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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer
What if Boulerice were to succeed him?
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Boulerice is bright but I doubt they'll go for another leader from Quebec.
At least a small part of Mulcair's defeat is probably about traditional NDP people taking back control of the party.
The 2011 election saw the Orange Wave in Quebec and led to a party with a large majority of Quebec (mostly) francophone MPs juxtaposed with the old, massively anglophone (from outside Quebec) party membership, braintrust and administration.
I don't necessarily think that it was a nightmare and that those people couldn't get along and get work done. Overall, I actually think they did OK.
But the election last October was a huge disappointment for the NDP, and in such a context it's not surprising that they are maybe going to try to regroup based on the party's foundations.