The Canada Brief

Canada · 19 d ago

Éric Duhaime, leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec

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Éric Duhaime loses his communications director as the Quebec Conservatives enter the legislature

Cédric Lapointe, one of the architects of the campaign that elected 19 Conservative MNAs last week, announced his resignation on X on Friday. He has moved with his family to Gatineau, about five hours by road from Quebec City.

If I am resigning from the PCQ today, it is because I want my daughter to grow up with a father who is there.

— Cédric Lapointe

Oct

22

Thursday

Salon rouge, National Assembly

The 19 Conservative MNAs are sworn in next Thursday in the Salon rouge, and the National Assembly is expected to sit again on Tuesday, Nov 17. The party will be the second opposition group.

Szalontai's margin in Champlain, now contested

191 votes

One seat is in doubt: Adriana Szalontai won Champlain by 191 votes, and Parti Québécois candidate René Branchaud has asked the Court of Québec for a judicial recount.