Quebec nationalism
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| 2025 | The party experienced a decline in seat and vote share due to increased support for the Liberal Party under Mark Carney, but continued to share the balance of power in a Liberal minority government. |
| 2025 | In the 2025 Canadian federal election, the Bloc Québécois led by Blanchet won 22 seats, a significant decrease from the prior election. |
| 2025 | The Bloc Québécois wins 10 seats, maintains second place in Quebec, and continues as a third party nationally with 27.7% of Quebec votes. |
| November 2024 | Carmen Palardy becomes secretary general, replacing Benjamin Gingras |
| November 16 2024 | Ruba Ghazal becomes the female co-spokesperson for Québec solidaire, succeeding Christine Labrie's interim term. |
| September 2024 | Bloc Québécois won a competitive by-election in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, Montreal. |
| August 2024 | Benjamin Gingras becomes secretary general, succeeding Nicolas Chatel-Launay |
| May 2 2024 | Christine Labrie takes on an interim co-spokesperson role for Québec solidaire. |
| April 29 2024 | Émilise Lessard-Therrien resigned as co-spokesperson, citing exhaustion. |
| 2023 | Guillaume Cliche-Rivard elected as MNA for Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne district in Montreal. |
| November 26 2023 | Roxane Milot becomes the latest president of Québec solidaire, succeeding Nicolas Chatel-Launay. |
| November 26 2023 | Émilise Lessard-Therrien becomes the female co-spokesperson for Québec solidaire, succeeding Manon Massé. |
| November 26 2023 | Émilise Lessard-Therrien was elected co-spokesperson at the party congress in Gatineau, defeating Ruba Ghazal and Christine Labrie with 50.3% of votes. |
| May 2023 | Bloc Québécois held a leadership confidence vote where Blanchet won 97% of the vote. |
| March 13 2023 | Québec Solidaire won a 12th seat in the Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne by-election, achieving their highest number of seats and obtaining official party status. |
| 2022 | Party continues to grow, with new MNAs Haroun Bouazzi (Maurice-Richard), Étienne Grandmont (Taschereau), and Alejandra Zaga Mendez (Verdun) being elected. |
| 2022 | Québec Solidaire finished second in overall votes for the first time, winning 15.4% of the vote and eleven seats, its most ever. |
| 2022 | During the Quebec general election, party spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois highlighted ending food waste as a priority, proposing a plan to cut food waste by 50% by mandating large businesses and institutions to redistribute unsold food. |
| 2022 | The party maintains its strong position, running 124 candidates, winning 1 seat, and receiving 633,414 votes (15.43% of popular vote), now established as the Third Party in the legislature. |
| October 3 2022 | Nicolas Chatel-Launay becomes interim president after Alejandra Zaga Mendez. |
| 2021 | In the Canadian federal election, the Bloc Québécois led by Blanchet maintained 32 seats, unchanged from the previous election. |
| November 21 2021 | Alejandra Zaga Mendez takes over the party presidency from Nika Deslauriers. |
| May 16 2021 | Manon Massé announced she would hand the parliamentary leadership to Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, who would be the party's candidate for premier in the 2022 election. |
| November 2020 | Nicolas Chatel-Launay becomes secretary general, replacing Gaétan Châteauneuf |
| 2019 | The party won 32 seats, regaining official party status and becoming a significant political force in the balance of power in a Liberal minority government. |
| 2019 | Yves-François Blanchet leads the Bloc Québécois, regaining some strength by winning 22 seats and securing 2nd place in Quebec, with 32.4% of votes. |
| 2019 | Bloc Québécois increased its seats from 10 to 32 in the federal election, regaining official party status and becoming the third largest party in Canada. |
| January 17 2019 | Yves-François Blanchet becomes party leader, elected without opposition. |
| January 15 2019 | Yves-François Blanchet was the only candidate to enter the Bloc Québécois leadership race by the deadline. |
| 2018 | Québec solidaire makes a significant breakthrough, running 125 candidates, winning 7 seats, and securing 648,406 votes (16.08% of popular vote), becoming the Fourth Party in the legislature. |
| 2018 | Québec solidaire significantly expands its representation in the National Assembly, with multiple new MNAs elected including Andrés Fontecilla (Laurier-Dorion), Ruba Ghazal (Mercier), Catherine Dorion (Taschereau), Christine Labrie (Sherbrooke), Alexandre Leduc (Hochelaga-Maisonneuve), Vincent Marissal (Rosemont), and Sol Zanetti (Jean-Lesage). |
| 2018 | Québec solidaire gained 7 seats in the election, bringing their total to 10, tying with the Parti Québécois. |
| September 17 2018 | The remaining MPs who had previously defected from the Bloc rejoined the party and dissolved their breakaway group, Québec debout. |
| August 22 2018 | Mario Beaulieu cedes the party presidency to Yves Perron as part of an agreement to reunite the party. |
| June 11 2018 | Martine Ouellet resigns as leader after being defeated in a leadership review. |
| June 1 2018 | A leadership review referendum is held for Martine Ouellet, with party members voting to reject her leadership by 67%. |
| February 28 2018 | Seven of the Bloc's ten MPs quit the party's caucus to form the Groupe parlementaire québécois (later called Québec debout), citing conflicts with Ouellet's leadership style and disagreements over party priorities. |
| December 2 2017 | QS party members approved a merger with Option nationale. |
| May 21 2017 | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois becomes male co-spokersperson, replacing Andrés Fontecilla |
| May 21 2017 | Nika Deslauriers becomes the party president, following Andrés Fontecilla. |
| May 21 2017 | Manon Massé and Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois were elected as the party's co-spokespeople at the annual convention. |
| March 2017 | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, a leader of the 2012 Quebec student protests, joined the party as a candidate for Gouin by-election and party co-spokesperson. |
| March 18 2017 | Martine Ouellet becomes party leader while simultaneously serving as an MNA in the National Assembly of Quebec. |
| January 19 2017 | Manon Massé succeeds Françoise David as female co-spokesperson, initially serving in an interim capacity until May 21, 2017. |
| January 19 2017 | Françoise David announced her immediate retirement as party spokesperson and MNA due to health reasons. |
| June 2016 | Gaétan Châteauneuf takes over as secretary general from Pierre-Paul St-Onge |
| 2015 | The Bloc Québécois won 10 seats in the federal election, despite party leader Gilles Duceppe failing to win a seat. |
| June 10 2015 | Gilles Duceppe is appointed leader by party executive, returning to lead the party. |
| 2014 | The party was reduced to just two seats following resignations and expulsions. |
| 2014 | Manon Massé begins serving as MNA for Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques district in Montreal. |
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