Marc Tanguay

Marc Tanguay
MNA
Marc Tanguay MNA
	Tanguay in October 2023
Leader of the Opposition of Quebec
	In office; December 19, 2025 – February 14, 2026
Preceded by	André Fortin
Succeeded by	André Fortin
	In office; November 10, 2022 – June 19, 2025
Preceded by	Dominique Anglade
Succeeded by	Marwah Rizqy
Interim Leader of the Quebec Liberal Party
	In office; December 19, 2025 – February 13, 2026
Preceded by	Pablo Rodriguez
Succeeded by	Charles Milliard
	In office; November 10, 2022 – June 14, 2025
Preceded by	Dominique Anglade
Succeeded by	Pablo Rodriguez
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for LaFontaine
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; June 11, 2012
Preceded by	Tony Tomassi
Personal details
Born	April 18, 1973 (age 53)
Party	Quebec Liberal
Other political; affiliations	Parti Québécois (former)
Profession	Lawyer

Marc Tanguay MNA (born April 18, 1973) is a Canadian politician and a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the LaFontaine electoral district.

Political career

On September 26, 2009, he was elected president of the Quebec Liberal Party.^[1] He is a lawyer by profession, and studied political science at Université Laval and law at Université de Montréal. In his youth, he was a member of the Parti Québécois.^[2]

He was elected in a by-election held on June 11, 2012, which was triggered by the resignation of Tony Tomassi on May 3, 2012. Prior to that, he was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate in the 2007 general election in Chambly electoral district, finishing third.^[3]

On November 10, 2022, he was named interim leader of the Quebec Liberal Party following the resignation of Dominique Anglade.^[4] He also serves as critic for Canadian Relations and Canadian Francophonie and Capitale-Nationale. On December 19, 2025, he was named as interim leader again after Pablo Rodriguez issued his resignation.^[5]

Electoral record

v t e 2022 Quebec general election: LaFontaine
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marc Tanguay	13,398	51.67	-7.13
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Loredana Bacchi	5,189	20.01	-1.9
	Conservative	Yassir Madih	3,406	13.14	+11.38
	Québec solidaire	Anne B-Godbout	2,301	8.87	+0.02
	Parti Québécois	Shawn Vermette-Tassoni	1,322	5.10	-3.25
	Green	Quinn Brunet	313	1.21	–
Total valid votes			25,929	98.58	–
Total rejected ballots			374	1.42	–
Turnout			26,303	62.33
Electors on the lists			42,199

v t e 2018 Quebec general election: LaFontaine
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marc Tanguay	14,491	58.8	-14.46
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Loredana Bacchi	5,400	21.91	+11.14
	Québec solidaire	David Touchette	2,181	8.85	+4.97
	Parti Québécois	Claude Gauthier	2,057	8.35	-2.49
	Conservative	Caleb Lavoie	434	1.76	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Yves Le Seigle	80	0.32	+0.21
Total valid votes			24,643	98.04
Total rejected ballots			493	1.96
Turnout			25,136	59.03	-15.35
Eligible voters			42,584
	Liberal hold		Swing		-12.80
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marc Tanguay	22,476	73.26	+14.12
	Parti Québécois	Mathieu Pelletier	3,327	10.84	-5.87
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Julie Di Battista Manseau	3,303	10.77	-5.06
	Québec solidaire	Véronique Martineau	1,189	3.88	-0.44
	Green	Benoit Drouin	233	0.76	-1.00
	Option nationale	Geneviève Dao Phan	116	0.38	-0.49
	Marxist–Leninist	Yves Le Seigle	34	0.11	–
Total valid votes			30,678	99.13	–
Total rejected ballots			269	0.87	–
Turnout			30,947	74.38	+3.07
Electors on the lists			41,609	–	–

2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marc Tanguay	17,081	59.14	+5.22
	Parti Québécois	Marc Boulerice	4,826	16.71	-0.30
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Domenico Cavaliere	4,728	16.37	+0.68
	Québec solidaire	Christine Filiatrault	1,248	4.32	-1.59
	Green	Gaëtan Bérard	507	1.76	-1.26
	Option nationale	Maxime St-Arnault	252	0.87	-0.71
	Conservative	Patrice Raza	160	0.55	-0.71
	Quebec Citizens' Union	Steven Hombrados	78	0.27	–
Total valid votes			28,880	98.88	–
Total rejected ballots			327	1.12	–
Turnout			29,207	71.31	+45.77
Electors on the lists			40,960	–	–

