Voting underway for Quebec byelection in Terrebonne

The Canadian Press · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 17, 2025 11:03 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Voters are heading to the polls connected Monday in a riding northeast of Montreal to regenerate erstwhile system curate Pierre
Fitzgibbon.

The erstwhile high-profile furniture curate successful François Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec discontinue authorities successful September 2024.

The Terrebonne riding had been held by Fitzgibbon since the CAQ formed authorities successful 2018, but it had
antecedently been a stronghold of the sovereigntist Parti Québécois going backmost to 1976. 

The PQ has been atop the polls successful Quebec, and person Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has been campaigning hard to reclaim the riding with his candidate, enactment president Catherine Gentilcore.

Legault's enactment is putting up Alex Gagné, president of a Quebec enactment warring for pupil success.

The ballot includes a full of 9 candidates to capable the lone vacant spot astatine the 125-seat legislature.    

The contention for the bare spot takes spot amid commercialized tensions betwixt Canada and the United States.

The byelection was called erstwhile Legault was successful Washington successful an effort to dissuade U.S. President Donald Trump from imposing tariffs connected Canadian products.

Legault's enactment holds 86 seats successful the legislature, followed by the Quebec Liberals astatine 19, Québec Solidaire astatine 12, the PQ astatine 4 seats and 3 independents.

Polling stations opened astatine 9:30 a.m. connected and volition adjacent astatine 8 p.m., with preliminary results expected to statesman being disposable astatine 8:30 p.m. 

For much accusation connected wherever and however to vote, sojourn the Élections Québec website.