Carney recruits former CAQ member Chantal Soucy for a Quebec by-election

Chantal Soucy, who represented Saint-Hyacinthe for 12 years for the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), will run for the Liberals in the federal riding of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton, in a by-election to be called soon.

Her share of the vote in 2022, nearly

55 %

First elected in 2014, she won her next two races easily; in 2022 she took nearly 55 per cent of the vote, about 15,600 votes ahead of her nearest rival.

In the current economic context, I don't just want our region to be heard in Ottawa. I want it to have influence where decisions are made.

— Chantal Soucy, Liberal candidate

Background

The seat opened when MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay left Ottawa and won Saint-Hyacinthe for the Parti Québécois; he was named Quebec's minister of relations with First Nations and Inuit on Wednesday.

The Bloc Québécois picked Caroline Émond, Quebec's former delegate general in Brussels, in July. No date has been set for this or five other by-elections to fill vacant seats.