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Quebec separatist party leader Duceppe to step down -media

Published 2015-10-21, 08:57 p/m
© Reuters. Quebec separatist party leader Duceppe to step down -media

TORONTO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Gilles Duceppe, a veteran
advocate for the independence of Quebec, will step down as
leader of the separatist Bloc Quebecois party after failing to
win a seat in Canada's Monday election, broadcaster Radio-Canada
said on Wednesday.
The CBC's French-language service, which did not cite
sources, said Duceppe has a news conference scheduled in
Montreal on Thursday.
The party did not immediately respond to a call and email
seeking comment.
Duceppe came out of retirement in June to lead the Bloc.
While 10 members of the party were elected on Monday, this was
two short of what was needed for the group to win official party
status in Canada's House of Commons.
Duceppe had previously quit politics in 2011 after losing
his Montreal seat during a federal election that year.
Even though it fields federal candidates in just one
province, the Bloc was once a major force in Canadian politics,
becoming the largest opposition party in the 1993 election.
Duceppe previously led the Bloc from 1997 to 2011, garnering
between 38 and 54 seats in all but the last election in that
period. That year the party was reduced to just four seats.
Canadian Liberal leader Justin Trudeau rode a late surge to
a stunning majority election victory on Monday, toppling Prime
Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives with a promise of
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