Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) leader Dominique Anglade blamed the blow on Tuesday, days after a disastrous performance by her political party during the by-election held on Marie-Victorin’s ride.
At a press briefing, Ms. Anglade the dislike of Longueuil voters at
QLParguing 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
QLP 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
CAQ 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 CAQ now occupies 76 to 125 seats.For sure Monday’s result wasn’t devastating enough for that 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.
QLPthe leader of CAQ 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.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 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.
QLPthe Leader of the Official Opposition has already promisedAlthough it was a traditional PQ ride, Marie-Victorin has given more prominence to Liberals in the past. In 2018, the
QLP 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 postponed, according to him. He said that in Monday’s performance, his party was alone who can beat the CAQ 3rd October.
QP to Marie-Victorin, it is onlyHe assured that the complementary candidate, Pierre Nantel, would run again for
QP this fall.As for Québec solidaire, MP Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois explained his party’s third place in Marie-Victorin by the fact that
QS 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..
Source: Radio-Canada