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Christine Fréchette is Quebec’s next premier after winning CAQ leadership
Fréchette won nearly 58% of the vote and will try to revive the CAQ as polls show the party sinking below 10% provincewide.
- On Sunday, the Coalition Avenir Québec chose Christine Fréchette as party leader, positioning her to succeed outgoing Premier François Legault as Quebec's next premier.
- Fréchette claimed nearly 58 per cent of the vote at the leadership convention in Drummondville, Que., defeating her only rival, longtime minister Bernard Drainville.
- With support from 41 MNAs and 17 ministers, Fréchette focused her campaign on economic issues, drawing from more than 20,500 eligible party members who participated in voting.
- Fréchette will lead the party until the Oct. 5 election, where political analyst Raphaël Melançon noted that retaining 12 seats would constitute a victory for the CAQ.
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The new CAQ Chief and Prime Minister-designate will have little time to attempt to change Quebec's economic trajectory.
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Christine Fréchette Is Quebec’s New Premier After CAQ Leadership Vote
Christine Fréchette has won the leadership of the governing Coalition Avenir Québec and will be sworn in as Quebec’s new premier after winning nearly 58 percent of the vote on April 12. Fréchette is replacing François Legault as premier of Quebec and leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ). Legault created the CAQ in 2011 and led the party ever since, but announced he is stepping down as premier and leader of the party in January after month…
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Party leaders and others elected to the National Assembly welcomed the victory of Quebec's new prime minister.
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Total News Sources61
Leaning Left32Leaning Right3Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution74% Left
Bias Distribution
- 74% of the sources lean Left
74% Left
L 74%
C 19%
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