At a press briefing, Ms. Anglade the dislike of Longueuil voters at Quebec Liberal PartyQLParguing that its message needs to be clearer and its presence on earth longer.

But time is running out for the Liberal leader to change path and strategy, a few months before the next general election on October 3.

Monday, at Marie-Victorin, the Quebec Liberal PartyQLP collected an embarrassing fifth place, less than 7% popular support. According to Ms. Anglade, Liberal voters just chose to stay home on Monday, avoided the ballot.

Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) candidate Shirley Dorismond got 35% of the vote, becoming the next riding member after the departure of Catherine Fournier, followed by Parti québécois (PQ), with 30%, Québec solidaire (QS) at 14% and the Conservative Party (PCQ) at 10%.

For four decades, the ride has shown the colors of PQ.

76 seats for CAQ

To the political advantage is therefore added a significant symbolic advantage for Future Quebec CoalitionCAQ by François Legault, who was not defeated in any of the three by-elections of this term, the other two being Roberval and Jean-Talon. In the National Assembly, the Future Quebec CoalitionCAQ now occupies 76 to 125 seats.

For sure Monday’s result wasn’t devastating enough for that Quebec Liberal PartyQLPthe leader of Future Quebec CoalitionCAQ and Prime Minister Legault added a layer of it by the massive Dominique Anglade, who would have angered voters, according to him, by throwing him out. mud in the Chamber, in the CHSLD Herron file, where dozens of vulnerable seniors died, in poor condition during the first wave of the pandemic, in 2020.

Quebecers don’t want to see Dominique Anglade throwing mudhe said, at a press briefing, todo smile the day after his resounding victory.

Despite the superb position of his party and his government a few months before the election deadline, Mr. Legault insisted that he wanted to show humility and stay away from any display of pride.

In the House, during questioning, he again endorsed the victim’s position in Herron’s case, telling the Leader of the Official Opposition that he should stop throwing mud.

In this particularly difficult context for Quebec Liberal PartyQLPthe Leader of the Official Opposition has already promised double your enthusiasmwith the aim of further meeting with voters and activists to deliver the message clearer than ever before, with the aim of winning the hearts of Quebeckers.

Although it was a traditional PQ ride, Marie-Victorin has given more prominence to Liberals in the past. In 2018, the Quebec Liberal PartyQLP received 15% support, in 2014, 26%, in 2012, 17% and in 2008, 29%. So we’re far from Monday’s meager 7%.

This poor performance would deprive the Liberal candidate, Émilie Nollet, of reimbursement of her Chief Electoral Officer election costs, as she did not reach the minimum support threshold of 15% to be eligible for it. .

PQ is optimistic

The leader of the PQ, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, chose to do good against bad luck, by adopting a determined optimistic speech.

For Quebecois PartyQP to Marie-Victorin, it is only postponed, according to him. He said that in Monday’s performance, his party was alone who can beat the CAQ 3rd October.

He assured that the complementary candidate, Pierre Nantel, would run again for Quebecois PartyQP this fall.

As for Québec solidaire, MP Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois explained his party’s third place in Marie-Victorin by the fact that Solidarity QuebecQS is a party that attracts most young people.

gold, that vote, we had a hard time getting it out in Marie-Victorin, especially because of the by-election, there was no vote on campuses, and the vote on campuses was force in Québec solidaire, every time..