Adrien D. Pouliot Éric Duhaime The 2021 Conservative Party of Quebec leadership election took place on April 17, 2021[2][3] to elect a leader to replace Adrien D. Pouliot, who tendered his resignation on October 16, 2020[4] to focus on his business ventures.

[5] The election was won by radio host and columnist Éric Duhaime.

[6][7][8][9] Adrien Pouliot announced on Facebook that he would be resigning as party leader on October 16, 2020, to pursue further business ventures.

Brisson ran in Vanier-Les Rivières in 2012, was the Alliance citoyenne candidate for mayor in Quebec City in 2017, and was the People's Party of Canada candidate in Louis-Hébert in 2019.

Prior to entering politics, Duhaime worked as a radio host on 98,5 FM, and was an advisor to politicians such as Stockwell Day, the then-leader of the Canadian Alliance, Mario Dumont, the then-leader of the Action démocratique du Québec, and Gilles Duceppe, the then-leader of the Bloc Québécois.