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{{Infobox political party
| name = Bloc Pot
| native_name = Bloc pot
| logo = File:Logo of Bloc pot.svg
| leader = [[Benjamin Vachon]]
| president =
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| founder    = [[Marc-Boris St-Maurice]]
| foundation = {{Start date|1998}}
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| ideology = {{Nowrap|[[Legalization of marijuana]]<br>[[Proportional representation]]<br>[[Alter-globalization]]<br>[[Environmentalism]]<br>[[Quebec federalism]]}}
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| national = [[Marijuana Party (Canada)|Marijuana Party]]
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| colours = [[Green]]
| colorcode = tan
| blank1_title = Policies
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| seats1_title = Seats in the [[National Assembly of Quebec|National Assembly]]
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|125|hex=tan}}
| website = {{URL|blocpot.qc.ca}}
| country = Canada
| state = Quebec
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The '''Bloc Pot''' is a provincial [[political party]] in [[Quebec]], Canada that is dedicated to ending [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] [[Prohibition (drugs)|prohibition]]. It has contested four provincial elections but it has failed to win any seats in the [[National Assembly of Quebec]]. The party was launched in 1997 by [[Marc-Boris St-Maurice]] as a way to push for political change to marijuana laws. He also went on to launch its federal offspring, the [[Marijuana Party of Canada]].
==Leaders of the Bloc Pot==
* [[Marc-Boris St-Maurice]] (1998–2000)
* [[Pierre Audette]] (2000–2001)
* [[Alexandre Néron]] (acting, 2001–2002)
* [[Hugô St-Onge]] (2002–2012)
* [[ Pacifique Plante]] (2012-2017)
* [[Jean-Patrick Berthiaume*Intérim]] (2017-2020)
* [[Daniel Blackburn]] (2020-2023)
* [[Benjamin Vachon]] (2023-)
==Election results==
{| class="wikitable"
|-----
| align="center" | '''General election'''
| align="center" | '''# of candidates'''
| align="center" | '''# of elected candidates'''
| align="center" | '''% of popular vote'''
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| align="center" | '''[[1998 Quebec general election|1998]]''' || align="center" | 24
| align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 0.31%
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| align="center" | '''[[2003 Quebec general election|2003]]''' || align="center" | 56
| align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 0.60%
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| align="center" | '''[[2007 Quebec general election|2007]]''' || align="center" | 9
| align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 0.04%
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| align="center" | '''[[2008 Quebec general election|2008]]''' || align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 0.00%
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| align="center" | '''[[2012 Quebec general election|2012]]''' || align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 0.01%
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| align="center" | '''[[2014 Quebec general election|2014]]''' || align="center" | 14
| align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 0.02%
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| align="center" | '''[[2018 Quebec general election|2018]]''' || align="center" | 29
| align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 0.12%
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| align="center" | '''[[2022 Quebec general election|2022]]''' || align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 0%
|}
==See also==
* [[Drug policy reform]]
* [[Cannabis in Quebec]]
* [[Legal issues of cannabis]]
* [[List of Quebec general elections]]
* [[List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition]]
* [[List of Quebec premiers]]
* [[Marijuana parties]]
* [[Marijuana Party (Canada)]]
* [[National Assembly of Quebec]]
* [[List of political parties in Canada#Quebec|Political parties in Quebec]]
* [[Politics of Quebec]]
* [[Timeline of Quebec history]]
==External links==
*[http://www.blocpot.qc.ca/ Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091217055751/http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/patrimoine/ National Assembly historical information]
*[http://www.quebecpolitique.com/ La Politique québécoise sur le Web]
{{Quebec provincial political parties}}
{{Marijuana Party of Canada}}
{{Cannabis in Canada}}
[[Category:Cannabis political parties of Canada]]
[[Category:Provincial political parties in Quebec]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1998]]
[[Category:Organizations based in Montreal]]
[[Category:1998 establishments in Quebec]]
[[Category:1998 in cannabis]]
[[Category:Cannabis in Quebec]]
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