Jean Blaquière
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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Jean Blaquière, a Pentecostal pastor, was a candidate for the Christian Heritage Party of Canada in the Canadian federal election of 1993, and won the party leadership{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/512732781.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+14%2C+1994&author=&pub=The+Spectator&desc=Heritage+party+elects+new+head&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106091808/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/512732781.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+14,+1994&author=&pub=The+Spectator&desc=Heritage+party+elects+new+head&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2012|title=Heritage party elects new head|date=Mar 14, 1994|work=Hamilton Spectator|page=B6|accessdate=6 April 2011}} in March 1994 at a Vancouver convention, in a race with two other contenders.
Blaquière chose to step down at the next convention in November 1995 in London, Ontario, and was succeeded by Ron Gray.
Electoral record
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align="left" | Election
! align="left" | Division ! align="left" | Party ! align="right" | Votes ! align="right" | % ! align="center" | Place ! align="center" | Winner |
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align="left" | 1993 federal
! align="left" | Vercheres ! align="left" | CHP ! align="right" | 476 ! align="right"|0.8% ! align="center"| 5/6 ! align=-"left"|Stephane Bergeron Bloc Québécois |
align="left" | February 1995 byelection
! align="left" | Brome--Missisquoi ! align="left" | CHP ! align="right" | 126 ! align="right"|0.3% ! align="center"| 6/10 ! align=-"left"|Denis Paradis Liberal |
References
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before=Heather Stilwell|
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Category:Christian Heritage Party of Canada leaders
Category:Canadian Pentecostal pastors