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Carney Liberals Win Byelection in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord
Daniel Gobeil won nearly 50% of the vote, as the Liberals flipped the Quebec seat from the Conservatives after a campaign focused on trade tensions.
- On Monday, August 31, 2026, Liberal Daniel Gobeil won the federal byelection in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord, capturing a Quebec seat held by The Conservative since 2018.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed former Conservative representative Richard Martel to the Senate, triggering the byelection in the Saguenay-area riding.
- Polls suggested a tighter race, but Gobeil secured nearly 50 per cent of the vote, outpacing Bloc candidate Caroline Dubé at 33.4 per cent.
- Supporters gathered Monday at a Saguenay microbrewery with Bloc MPs Mario Simard and Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, who had mobilized significant resources across Quebec for the campaign.
- Two other federal byelections occurred Monday in Beaches-East York, Ontario and North Vancouver-Capilano, British Columbia, as voters weighed trade tensions with the United States.
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Carney Liberals win byelection in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord
Liberal Daniel Gobeil has won the federal byelection in Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, taking a Quebec seat that had been held by the Conservatives since 2018. As votes were being counted late Monday, Gobeil had nearly 50 per cent of the vote, compared with 33.4 per cent for Bloc Québécois candidate Caroline Dubé. The Conservative candidate, Régis Gaudreault, […]
·Toronto, Canada
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The Liberal Party of Canada won one more seat in Quebec as the Conservative riding of Chicoutimi-Le Fjord moved from opposition to government seats.
·Montreal, Canada
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Liberal Daniel Gobeil will represent the electoral district of Chicoutimi–Le Fjord in Ottawa. He won by a large advance over the other candidates.
·Montreal, Canada
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Total News Sources12
Leaning Left6Leaning Right0Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution67% Left
Bias Distribution
- 67% of the sources lean Left
67% Left
L 67%
C 33%
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