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Alexandre Boulerice Quits Federal NDP to Run for Québec Solidaire in Gouin

The departure leaves the NDP without a Quebec MP.

NDP Leader Avi Lewis, left, looks toward NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice, centre, as he responds to a reporter's question during a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, April 13, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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NDP Leader Avi Lewis holds a press conference in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, April 27, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Alexandre Boulerice, centre, federal MP for the riding of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie flanked by Quebec Solitaire co-spokesperson Ruba Ghazal, right, and Sol Zanetti gives a thumbs up as he announces his intention to leave federal politics and the NDP party to run provincially with Quebec Solidaire, in Montreal on Monday, April 27, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Overview

  • Alexandre Boulerice, Quebec’s last NDP MP, announced Monday he is leaving the party and will run provincially for Québec solidaire in Montreal’s Gouin riding this fall.
  • He will sit as an Independent in the House of Commons for now and plans to resign his Rosemont—La Petite‑Patrie seat the day before the provincial campaign begins.
  • The NDP falls to five MPs with none in Quebec, leaving the caucus even further from the 12-seat threshold needed for official party status and the resources that come with it.
  • NDP leader Avi Lewis said he will not run in the coming Montreal byelection and pledged to recruit a local candidate to try to hold the seat.
  • Québec solidaire leaders welcomed Boulerice’s arrival, calling him strongly sovereigntist, and he will seek to replace outgoing QS co‑spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau‑Dubois in Gouin, a QS stronghold even as the party has trailed near 8 percent in recent polls.