Parti Québécois Leader Asks Caucus to Stay Ready for Next Election After Minority Win
St-Pierre Plamondon told 127 candidates to remain mobilized as the PQ prepares to govern with 59 seats and weighs its next campaign.
- On Monday, the Parti secured a minority mandate with 59 seats in the provincial legislature, while the Quebec Liberal Party won 40 seats and the Quebec Conservative Party captured 19 seats.
- Premier-Designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon gathered all 127 party candidates in Drummondville on Friday, emphasizing the party has an "obligation to remain mobilized for an election campaign" even if not in the short term.
- Leadership is considering special roles for defeated high-profile candidates Alex Boissonneault and Pascal Paradis while the party failed to win a seat in the Quebec City region.
- A defeated candidate suggested the party was penalized in his riding for refusing to commit to a third road link between Quebec City and the south shore in its first term.
- St-Pierre Plamondon indicated Friday he plans a collaborative approach to governing, though The Coalition Avenir failed to elect a single member and questions remain about opposition acceptance.
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At the head of a minority government, Prime Minister-designate and Pequist leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon called on his defeated and elected candidates to "maintain mobilized" in anticipation of a possible new election. The Conservative Party in Charlevoix-Côte-de-Beaupré, François Gariépy, alias "M. Radio X", defeated him in part by abandoning the promise of a third link reserved for collective transport between Québec and Lévis.
On Friday, Prime Minister-designate and leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, gathered in a conference room at Drummondville's Best Western, a large part of his
By Caroline Plante DRUMMONDVILLE — Prime Minister-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon asks his troops to remain mobilized "for an electoral campaign not in the short term but eventually." Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon had invited his 127 candidates on Friday to a post-election meeting in a hotel in Drummondville. He said he wanted to take stock of [...]
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