Daniel Paillé

For the ice hockey player, see Daniel Paille.

Daniel Paillé
Leader of the Bloc Québécois
In office December 11, 2011 – December 16, 2013
Preceded by	Vivian Barbot (interim)
Succeeded by	Mario Beaulieu
Member of Parliament for Hochelaga
In office November 9, 2009 – May 30, 2011
Preceded by	Réal Ménard
Succeeded by	Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet
Member of the National Assembly for Prévost
In office 1994 – November 19, 1996
Preceded by	Paul-André Forget
Succeeded by	Lucie Papineau
Personal details
Born	(1950-04-01) April 1, 1950 Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Parti Québécois (provincial) Bloc Québécois (federal)

Daniel Paillé (French pronunciation: [danjɛl paje]; born April 1, 1950) is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Prévost in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 1996 as a member of the Parti Québécois, and represented the district of Hochelaga in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Bloc Québécois. He was elected leader of the Bloc Québécois with 62 percent of the vote on December 11, 2011. Paillé stepped down as leader on December 16, 2013 for health reasons.

Life and career

He was first elected in the 1994 election, and served as Industry minister in the government of Jacques Parizeau. He resigned as an MNA on November 19, 1996 to accept a job as vice-president of Quebec's Société générale de financement.

He was appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2007 to investigate allegations that the Liberal Party had engaged in improper polling practices prior to the 2006 election, although his final report found evidence of substantial irregularities in Harper's own Conservative Party as well.

Paillé ran as a Bloc Québécois candidate in the federal by-election in Hochelaga on November 9, 2009, and won election to the House of Commons. His nephew, Pascal-Pierre Paillé, was elected as a Bloc Québécois MP for Louis-Hébert in the 2008 election.

Paillé lost his seat in the 2011 election which also resulted in the defeat and resignation of Gilles Duceppe (the previous BQ leader) and the reduction of the BQ to four seats. He was defeated by the NDP's Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet. Despite losing his seat, he succeeded Gilles Duceppe as Party Leader in the 2011 Bloc Québécois leadership election. Paillé defeated two sitting Bloc Québécois Members of Parliament to be elected BQ leader on December 11, 2011. He resigned from the leadership on December 16, 2013 due to health issues caused by epilepsy.

Electoral record

Support by Ballot

Candidate		1st ballot		2nd ballot
		Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
	Daniel Paillé	5,659	44.05%	7,868	61.28%
	Maria Mourani	3,613	28.13%	4,972	38.72%
	Jean-François Fortin	3,574	27.82%	Eliminated
Total		12,846	100.0%	12,840	100.0%

2011 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet	22,314	48.17	+33.72	$18,453
	Bloc Québécois	Daniel Paillé	14,451	31.20	−18.53	$46,974
	Liberal	Gilbert Thibodeau	5,064	10.93	−9.74	$17,622
	Conservative	Audrey Castonguay	3,126	6.75	−2.45	$5,647
	Green	Yaneisy Delgado Dihigo	798	1.72	−2.54	none listed
	Rhinoceros	Hugo Samson Veillette	246	0.53	+0.03	none listed
	Communist	Marianne Breton Fontaine	180	0.39	−0.01	$1,772
	Marxist–Leninist	Christine Dandenault	143	0.31	−0.08	none listed
Total valid votes			46,322	100.00
Total rejected ballots			725
Turnout			47,047	58.43	+0.19
Electors on the lists			80,515
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. Percentage change figures refer to voting shifts as compared with the 2008 general election, not the 2009 by-election.

Canadian federal by-election, November 9, 2009: Hochelaga
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Daniel Paillé	8,989	51.16	+1.43	$54,233
	New Democratic	Jean-Claude Rocheleau	3,444	19.60	+5.15	$69,082
	Liberal	Robert David	2,519	14.34	−6.33	$23,211
	Conservative	Stéphanie Cloutier	1,768	10.06	+0.86	$37,337
	Green	Christine Lebel	572	3.26	−1.00	not listed
	neorhino.ca	Gabrielle Anctil	129	0.73	+0.23	$130
	Marxist–Leninist	Christine Dandenault	79	0.45	+0.06	$349
	Independent	John Turmel	69	0.39		none listed
Total valid votes			17,569	100.00
Total rejected ballots			264
Turnout			17,833	22.63	−35.61
Electors on the lists			78,801
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

External links

• Daniel Paillé – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.