Domestic partnerHelge Seetzen
Children3

Career

Anglade holds an MBA from HEC Montréal and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal.[2]

Anglade was formerly associated with the Coalition Avenir Québec. She ran as the CAQ candidate in Fabre in the 2012 election, losing to Liberal Gilles Ouimet. She served as the president of the CAQ from 2012 to 2013.[3] She left that position to become CEO of Montreal International.[1] In 2015, she joined the Quebec Liberal Party and stood as their candidate in a by-election for Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne. She explained her political shift by citing objections to the CAQ's positions on ethnic identity and immigration.[3] She was elected on November 9.[4]

She served in the cabinet of Philippe Couillard as the Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade from 2016 to 2018. In 2017, she was named Deputy Premier of Quebec, holding that office until the Liberal government's defeat in the 2018 election.

On June 27, 2019, she announced her candidacy for the 2020 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election.[5] She ran of a platform of returning the party to the nationalism associated with previous leaders Robert Bourassa and Jean Lesage.[6] She was acclaimed leader on May 11, 2020, after her opponent, Alexandre Cusson, dropped out of the race.[7] Anglade is the first woman to lead the Quebec Liberal Party, and the first black woman to lead a provincial party in Quebec.[8]

Electoral record
2018 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalDominique Anglade11,83738.06-0.64
Québec solidaireBenoit Racette7,41323.83+3.07
Coalition Avenir QuébecSylvie Hamel5,80918.68+13.47
Parti QuébécoisDieudonné Ella-Oyono3,56811.47-18.46
GreenJean-Pierre Duford1,0093.24-0.30
New DemocraticSteven Scott6902.22-
ConservativeCaroline Orchard3801.22+0.42
Bloc PotFélix Gagnon-Paquin2020.65-
CINQChristopher Young1030.33-
Marxist–LeninistLinda Sullivan910.29-
Total valid votes 31,10298.12
Total rejected ballots 5971.88
Turnout 31,69956.61
Eligible voters 55,994
Quebec provincial by-election, 9 November 2015: Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalDominique Anglade5,32538.64-13.88
Parti QuébécoisGabrielle Lemieux4,11929.89+7.99
Québec solidaireMarie-Ève Rancourt2,85620.73+10.04
Coalition Avenir QuébecLouis-Philippe Boulanger7175.20-5.99
GreenJiab Zou5073.68+1.82
Option nationaleLuc Lefebvre1461.06+0.46
ConservativeChristian Hébert1100.80–
Total valid votes 13,780100.00–
Total rejected ballots 1150.83-0.61
Turnout 13,89523.89-44.40
Eligible voters 58,171
Liberal hold Swing -10.93
2012 Quebec general election: Fabre
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGilles Ouimet13,30537.50-10.87
Parti QuébécoisFrançois-Gycelain Rocque9,92427.97-6.59
Coalition Avenir QuébecDominique Anglade9,85227.77+16.46
Québec solidaireWilfried Cordeau1,2603.55+0.78
GreenJean-François Lepage5471.54-1.43
Option nationaleBruno Forget3881.09 
IndependentPhilippe Mayrand2070.58 
Total valid votes 35,483 98.97 –
Total rejected ballots 371 1.03 –
Turnout 35,854 75.96  
Electors on the lists 47,199 ––
Liberal hold Swing -2.14

References
  1. "Former CAQ president Dominique Anglade will run for provincial Liberals". CBC News, September 24, 2015.
  2. "Qui est Dominique Anglade?". TVA, January 28, 2016.
  3. "Dominique Anglade abandons CAQ over identity, immigration views". CBC News, September 25, 2015.
  4. "Élections partielles : Dominique Anglade élue dans Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne" (in French). Le Journal de Montréal. November 9, 2015.
  5. "Dominique Anglade officially launches campaign for Quebec Liberal Party leadership". Global News. The Canadian Press. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  6. Nouvelles, T. V. A., Dominique Anglade veut revenir au Parti libéral de Robert Bourassa, retrieved 2019-11-17
  7. "Dominique Anglade prend les commandes du PLQ". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  8. "Liberal MNA Dominique Anglade becomes first black woman to lead a provincial political party in Quebec". CBC News. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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