Sol Zanetti

Sol Zanetti
MNA
Sol Zanetti in 2018
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Jean-Lesage
Assumed office
October 1, 2018
Preceded byAndré Drolet
Leader of Option nationale
In office
October 26, 2013 – January 1, 2018
Preceded byJean-Martin Aussant
Personal details
Born (1982-08-11) August 11, 1982 (age 41)
Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada
Political partyQuébec solidaire (2018-present)
Other political
affiliations		Option nationale (2012–2018)

Sol Zanetti (born 1982) is a Quebec politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Jean-Lesage as a member of Québec solidaire.

He was previously the leader of Option nationale, a Quebec sovereigntist political party, from 2013 to 2018.[2]

A candidate for the party in the 2012 provincial election, Zanetti won the party's leadership on October 26, 2013, winning 67 per cent of the leadership vote against musician and activist Nic Payne.[2] He led the party into the 2014 provincial election.[3]

In September 2014, Zanetti published a video on YouTube encouraging voters in the Scottish independence referendum to vote yes.[4]

The party was dissolved in 2018, merging with Québec solidaire.

He is of Italian and Québécois descent.

Electoral record[edit]

2022 Quebec general election: Jean-Lesage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Québec solidaire Sol Zanetti 11,390 37.77 +3.07
Coalition Avenir Québec Christiane Gamache 9,426 31.26 -1.09
Conservative Denise Peter 4,258 14.12 +12.37
Parti Québécois Michaël Potvin 3,337 11.07 +1.75
Liberal Charles Robert 1,326 4.40 -13.52
Green Félix-Antoine Bérubé-Simard 237 0.79 -0.36
Climat Québec Mario Ledoux 67 0.22 –
Marxist–Leninist Claude Moreau 57 0.19 +0.04
Démocratie directe Lucie Perreault 56 0.19 –
Total valid votes 30.154 98.63
Total rejected ballots 419 1.37
Turnout 30,573 67.34
Electors on the lists 45,399 – –
2018 Quebec general election: Jean-Lesage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Québec solidaire Sol Zanetti 10,331 34.7 +20.58
Coalition Avenir Québec Christiane Gamache 9,632 32.35 +8.65
Liberal Gertrude Bourdon 5,335 17.92 -19.41
Parti Québécois Claire Vignola 2,774 9.32 -13.1
Conservative Anne Deblois 520 1.75 +0.96
New Democratic Raymond Côté 399 1.34
Green Alex Paradis-Bellefeuille 343 1.15
Parti nul Charles Verreault-Lemieux 192 0.64 -0.58
Citoyens au pouvoir Marie-Pierre Deschênes 149 0.5
Équipe Autonomiste Nicolas Bouffard-Savoie 52 0.17
Marxist–Leninist Claude Moreau 44 0.15 +0.01
Total valid votes 29,771 98.19
Total rejected ballots 548 1.81
Turnout 30,319 65.78
Eligible voters 46,090
Québec solidaire gain from Liberal Swing +5.97
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
Quebec provincial by-election, June 8, 2015: Jean-Talon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sébastien Proulx 8,214 41.76 -2.74
Parti Québécois Clément Laberge 5,894 29.97 +7.49
Coalition Avenir Québec Alain Fecteau 2,717 13.81 -6.75
Québec solidaire Amélie Boisvert 1,503 7.64 -1.41
Option nationale Sol Zanetti 474 2.41 +0.90
Green Elodie Boisjoly-Dubreuil 472 2.4 –
Conservative Sylvain Rancourt 237 1.20 +0.61
Parti des sans Parti Sylvain Drolet 76 0.39 –
Équipe Autonomiste Stéphane Pouleur 55 0.28 +0.09
Parti indépendantiste Grégoire Bonneau-Fortier 27 0.14 –
Total valid votes 19,668 99.18
Total rejected ballots 162 0.82
Turnout 19,830 43.61 -34.39
Electors on the lists 45,475 –
Liberal hold Swing -5.12
Quebec provincial by-election, March 9, 2015: Richelieu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Sylvain Rochon 7,294 35.98 -3.04
Coalition Avenir Québec Jean-Bernard Émond 6,584 32.48 +5.66
Liberal Benoît Théroux 5,054 24.93 -0.72
Québec solidaire Marie-Ève Mathieu 541 2.67 -2.63
Option nationale Sol Zanetti 316 1.56 +0.21
Green Vincent Pouliot 352 1.74 +0.58
Conservative Daniel Gaudreau 103 0.51 -0.21
Équipe Autonomiste Louis Chandonnet 30 0.15
Total valid votes 20,274 98.45 +1.00
Total rejected ballots 319 1.55 -1.00
Turnout 20,593 46.43 -23.57
Electors on the lists 44,356 – –
Parti Québécois hold Swing -4.35
2014 Quebec general election: Jean-Lesage
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal André Drolet 11,645 37.27
Coalition Avenir Québec Émilie Foster 7,431 23.78
Parti Québécois Pierre Châteauvert 6,998 22.40
Québec solidaire Sébastien Bouchard 3,626 11.60
Option nationale Sol Zanetti 782 2.50
Parti nul Sébastien Dumais 384 1.23
Conservative Andréas Garcia 77 0.24
Independent José Breton 93 0.30
Marxist–Leninist Claude Moreau 43 0.14
Total valid votes 31,248 98.65
Total rejected ballots 427 1.35
Turnout 31,675 68.00
Electors on the lists 46,643 –
2012 Quebec general election: Louis-Hébert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sam Hamad 14,602 38.42 -10.43
Coalition Avenir Québec Michel Hamel 12,510 32.92 +16.67*
Parti Québécois Rosette Côté 8,127 21.38 -7.71
Québec solidaire Guillaume Boivin 1,359 3.58 +0.73
Option nationale Sol Zanetti 706 1.86 –
Parti nul Julie Lachance 226 0.59 –
Coalition pour la constituante Guillaume Dion 209 0.55 –
Conservative Véronique Durand 146 0.38 –
Équipe Autonomiste Hugues Fortin 70 0.18 –
Quebec Citizens' Union Maxime Guérin 49 0.13 –
Total valid votes 38,004 99.18 –
Total rejected ballots 316 0.82 –
Turnout 38,320 86.57 +16.22
Electors on the lists 44,263 – –

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Quebec election: Quebec Solidaire’s Sol Zanetti wins in Jean-Lesage". Global News, October 1, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Sol Zanetti est le nouveau chef d'Option nationale". Le Devoir, October 27, 2013.
  3. ^ "Sol Zanetti: L’indépendance avant tout". Métro Montréal, April 4, 2014.
  4. ^ "Quebec independence party leader sends message to Scots". Global News, September 11, 2014.

External links[edit]

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