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The Quebec Liberal Party held a leadership convention in 2013 following Jean Charest's resignation after the party's 2012 election loss. The convention was held March 16–17, 2013, at the Verdun Auditorium in Montreal. The choice of venue was in part influenced by a lack of funds due to a recent drop in donations to the party. Philippe Couillard was elected on the first ballot.
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Procedure
Candidates had until December 14, 2012 to be nominated by gathering the signatures of 500 party members from 50 ridings in 10 regions and submitting a $50,000 deposit. There was a $600,000 spending limit. Liberal riding associations in each of the province's 125 ridings were to select 24 delegates between February 4 and March 10, 2013. The party was unable to afford to pay delegates' travel expenses. Instead, the candidates themselves were allowed to reimburse the delegates. There were 5 debates, including one entirely in English. The rules and timeline were formally adopted on October 21, 2012, the day before the official start of the campaign.
The election was done in a traditional leadership convention format, in which delegates on the convention floor chose the leader. Each riding's 24 delegates was supposed to include an equal number of men and women and 8 members of the youth wing, although some ridings were unable to send a full delegation. It was the party's first contested leadership convention since 1983.
Timeline
Raymond Bachand
Member of National Assembly for Outremont since 2005. Minister of Finance until 2012, former aide to Parti Québécois Premier René Lévesque.
Date campaign launched: September 28, 2012 Campaign website: raymondbachandPhilippe Couillard
Member of National Assembly for Mont-Royal 2003–2007, Jean-Talon 2007–2008. Minister of Health until 2008.
Date campaign launched: October 3, 2012 Campaign website: <sup%20class= "noprint%20Inline-Template"><span%20style="white-space:%20nowrap;">[<span%20title=" Dead%20link%20since%20July%202016">permanent%20dead%20link] http:Pierre Moreau
Member of National Assembly for Marguerite-D'Youville 2003–2007, Châteauguay since 2008. Former Minister of Transport.
Date campaign launched: October 1, 2012 Campaign website: webJean David
Former Cirque du Soleil marketing vice-president. President of the party's youth wing from 1971 to 1972. Chair of the party's policy commission from 1999 to 2002, when he quit the party. David admitted at the beginning of his campaign he may not be able to meet the requirements to become an official candidate. He withdrew from the race two days before the deadline to submit his nomination papers, after failing to get the requisite 500 signatures in 50 ridings.
Date campaign launched: October 24, 2012 Date candidacy withdrawn: December 12, 2012 Campaign website: jeandavid