A byelection is being held right this moment in a Montreal driving to decide on a brand new member of the provincial legislature to exchange the previous Quebec Liberal chief.
Voters are heading to the polls in Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne after Dominique Anglade resigned as chief when her Liberals gained lower than 15 per cent of the vote within the October basic election.
The driving has traditionally been a Liberal stronghold however is now being hotly contested by left-leaning Québec solidaire, which gained a pair of Montreal ridings from the Liberals in October.
Guillaume Cliche-Rivard of Québec solidaire misplaced to Anglade by 2,700 votes in October and is working once more, this timeQueb towards Christopher Baenninger of the Liberals, who heads a advertising and marketing company and likewise misplaced in October in a neighbouring driving.
The Coalition Avenir Québec is working Victor Pelletier, president of the celebration’s youth wing, whereas the Parti Québécois candidate is Andréanne Fiola, who additionally ran for the celebration in October.
The Coalition Avenir Quebec holds 89 of the legislature’s 125 seats, adopted by the Liberals with 19, Québec solidaire with 11 and the PQ with three seats in addition to two Independents.
According to Élections Québec, just below 13 per cent of individuals have already forged a vote throughout advance polling.
