Sunday, October 18, 2009
New leader of the ADQ - Taillon by the skin of teeth, by Mathieu Boivin
QUEBEC - Gilles Taillon won the race for leadership of the ADQ in the skin of the teeth with only two votes separated the Éric Caire, who led the first round but eventually finished in second place in the second ballot .
The former number two of the ADQ has received 1 957 votes against 1 955 for the current member of The Peltrie.
This gives him a victory with 50.03% of the votes of 3 912 members of the ADQ, which had bothered to vote telephone.
Mr. Taillon admitted that this was "an end run Hollywood, but it ensures that the narrow victory gives it legitimacy desired.
"I won by a small margin, but I won," said the 64 year old man, who fights against cancer of the prostate. "I accept the victory with more humility than the race was too tight."
Note that Éric Caire took the lead in the first round of voting, with 1 631 votes against the 1 571 Mr. Taillon. Came third with 710 votes, Christian Lévesque has been eliminated, and the second choice votes of his supporters have been compiled to make a winner by simple majority.
And this time it's Mr. Taillon who came in first.
"It's hard, I put my heart into this campaign and there is nothing funny about not winning, admitted Mr. Caire, 43, in press briefing. Throwing Money recent past, but this is not enough. This is the result, and I submit."
So even if a different voice alone would have given him victory, he did not intend to request a recount or review any result. "My intention is to join me and work with the new leader," he said.
Game Plan
For his part, Christian Lévesque said he was pleased with the race he led. "I was the least experienced candidate, but I am proud of our game plan," he said.
He also reached out to Mr. Taillon, ensuring that "we will not let him alone because there is a large field work to do."
Only 29% of 13 500 members that currently have the ADQ in the election. The three candidates agreed that the turnout was disappointing, but all argued that the direct vote of nearly 4 000 members represented a more democratic process than "400 or 500 delegates in a convention in traditional leadership.
Gilles Taillon intends to meet the six current members of the ADQ next Tuesday and appoint a new head of the parliamentary wing during the following week.
He would not confirm that he would entrust this role to his political lieutenant, the member for Shefford, François Bonnardel. Recall that it is the member Sylvie Roy, who has been interim head of the party after the departure of Mario Dumont in early March.
It is also too early to know what are the responsibilities he confided to his rival Éric Caire, but in a video aired before the release of results of the vote, Mr. Taillon has hinted he would take good care of economic records. Mr. Caire is now spokesman for the ADQ in health records.
Exercising leadership
Mr. Taillon known to have a lot of work to do, after a race where the exchanges were sometimes virulent between him and Mr. Caire. "It will be for me to exercise political leadership," he admitted, but I'm a guy who always wanted to work as a team and I will remove with my two colleagues."
More generally, the new ADQ leader noted that "the ADQ is a party with a tradition and I intend to continue this tradition, adjusting to the fashion of the day. I'm going to bomb in the next few days (he will undergo radiation therapy) and then hopefully come back in great shape."
The former member for Chauveau not believe urgent to get elected to the National Assembly. Il se donne en effet jusqu'à un an et demi pour « rebâtir le parti ». He gives hiself to a year and a half to "rebuild the party." But if an election should be called "within eight to ten months in a district near his home in Ottawa or" in Argenteuil, for example, there willingly be seeking the votes, he said.
Recall that the riding of Argenteuil is currently owned by former Labor Minister David Whissell. He chose to resign from the Cabinet rather than sell its 20% interest in a paving company that gets government contracts.
Anyway, Mr. Taillon hoped that Premier Charest would elegance not to oppose the Liberal candidate if trying to get elected.
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Labels: Action Démocratique du Québec, Mathieu Boivin, Québec
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