Mario Beaulieu

Mario Beaulieu MP
Beaulieu in July 2018
Leader of the Bloc Québécois
In office June 13, 2018 – January 17, 2019 Interim
President	Himself Yves Perron
Preceded by	Martine Ouellet
Succeeded by	Yves-François Blanchet
In office June 25, 2014 – June 10, 2015[1]
President	Himself
Preceded by	Daniel Paillé
Succeeded by	Gilles Duceppe
In office June 25, 2014 – August 22, 2018
Leader	Himself Gilles Duceppe Rhéal Fortin (interim) Martine Ouellet Himself (interim)
Preceded by	Daniel Paillé
Succeeded by	Yves Perron
President of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Jean Dorion
Succeeded by	Maxime Laporte
Member of Parliament for La Pointe-de-l'Île
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Ève Péclet
Personal details
Born	(1959-02-01) February 1, 1959 (age 65) Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada[2]
Political party	Bloc Québécois (federal) Parti Québécois (provincial)
Residence(s)	Pointe-aux-Trembles,[3] Montreal, Quebec
Occupation	Politician

Mario A. Beaulieu^[3] MP (French pronunciation: [maʁjo boljø]; born February 1, 1959) is a Canadian politician. An advocate for nationalism in Quebec, he served as leader (2014–2015), interim leader (2018–2019) and president (2014–2018) of the Bloc Québécois (BQ); Beaulieu has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for La Pointe-de-l'Île since the 2015 election.

He was the 80th president of the sovereignist Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste of Montreal from 2009 to 2014 and has been a spokesman for the Mouvement Québec français, a coalition of organizations in favour of the preservation and defence of the French language in Quebec.^[4]