Marc Tanguay

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.

Marc Tanguay MNA
Tanguay in October 2023
Leader of the Opposition of Quebec
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 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	(1973-04-18) April 18, 1973 (age 52)
Political party	Quebec Liberal
Profession	Lawyer

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.

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.^[2]

On November 10, 2022, he was named interim leader of the Quebec Liberal Party following the resignation of Dominique Anglade.^[3] He also serves as critic for Canadian Relations and Canadian Francophonie and Capitale-Nationale.

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	–	–