Notes: Pierre Dostie was one of the two spokespersons of UFP from 2002 to 2004. He was also a candidate for Québec solidaire in the same riding in the 2012 election.
Notes: Véronique Grenier was a student at the Cégep de Sherbrooke during the election. The UFP was not well-organized in the region, and she did not run an active campaign.[7] She received 498 votes (1.42%), finishing fourth against Liberal candidate Pierre Reid.[8] Grenier later attended the Université de Sherbrooke.[9]
Notes: Omar Aktouf is a professor of management at HEC Montréal. He was born in 1944 near Sétif, in Petite Kabylie, Algeria. His father was exiled from Algeria by the colonial authorities and the family settled in Safi, Morocco. In 1962, after the independence of Algeria, the family resettled in Algiers. In Algiers, Omar Aktouf obtained diplomas in literature, philosophy and economics. He then worked in the Algerian public sector, successively at Sonatrach, at the ministry of hydraulics, at the Société nationale des eaux and at the Société nationale de géophysique.[10] He immigrated to Montréal. In the 1980s he became professor at HEC Montréal. In the 2003 Quebec election, he was candidate for the Union des forces progressistes in Rosemont. He obtained 1,132 votes (3.07%), placing fourth. In the 2004 federal election, he was candidate for the New democratic Party in Outremont. He obtained 5,382 votes (14,06%), placing third.[11] At HEC, he is member of Groupe d'études et de recherche sur le management et l'environnement (GERME) and founding member of Centre humanismes, gestions et mondialisation.[12] He is the author of books, including Le management entre tradition et renouvellement, éd. Gaëtan Morin, 4th edition, 2005; La stratégie de l'autruche; post-mondialisation, management et rationalité économique, Écosociété, 2002; Méthodologie des sciences sociales et approche qualitative des organisations, Presses des H.E.C. et Presses de l'Université du Québec, 1987.[13]
Notes: Gaétan Breton is professor of accounting at Université du Québec à Montréal. He was born in 1952 in Amos. He obtained a doctorate in accounting at the City University London and a master in French studies at Université de Sherbrooke. He is active in environmental and social groups. He was candidate for the Union des forces progressistes in Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques in the 2003 Quebec general election and in Gouin in the 2004 by-election, where he obtained 1,195 votes (7,97%), placing third.[14]
Notes: Sébastien Bouchard was also candidate for the Parti de la démocratie socialiste in Jean-Talon in the 1998 general election and candidate for Québec solidaire in Chauveau in the 2012 general election.
