Adrien D. Pouliot

Adrien D. Pouliot (born February 27, 1957 in Sainte-Foy, Quebec) is a Quebec lawyer, businessman and politician.

Adrien D. Pouliot
Leader of Conservative Party of Quebec
Assumed office
February 23, 2013
Preceded byLuc Harvey
Personal details
Born (1957-02-27) February 27, 1957
Sainte-Foy, Quebec
CitizenshipCanadian
Political partyConservative Party of Quebec
FatherJean Pouliot
RelativesAdrien Pouliot (grandfather)
ResidenceMont-Royal, Québec
EducationUniversité de Sherbrooke

He is the son of Jean Pouliot, a pioneer of Canadian broadcasting, and the grandson of the mathematician and Université Laval Dean of Science Adrien Pouliot.

He is the Leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec since 2013. Under his leadership, the party has gained notoriety and is currently positioned on the right of the Quebec political spectrum.

Early life and education

Adrien Denys Pouliot has been raised at Sainte-Foy (Québec), where his family moved when he was 3 months old.

Educated at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, he studied law and received the Bar Award from the Université de Sherbrooke in 1978.[1] He successfully completed the Bar of Quebec exam in 1979 at Quebec City and was entered on the Roll of the Order the same year.[1]

Early career
  • From 1980 to 1984, he practiced corporate and commercial law, in particular the law relating to companies mergers and acquisitions as well as to public–private partnerships, within the firm Ogilvy Renault, Montreal.
  • In 1984, he joined CFCF, the family business broadcasting and cable television firm, as the Assistant to the President. In 1986, the company was listed and secured a license to open Télévision Quatre Saisons. In 1987, he became President of CFCF-12 station and then President of CFCF Inc. in 1991.[2] Under his direction, the company evolved to become the fourth largest cable distributor in Canada with more than 425,000 subscribers and nearly 1,200 employees before being sold to Vidéotron in 1996 for $687 million. He remained at the helm until the transition of the company was complete in 1997.
  • In October 1999, he acquired 75% of Entourage Solutions technologiques, a technical services company specializing in the installation and maintenance of telecommunication and computer networks and equipment. During the six years he was the majority shareholder, the company doubled its revenues and its profitability increased by a factor of 20. In 2005, Bell Canada repurchased its shares in the company.[3]
  • In 2005, he became co-owner and the first Chairman of the First National AlarmCap Income Trust,[4] a Toronto-listed company that would become the third largest residential and commercial security company in Canada in 2014.
  • He currently owns the investment firm Capital Draco Inc..[5]

Pouliot has been a board member of the Montreal Children's Hospital, as well as the Montreal Heart Institute Research Foundation. For nearly 10 years, he served as a governor of McGill University. He also contributed to this institution as the Chair of the Audit Committee, a member of the Finance Committee, a member of the Pension Administration Committee, and a member of the endowment fund. He is now a Governor Emeritus of this institution.[6] He has been a member of the Ville-Marie Economic Development Corporation, a government agency promoting Montreal's economic development. He was also Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Montreal. He has supported the training and education of young business people by actively participating in the Young Presidents' Organization and its sister organization, World Presidents' Organization, which combined bring together nearly 25,000 business executives in 130 countries,[7] and by serving on its International Board of Directors and its Audit Committee.

Political and social career

In 1999, Pouliot participated in the launch of the Montreal Economic Institute. He was Chairman for 8 years and was a member of the Board of Directors for 12 years.[8] He was President of the Ligue des contribuables, an organization founded in 2006 that is designed to inform taxpayers about how their tax dollars are spent by governments.[9] Pouliet also appears as a regular columnist on the Jeff Fillion show at the radio station CHOI Radio X.

Action démocratique du Québec

In 2011, the Action démocratique du Québec recruited him as Vice-Chair of the Policy Commission.[10]

During the campaign for the merger of the ADQ in the Coalition Avenir Québec, Adrien Pouliot spoke out against the merger publicly and participated in a tour of Quebec in order to convince the members of the ADQ to reject the merger with the president of the political commission of the ADQ, Claude Garcia.[11]

Disappointed with the merger, Adrien Pouliot did not join the Coalition Avenir Québec and declared himself publicly as "political orphan".[12]

2013 Conservative Party of Quebec leadership election

Following the Quebec general election of 2012, where the party obtained 0.18% of the votes cast, Luc Harvey resigned as leader[13] and a leadership race was organized.

