Mario Beaulieu (interim) Yves-François Blanchet The 2019 Bloc Québécois leadership election was initiated by the resignation of party leader Martine Ouellet in June 2018.

While originally scheduled to be held on February 24, 2019[1][2] on a one member, one vote basis, Yves-François Blanchet, as the only candidate in the race following the nomination deadline of January 15, 2019, was officially acclaimed Leader of the Bloc Québécois on January 17, 2019.

[4] Seven out of ten Bloc Québécois caucus members left on February 28, 2018[5] and formed Québec debout, which was announced on May 9, 2018.

[6] On September 17, 2018, the party's five MPs rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus.

[7] On June 13, 2018, Mario Beaulieu, MP for La Pointe-de-l'Île and president of the BQ since 2014, was appointed interim leader of the Bloc Québécois.