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2017 Bloc Québécois leadership election| Date | March 14, 2017 |
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| Resigning leader | Gilles Duceppe |
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| Won by | Martine Ouellet |
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| Ballots | acclamation |
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| Candidates | 1 |
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| Entrance fee | $15,000 CDN |
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The 2017 Bloc Québécois leadership election was held on March 14, 2017 to choose a successor to Gilles Duceppe, who resigned on October 22, 2015 after the 2015 Canadian federal election. Rhéal Fortin, MP for Rivière-du-Nord, had been serving as interim leader since Duceppe's resignation. The election was initially scheduled for April 22, 2017 but ended on March 14, 2017 at the end of the nomination period, because there was only one candidate. Ouellet's tenure was controversial due to her staunch separatist views, and, following a leadership vote, she was forced to resign in June 2018.
