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Overview of Conservative Party of Quebec Leader Éric Duhaime's Political Career

Éric Duhaime has been the leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec for five years. He has never held a political office, and the party did not secure any seats in the last general elections, despite receiving close to 13 per cent of the popular vote. Duhaime's early influences included a poster of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in his youth.

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Éric Duhaime, a former political commentator, has been at the helm of the Conservative Party of Quebec since 2018. Throughout his tenure, he has not held a formal political position prior to leading the party. In the most recent general elections, which were held in October 2022, the Conservative Party of Quebec did not win any seats, even though it garnered approximately 13 per cent of the popular vote. Duhaime's political ideology and influences are shaped, in part, by historical figures like former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

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