Quebec voted on 5 October. La Presse reported the Parti Québécois will form the next government, with leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon elected in Camille-Laurin, while outgoing premier Christine Fréchette lost in Trois-Rivières.
Voters in Quebec elected a new National Assembly on 5 October. La Presse reported that the Parti Québécois will form the next government and that its leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, elected in Camille-Laurin, will become the 34th premier of Quebec.
Radio-Canada reported Plamondon was projected winner in Camille-Laurin with 42.1 percent of the vote at the time of its evening update. It also reported that Coalition Avenir Québec leader and outgoing premier Christine Fréchette lost in Trois-Rivières.
Other party leaders won their own seats. Radio-Canada said Liberal leader Charles Milliard was elected in Orford, Conservative leader Éric Duhaime in Bellechasse, and Québec solidaire co-spokesperson Ruba Ghazal was re-elected in Mercier. La Presse reported several prominent CAQ figures, including France-Élaine Duranceau, Bernard Drainville, Sonia Bélanger and Martine Biron, were defeated.
The campaign had been framed in part around whether a PQ government would pursue another sovereignty referendum. Final seat totals were still being compiled in late-evening coverage, so this account does not state a finished assembly count.
Official results from Élections Québec will fix the seat numbers. Plamondon’s path to forming a government depends on those final figures.
People Sentiments Mixed
- Radio-Canada reported Christine Fréchette said the defeat was hers.
- La Presse reported Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is set to become Quebec’s 34th premier.