Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe: Downtown Montreal District

2009 Elections Canada Filing Dept: The donations in the amounts of $333.33, $666.66 and $733.33 appear on the 2009 Elections Canada filing of the Conservative riding association of Laurier-Sainte-Marie, a downtown Montreal district that was represented by Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe until 2011, when New Democrat H l ne Laverdi re defeated him, according to Montreal Gazette. From 2006 to 2009, the Conservative riding association collected $583,318.96 from 931 donations, many from people connected with engineering companies and law firms. It also distributed $376,739.36 mostly to other ridings around Quebec. The Megantic-Lerable riding of Industry Minister Christian Paradis, for instance, received $41,841 in 2009 and oTTAWA Several people listed as donors to a Conservative riding association in Montreal say they did not make the donations attributed to them by the party. Conservative candidate Charles K. Langford, a businessman and professor, came fifth in the riding in 2008 and fourth in 2011. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.