After the merger of the Action démocratique du Québec in the Coalition Avenir Québec, after several months of reflection, and after considering running for the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party in the purpose of pushing this party to the right on economic issues, Pouliot decided in January 2013 to run for the Conservative Party of Quebec.[14]

After the withdrawal of the candidacy of the other candidate, Daniel Brisson,[15] February 23, 2013, at the General Council of the party, Adrien D. Pouliot is sworn leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec.[16][17]

Redesign of the party platform

At the October 2013 National Congress, members adopt a new official platform for the party[18] under the verbatim of the "Ideological Compass":[19][20]

Resignation as CPQ Leader

On October 16, 2020, Pouliot announced his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party to focus on his business ventures. He will stay on as leader until a new leader is chosen in a leadership election.[21][22]

Electoral record
2018 Quebec general election: Chauveau
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Coalition Avenir QuébecSylvain Lévesque18,42447.06+13.37
LiberalVéronyque Tremblay8,79722.47-18.9
Québec solidaireFrancis Lajoie4,05210.35+6.95
Parti QuébécoisJonathan Gagnon3,6039.2-6.22
ConservativeAdrien D. Pouliot3,3718.61+3.69
GreenSabir Isufi6131.57–
New DemocraticMona Belleau2860.73–
Total valid votes 39,14698.03–
Total rejected ballots 7871.97–
Turnout 39,93370.8+27.51
Electors on the lists 56,405––
Quebec provincial by-election, June 8, 2015: Chauveau
Resignation of Gérard Deltell
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalVéronyque Tremblay10,33041.32+11.48
Coalition Avenir QuébecJocelyne Cazin8,39233.57-18.73
Parti QuébécoisSébastien Couture3,84415.38+3.20
ConservativeAdrien D. Pouliot1,2394.96+3.91
Québec solidaireMarjolaine Bouchard8633.45-0.51
Parti des sans PartiFrank Malenfant1710.68–
Option nationaleStéphanie Grimard1250.50-0.17
Équipe autonomisteManuel Mathieu340.14–
Total valid votes 24,99899.13
Total rejected ballots 2190.87
Turnout 25,21743.11
Electors on the lists 58,501–
Liberal gain from Coalition Avenir Québec Swing +15.11
Quebec provincial by-election, October 20, 2014: Lévis
Resignation of Christian Dubé
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Coalition Avenir QuébecFrançois Paradis10,11046.79+6.30
LiberalJanet Jones7,01432.46-2.46
Parti QuébécoisAlexandre Bégin1,7888.28-8.34
Québec solidaireYv Bonnier Viger1,6547.66+1.50
ConservativeAdrien D. Pouliot5032.33+1.54
GreenAlex Tyrrell2381.10–
Option nationaleFrançois Thériault1680.78+0.06
IndependentMaxime Lapointe600.28–
Unité NationaleDaniel Lachance300.14-0.17
Parti indépendantisteGrégoire Bonneau-Fortier270.12–
Équipe autonomisteGuy Boivin130.06–
Total valid votes 21,60599.24–
Total rejected ballots 1650.76–
Turnout 21,77046.31-29.12
Electors on the lists 47,006––
Coalition Avenir Québec hold Swing +4.38
2014 Quebec general election: Montmorency
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalRaymond Bernier17,11340.42
Coalition Avenir QuébecMichelyne St-Laurent14,32333.83
Parti QuébécoisMichel Guimond7,24217.11
Québec solidaireJean-Pierre Duchesneau1,9814.68
ConservativeAdrien D. Pouliot1,0152.40
GreenMarielle Parent4070.96
Option nationaleJean Bouchard2551.51
Total valid votes 42,33698.89
Total rejected ballots 4761.11
Turnout 42,81277.00
Electors on the lists 55,950–

Publications
  • Des idées pour débloquer le Québec, Éditions Accent grave, 223 p. (ISBN 9782924151150).[23]

References
  1. Yearbook of the Université de Sherbrooke 1979-1980, page 24
  2. History of Canadian Broadcasting, CFCF-DT
  3. https://www.ledevoir.com/economie/actualites-economiques/75493/bell-entend-recuperer-ses-techniciens
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2018-09-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.quebecentreprises.com/capital-draco-inc-ba9m/
  6. https://www.mcgill.ca/boardofgovernors/membership/governors-emeriti
  7. https://www.ypo.org/about-ypo/
  8. https://www.iedm.org/fr/701-adrien-d-pouliot
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2018-09-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. http://www.lesaffaires.com/secteurs-d-activite/gouvernement/andrien-pouliot-recrute-par-l-adq/528985
  11. http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique-quebecoise/201111/15/01-4468177-fusion-avec-la-caq-ladq-divisee.php
  12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1EJKQV5fBY
  13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2018-09-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique-quebecoise/201301/14/01-4611199-adrien-pouliot-souhaite-diriger-le-parti-conservateur-du-quebec.php
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2018-09-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2013/02/25/adrien-pouliot-devient-chef-du-parti-conservateur-du-quebec
  17. http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2013/02/23/adrien-pouliot-devient-chef-premier-congres-a-trois-rivieres
  18. http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/quebec/2013/10/19/005-parti-conservateur-quebec-congres-samedi.shtml
  19. https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/pcq/pages/446/attachments/original/1444017481/cahier-des-participants-fran%C3%A7ais-final1.pdf?1444017481
  20. https://www.facebook.com/PartiConservateurDuQuebec/videos/1559875167454767/?t=1399
  21. "Adrien Pouliot quitte la chefferie du Parti conservateur du Québec" (in French). October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  22. "En route pour 2022!" (in French). October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  23. http://www.prologue.ca/618665-77-livre-Politique/Des_idees_pour_debloquer_le_Quebec.html
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