About Yves-François Blanchet
Yves-François Blanchet (born April 16, 1965) is a Québécois politician who has served as the leader of the Bloc Québécois (BQ) and member of Parliament (MP) for Beloeil—Chambly since 2019. Blanchet was born in Drummondville, Quebec, and graduated from the Université de Montréal. Prior to entering politics he ran an artist management firm and was the president of ADISQ from 2003 to 2006. Blanchet served as a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) for the Parti Québécois (PQ) from 2008 until his defeat in the 2014 election. He was Quebec's Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, Wildlife and Parks from 2012 to 2014 under Premier Pauline Marois. Blanchet was elected unopposed as leader of the Bloc Québécois in 2019, following Martine Ouellet's resignation the previous year. He was elected to parliament later that year, with the BQ increasing its number of seats from 10 in 2015 to 32 in 2019 and overtaking the New Democratic Party (NDP) to become the House of Commons' third-largest party. At the 2021 election, the BQ recorded a marginal increase in vote share and retained all its seats to remain as the third-largest party. In Blanchet's third election, in 2025, the BQ recorded a decrease in vote share and seats, while remaining the third-largest party in Parliament. Blanchet won his seat of Beloeil—Chambly. In the 2021 snap federal election, the Bloc Québécois led by Blanchet won 32 seats, unchanged from the prior election. Blanchet won 97 per cent of the vote.
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