There were thirty independent candidates in the 2008 Quebec provincial election, none of whom were elected. This page has information about these candidates.
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Brome-Missisquoi: Jacques-Antoine Normandin
Jacques-Antoine Normandin (born June 17, 1951) was an activist with the Bloc Québécois in Pierrefonds—Dollard before running for office himself. In the 2008 provincial election, he claimed to be exempt from paying taxes by virtue of having renounced his citizenship. He advocated a tax exemption for other "dissidents" and a common law bar to compete with the official Bar of Quebec. His agent was later fined for not filing an election expenses report. He received 173 votes (0.57%), finishing sixth against Liberal Party incumbent Pierre Paradis.
Jean-Lesage: José Breton
José Breton has a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education from Université Laval (1985). He has run for the Quebec National Assembly four times as an independent candidate. By his own acknowledgement, he did not have any specific message to convey in the 1985 election. More recently, he has campaigned as an "anti-diet" candidate.
Describing himself as an activist against the "thinness industry," Breton argues that the threat of obesity has been greatly exaggerated in modern western societies. In 1998, he called for the provincial health system to eliminate medical consultations about obesity for aesthetic purposes. His slogan in 2008 was, "Les femmes au gros derrière sont les plus sexy."
In 2007, Breton called for voters in other electoral divisions to support the Action démocratique du Québec.
Mille-Îles: Régent Millette
Régent Millette (born September 14, 1935) is a perennial candidate for public office, having run in twenty-five federal, provincial, and municipal elections since 2000. He was a candidate of the Parti démocratie chrétienne du Québec in the 2003 provincial election but has run as an independent in every other campaign. He was a member of the short-lived Parti république du Québec in 2007 but never actually ran under its banner.
Millette has a teaching certificate and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Université de Montréal and has worked as a teacher. During the 2005 municipal election, he said that he felt a calling to serve the public and would take no salary if elected. He holds socially conservative views; during the 2003 Montreal gay pride parade, he was quoted as saying, "I love everybody but in the Bible they say there are many things that are against nature."
A candidate named Régent Millette ran for the Ralliement national in the 1966 Quebec election and received 96 votes (0.46%) for a fifth-place finish against incumbent Liberal cabinet minister Paul Gérin-Lajoie. This may have been the same person.
Millette is running again in the 2011 Canadian federal election.