Alex Tyrrell

Alex Tyrrell is the leader of the Green Party of Quebec.^[1] At 25 years old he is the youngest leader on the provincial scene.^[2] He was elected leader 21 September 2013. Tyrrell has studied Environmental Science at Concordia University in Montreal. His mother is a francophone, and his father an anglophone.^[3]

Electoral results

Quebec provincial by-election, December 9, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Philippe Couillard	5,582	55.11	+13.59
	Québec solidaire	Édith Laperle	3,264	32.23	+14.21
	Option nationale	Julie Surprenant	677	6.68	+4.97
	Green	Alex Tyrrell	384	3.79	–
	Conservative	Pierre Ennio Crespi	145	1.43	–
	Parti nul	Mathieu Marcil	59	0.58	-0.34
	Autonomist Team	Guy Boivin	17	0.17	–
Total valid votes			10,128	99.13	–
Total rejected ballots			89	0.87	–
Turnout			10,217	26.42	-41.79
Electors on the lists			38,671	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.41

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Geoffrey Kelley	24,525	73.11	-7.74
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Paola L. Hawa	5,006	14.92	+11.09*
	Green	Alex Tyrrell	1,522	4.54	-2.97
	Parti Québécois	Olivier Gendreau	1,232	3.67	-2.35
	Québec solidaire	François-Xavier Charlebois	859	2.56	+1.12
	Independent	Francis Juneau	189	0.56	–
	Option nationale	Raphaël Hébert	128	0.38	–
	Quebec Citizens' Union	Ágnes Mina Barti	86	0.26	–
Total valid votes			33,547	99.47	–
Total rejected ballots			178	0.53	–
Turnout			33,725	76.89	+24.12
Electors on the lists			43,861	–	–

References

1. Eric Perreault-Chamberland (2013-11-10). "Alex Tyrrell - Chef du PVQ". Pvq.qc.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
2. "Concordia Student to Lead Quebec Green Party | News – The Link". Thelinknewspaper.ca. 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
3. "Alex Tyrrell - Leader of the Green Party of Quebec". Green Party of Quebec. Retrieved 25 November 2015.