Sole NDP MP from Quebec Alexandre Boulerice quits party for provincial politics, joins QS
Posted April 26, 2026 12:06 pm.
Last Updated April 27, 2026 11:38 am.
Alexandre Boulerice, MP for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, confirmed that he is leaving the the New Democratic Party (NDP) to run in the provincial elections under Québec solidaire (QS) later this year.
At a press conference Monday, the only remaining elected official from the “orange wave” that swept Quebec in the 2011 said he will sit as an independent MP.
Boulerice is making a leap into Quebec politics under the banner of QS in the riding of Gouin, held by the party’s previous co-spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.
Nadeau-Dubois previously announced that he will retire from politics at the end of his term.
In a social media post, Boulerice said his entry into Quebec politics in an election year, after 15 years as a federal MP, felt like homecoming and was motivated by what he saw a need for “strong left-wing voices.”
“Quebec is not doing well,” Boulerice wrote “The house is not in order, and that troubles me. It stirs me.”
The NDP is losing its only MP in Quebec. It will now have only five elected members in the House of Commons, all from western Ontario.
On March 28, on the eve of the election of the NDP’s new leader, Avi Lewis, Boulerice—who was present at the NDP convention—stated that his move to QS was “an option [he] was taking very, very seriously.”
Lewis, for his part, said he had urged Boulerice to remain within the NDP.
Boulerice had expressed numerous concerns about the NDP in recent weeks. In particular, he had suggested that he was “disappointed” with the role of French in the leadership race.
However, in his Facebook post announcing his departure Monday, Boulerice said he had confidence in Lewis, “I leave with peace of mind because I have confidence in the leadership of Avi Lewis, who will expose the true conservative face of Mark Carney’s Liberal government, but above all will inspire with firm proposals during these crucial times.”
Boulerice was the last remaining member in Quebec from Jack Layton’s “orange wave” in 2011, which propelled the NDP to the status of official opposition in the House of Commons with 103 members, including 59 in Quebec out of the province’s 75 seats.
–With files from La Presse Canadienne
