Quebec Liberal Party candidates in the 1998 Quebec provincial election

The Quebec Liberal Party fielded a full slate of 125 candidates in the 1998 provincial election and won forty-eight seats to retain their status as the Official Opposition party in the National Assembly. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

Candidates

Fabre: Joanne Gauthier

Joanne Gauthier highlighted health and education issues during the campaign.[1] She received 17,507 votes (40.51%), finishing second against incumbent Parti Québécois cabinet minister Joseph Facal.[2]

Labelle: Raymond Laporte

Raymond Laporte received 9,024 votes (31.07%), finishing second against incumbent Parti Québécois cabinet minister Jacques Léonard.[3]

Mercier: Elizabeth da Silva

Elizabeth da Silva highlighted anti-poverty issues during the campaign.[4] She received 9,005 votes (28.42%), finishing second against incumbent Parti Québécois cabinet minister Robert Perreault.[5]

Richelieu: Gilles Ferlatte

Gilles Ferlatte is a former Montreal police inspector who was fifty years old during the election.[6] He had previously sought election for mayor of Tracy in 1995.[7] He attracted controversy in the 1998 campaign when he said that the Hells Angels did not pose a problem in his riding. Party leader Jean Charest quickly distanced himself from this comment, which was widely criticized in the media.[8]

Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes  % Place Winner
1995 municipal Mayor of Tracy n/a not listed not listed 3/3 Émile Parent
1998 provincial Richelieu Liberal 8,718 27.66 2/5 Sylvain Simard, Parti Québécois[9]

References
  1. Linda Gyulai, "Mulcair coasts in Chomedey stronghold," Montreal Gazette, 1 December 1998, B10.
  2. Official Results (Fabre, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
  3. Official Results (Labelle, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
  4. Eileen Travers, "Two ridings remain PQ strongholds: Incumbents Boulerice, Perreault favoured in pair of low-income ridings in central Montreal," Montreal Gazette, 26 November 1998, A8.
  5. Official Results (Mercier, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
  6. Sandro Contenta, "Bouchard launches attack, calls Charest out of touch," 23 November 1998, A8.
  7. Martha Gagnon, "Sur la Rive-Sud, le gel des taxes est au coeur des débats," La Presse, 4 November 1995, A23.
  8. Ferlatte was quoted as saying, "In the Sorel area [...] the Hell's Angels are not what people say it is in the Montreal area. [...] They have a clubhouse and they don't disturb the citizens." See Tu Thanh Ha, "Charest hit by Hells Angels remark," Globe and Mail, 23 November 1998, A7.
  9. Official Results (Richelieu, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
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