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CAQ to Choose New Leader Sunday as Quebec Awaits Next Premier

More than 20,500 party members are voting, and the winner will replace François Legault as premier until the next general election.

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Quebec will have a new Premier after the CAQ chooses their new leader this Sunday to replace outgoing Premier Francois Legault. Christine Fréchette and Bernard Drainville are the two candidates. Both have served as CAQ ministers since being elected as MNAs in 2022. Voting for the new leader of the CAQ began on Tuesday. Just […]
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Drainville may be doing more trouble than his rival, but the CAQ would be relegated to the peloton tail if he took the lead, according to a poll

·Montreal, Canada
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By Sunday, the caquists must choose who Christine Fréchette or Bernard Drainville will be their leader.

·Montreal, Canada
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"The party founded by François Legault would reap only 8% of the voting intentions with the MP for Lévis as leader," said the opinion poll. "The political party would come to a good last, behind the solidarity groups, the Conservatives, the Pequists and the Liberals."

This is the last right in the CAQ leadership race. Christine Fréchette and Bernard Drainville are the two candidates. Only a few 20,000 members can vote for their next leader, who will be Quebec's new premier. The race started in January, when François Legault announced that he would leave his position as Prime Minister, without running for a new term in the next election. Read also: CAQ Chefferie, L-Outaouais, invites him to the first CAQ Cheff…

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Radio-Canada broke the news in Montreal, Canada on Friday, April 10, 2026.
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