Quebec provincial by-election, June 11, 2012
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marc Tanguay	5,446	53.36	-16.40
	Parti Québécois	Frédéric St-Jean	1,736	17.01	-2.10
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Domenico Cavaliere	1,601	15.69	+9.19*
	Québec solidaire	Sébastien Rivard	603	5.91	+4.00
	Green	Gaëtan Bérard	308	3.02	+0.29
	Option nationale	Paolo Zambito	161	1.58	–
	Conservative	Patrice Raza	129	1.26	–
	Independent	Marc-André Beauchesne	104	1.02	–
	Parti nul	Renaud Blais	82	0.80	–
	Équipe Autonomiste	Guy Boivin	36	0.45	–
Total valid votes			10,206	98.24	–
Total rejected ballots			183	1.76	–
Turnout			10,389	25.54	-25.62
Electors on the lists			40,679	–	–

References

↑ Paul Journet (June 9, 2012). "Élections partielles: deux bastions libéraux aux urnes". La Presse (in French). Retrieved June 10, 2012.
↑ https://www.noovo.info/nouvelle/la-profession-de-foi-federaliste-de-marc-tanguay.html
↑ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=194&section=resultats ^{[dead link]}
↑ "Quebec Liberal Party names Marc Tanguay as interim leader". CBC News. November 10, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
↑ "Marc Tanguay once again becomes interim Quebec Liberal leader after Rodriguez resignation". CBC News. December 19, 2025.

External links

"Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

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[elec-part-1] Paul Journet (June 9, 2012). "Élections partielles: deux bastions libéraux aux urnes". La Presse (in French). Retrieved June 10, 2012.

[2] ttps://www.noovo.info/nouvelle/la-profession-de-foi-federaliste-de-marc-tanguay.html

[3] ttp://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=194&section=resultats ^{[dead link]}

[4] "Quebec Liberal Party names Marc Tanguay as interim leader". CBC News. November 10, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022.

[5] "Marc Tanguay once again becomes interim Quebec Liberal leader after Rodriguez resignation". CBC News. December 19, 2025.

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v t e Quebec Liberal Party
Leaders	Joly de Lotbinière Mercier Marchand Parent Gouin Taschereau Godbout Marler (interim) Lapalme Lesage Bourassa Levesque (interim) Ryan Levesque (interim) Bourassa Johnson Charest Fournier (interim) Couillard Arcand (interim) Anglade Tanguay (interim) Rodriguez Tanguay (interim) Milliard
Leadership elections	1938 1950 1958 1970 1978 1983 1993 1998 2013 2020 2025 2026
Governments	Joly Marchand Parent Gouin Taschereau Godbout Godbout Lesage Bourassa Bourassa Johnson Jr. Charest Couillard
See also	Quebec Liberal Party leadership elections

v t e Current members of the National Assembly of Quebec
Coalition Avenir Québec	Fréchette Abou-Khalil Allaire Asselin Bachand G. Bélanger S. Bélanger Bernard Biron Blais Blouin Bogemans Boivin Roy Bonnardel Boulet Bourassa Bussière Caire Carmant Caron Champagne Jourdain Charest Charette D'Amours Déry Dionne Dorismond Drainville Duranceau Émond Gagnon Gendron Girard (Groulx) Girard (Lac-Saint-Jean) Grondin Guilbault Guillemette Haytayan Hébert Jacques Jeannotte Jolin-Barrette Julien Lachance Lacombe Laframboise Lafrenière Lamontagne Lamothe LeBel I. Lecours L. Lecours Legault Lemay Lemieux M. Lévesque S. Lévesque Mallette Martel Montigny Picard Poulin Proulx Provençal Reid Rivest Roberge Rouleau N. Roy S. Roy Sainte-Croix St-Louis Schmaltz Schneeberger Simard Skeete Soucy Tardif Thouin S. Tremblay
Quebec Liberal Party	Beauchemin Benjamin Cadet Caron Ciccone Derraji Dufour Fortin Garceau Kelley Maccarone McGraw Morin Nichols Prass Rotiroti Setlakwe Tanguay
Québec solidaire	Ghazal Zanetti Bouazzi Cliche-Rivard Fontecilla Grandmont Labrie Leduc Massé Nadeau-Dubois Zaga Mendez
Parti Québécois†	St-Pierre Plamondon Arseneau Bérubé Boissonneault Gentilcore Laflamme Paradis
Conservative Party of Quebec†	Blanchette Vézina
Independent	Chassin Dubé Dufour Lakhoyan Olivier Marissal Poulet Rizqy F. Tremblay
Party leaders listed first (in bold italics). Government members in bold denotes cabinet. † Party does not have official party status in the National Assembly.