Charlevoix provincial by-election, 2007
A provincial by-election was held in Quebec on 24 September 2007 to fill the vacancy in the National Assembly riding of Charlevoix.
The by-election was caused by the decision of PQ MNA Rosaire Bertrand to stand down to offer the new Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois a way to become an MNA. The Liberal Party of Quebec stated that it would not stand a candidate against Marois so that all three party leaders would be represented in the National Assembly, but the Action démocratique du Québec did run a candidate. The ADQ accused the Liberals and the PQ of a lack of democratic principles, claiming that it was not necessary for a third-party leader to be represented in the National Assembly.[1][2]
Results
| Charlevoix by-election, September 24, 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Parti Québécois | Pauline Marois | 11 400 | 59.20 | +21.53 | |
| Action démocratique | Conrad Harvey | 7 125 | 37.00 | +6.22 | |
| Green | David Turcotte | 403 | 2.09 | -0.20 | |
| Parti démocratie chrétienne | Paul Biron | 135 | 0.70 | +0.7 | |
| Independent | Claude Gagnon | 77 | 0.40 | +0.4 | |
| Independent (F4J) | Daniel Laforest | 64 | 0.33 | +0.33 | |
| Parti république | François Robert Lemire | 52 | 0.27 | +0.27 | |
References
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