2024 Action Gatineau leadership election
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April 10, 2024
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| Date | April 15, 2024 |
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| Resigning leader | Maude Marquis-Bissonnette |
| Won by | Maude Marquis-Bissonnette |
| Entrance fee | $2,000[1] |
The 2024 Action Gatineau leadership election was to take place on April 15, 2024,[1][2][3] to elect a leader to replace Maude Marquis-Bissonnette, who resigned on December 22, 2021,[4] after the 2021 Gatineau municipal election, which, despite the party gaining a seat on city council by winning the newly created district of Mitigomijokan, saw Marquis-Bissonnette lose the mayoralty to France Bélisle.[5]
Marquis-Bissonnette won the election on April 10 after no other candidate registered to run.[6]
2021
- November 7 – The 2021 municipal election is held, increasing the party's seat count from 7 to 8, but losing the mayoralty.[7]
- December 22 – Party leader Maude Marquis-Bissonnette, who placed second in the mayoral election, announces her resignation.[4]
2022
- January 21 – Steve Moran, city councillor for Hull-Wright District, is named the interim leader of the party until a leadership election is held.[1]
2024
- February 22 – Incumbent Mayor of Gatineau France Bélisle announces her resignation, triggering the 2024 mayoral by-election.[8][9]
- March 20 – Action Gatineau announces the start of the leadership election and the beginning of the candidate nomination period.[10]
- March 25 – Maude Marquis-Bissonnette declares her candidacy.[11]
- April 8 – End of the candidate nomination period.
- April 10 – Marquis-Bissonnette is acclaimed party leader.[6]
