2025 Terrebonne provincial by-election

Not to be confused with Terrebonne in the 2025 Canadian federal election.
2025 Terrebonne provincial by-election
← 2022
March 17, 2025 (2025-03-17)
Riding of Terrebonne
Turnout37.28% (Decrease 33.91)
  First party Second party Third party
 
CAQ
PLQ
Candidate Catherine Gentilcore Alex Gagné Virginie Bouchard
Party Parti Québécois Coalition Avenir Québec Liberal
Popular vote 11,935 6,513 1,845
Percentage 52.74% 28.78% 8.15%
Swing Increase 33.86 Decrease 20.66 Decrease 2.02
MNA before election

Pierre Fitzgibbon
Coalition Avenir Québec

Elected MNA

Catherine Gentilcore
Parti Québécois

The 2025 Terrebonne provincial by-election was held on March 17, 2025.[1] It was triggered after the resignation of Pierre Fitzgibbon from the National Assembly of Quebec.[2]

Background

Constituency

The main settlement in the seat is the city of Terrebonne, a suburb on the North Shore of Montreal.[3]

Once a stronghold of the Parti Québécois (PQ), Terrebonne was first won by Pierre Fitzgibbon for the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) in the 2018 Quebec general election.[3]

Representation

The by-election is considered a test of leadership for Premier François Legault.[3] A major issue is the United States trade war with Canada and Mexico.[4]

Advance voting was open from March 9 to March 10.[5]

Candidates

There are nine candidates:[6]

Results

Quebec provincial by-election, March 17, 2025: Terrebonne
Resignation of Pierre Fitzgibbon
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Catherine Gentilcore 11,935 52.74 +33.86
Coalition Avenir Québec Alex Gagné 6,513 28.78 -20.66
Liberal Virginie Bouchard 1,845 8.15 -2.02
Québec solidaire Nadia Poirier 1,029 4.55 -8.11
Conservative Ange Claude Bigilimana 845 3.73 -4.20
Climat Québec Benoit Beauchamp 175 0.77 –
Parti culinaire Jean-Louis Thémis 145 0.64 –
Union Nationale Eric Bernier 95 0.42 –
Parti accès propriété et équité Shawn Lalande McLean 48 0.21 –
Total valid votes 22,630 98.80  
Total rejected ballots 276 1.20 -0.08
Turnout 22,906 37.28 -33.91
Electors on the lists 61,451
Parti Québécois gain from Coalition Avenir Québec Swing +27.27

Post-election controversy

Nadia Poirier, a second-time QS nominee,[7] complained afterwards about the lack of support she received from the party, noting that none of its 12 MNAs came out to help in her campaign and that the party had solidarity in name only.[8] The party responded that, as Terrebonne had been a péquiste stronghold for 25 years, it allocated its resources based on a serious analysis of its chances of winning.[7] In June 2025, Poirier announced that she was leaving QS to join the PQ.[9]

References

  1. ^ "A by-election will be held on March 17, 2025, in the electoral division of Terrebonne". Élections Québec. February 11, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  2. ^ Lapierre, Matthew (September 4, 2024). "Passion for politics is gone, Fitzgibbon says after resigning from cabinet". CBC News.
  3. ^ a b c Olivier, Annabelle (March 15, 2025). "What's at stake in Monday's provincial byelection in Terrebonne, Que". CBC News.
  4. ^ Lacroix-Couture, Frédéric (March 11, 2025). "Quebec 'can do a lot of damage to Mr. Trump,' Legault says amid trade war". La Presse Canadienne.
  5. ^ Pagano, Pamela (March 7, 2025). "Advance polling starts Sunday in Terrebonne byelection". CityNews Montreal. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  6. ^ "Nine candidates for the by-election in Terrebonne". Élections Québec. March 1, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  7. ^ a b Labbé, Jérôme (March 19, 2025). "La candidate de Québec solidaire dans Terrebonne se vide le cœur" [The Québec Solidaire candidate in Terrebonne Empties out her heart]. Radio-Canada (in French).
  8. ^ "Candidate délaissée : QS est un parti « qui n'a de solidaire que le nom »" [Candidate abandoned: QS is a party 'that has solidarity in name only']. TVA Nouvelles (in French). March 19, 2025.
  9. ^ Laberge, Thomas; Paquette, Mathieu (June 2, 2025). "La candidate de QS dans Terrebonne fait défection pour le PQ" [The QS candidate in Terrebonne defects to the PQ]. Le Devoir (in French).

See also

allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Terrebonne_provincial_by-election