42nd Quebec general election

42nd Quebec general election
125 seats in the National Assembly of Quebec; 63 seats needed for a majority
	Opinion polls
Incumbent Premier; Philippe Couillard; Liberal

The 42nd Quebec general election is tentatively scheduled for October 1, 2018 to elect members to the National Assembly of Quebec.

Under the province's fixed election date law, passed in 2013, the election is to be held on the first Monday in October of the fourth calendar year following the last day of the previous Legislature,^[1] setting the date for October 1, 2018. However, the chief electoral officer can change the election date in the event of a natural disaster. Furthermore, the Lieutenant Governor can call an election sooner should the premier request one, or in the event the National Assembly is dissolved by a motion of no confidence.^[2] Such a dissolution is unlikely as the current government has a majority.

Timeline[edit]

2014[edit]

April 7 – The Quebec Liberal Party wins a majority government in the 41st Quebec general election, and Philippe Couillard becomes Quebec's premier-designate. Outgoing premier Pauline Marois announces her resignation as Parti Québécois leader.^[3]
April 10 - The Parti Québécois caucus unanimously approves Stéphane Bédard as interim leader.^[4]
August 15 - CAQ MNA for Lévis Christian Dubé resigns his seat to take a job at the Caisse de dépôt et placement^[5]
September 29 - PQ MNA for Richelieu Élaine Zakaïb resigns her seat to take a job at the Jacob women's clothing retailer.^[6]
October 4 - PQ riding association presidents meet to decide rules and timeline for its leadership race.^[7]
October 20 - In a by-election, François Paradis (CAQ) is elected MNA of Lévis with 47% of the vote.^[8]

2015[edit]

February 26 - Liberal Yves Bolduc resigns as Minister of Education and as MNA for Jean-Talon.^[9]
March 9 - In a by-election, Sylvain Rochon (PQ) is elected MNA of Richelieu with 35% of the popular vote.^[10]
April 7 - CAQ MNA for Chauveau Gérard Deltell resigns his seat to run for the federal conservatives.^[11]
May 15 - Pierre Karl Péladeau is elected leader of the Parti Québécois.^[12]
June 8 - Two by-elections were held. The Liberals held Jean-Talon^[13] and gained Chauveau.^[14] This took the Liberals to 71 seats in the National Assembly.
August 21 - Liberal MNA for Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne Marguerite Blais resigns her seat due to not receiving a cabinet position.^[15]
August 24 - Liberal MNA for Fabre Gilles Ouimet resigns his seat to spend more time with his family.^[16]
August 26 - Sylvie Roy, elected MNA for Arthabaska under the CAQ banner, leaves the party and sits as an independent.^[17]
September 3 - PQ MNA for René-Lévesque Marjolain Dufour resigns his seat for health reasons.^[18]
September 22 - Liberal MNA for Beauce-Sud Robert Dutil resigns his seat to take a job as senior vice-president of the construction company Canam-ponts.^[19]
October 22 - PQ MNA for Chicoutimi Stéphane Bédard resigns his seat to spend more time with his family.^[20]
November 9 - By-elections will be held in Beauce-Sud, Fabre, René-Lévesque, and Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne.^[21]

Party standings[edit]

Summary of the current standings of the
National Assembly of Quebec
Party		Party leader	Seats
Party		Party leader	2014	Current
	Liberal	Philippe Couillard	70	68
	Parti Québécois	Pierre Karl Péladeau	30	28
	Coalition Avenir Québec	François Legault	22	20
	Québec solidaire	Françoise David Andrés Fontecilla^†	3	3
	Independent		0	1
	Vacant			5
Total			125	125

Note:

^† The party avoids formally designating David and Fontecilla as co-leaders, as the party's power is held by the general meetings of the members and a board of 16 directors; the de jure leader recognized by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (DGE) is Pierre-Paul St-Onge.^[22]

Opinion polls[edit]

Polling firm	Last date of polling	Link	QLP	PQ	CAQ	QS	Other
CROP	000000002015-08-17-0000August 17, 2015	PDF	33	29	23	13	2
CROP	000000002015-06-16-0000June 16, 2015	HTML	34	34	17	13	2
Léger Marketing	000000002015-06-11-0000June 11, 2015	PDF	36	32	20	10	2
CROP	000000002015-05-20-0000May 20, 2015	HTML	29	33	20	15	3
Léger Marketing	000000002015-05-17-0000May 17, 2015	PDF	32	34	20	10	3
CROP	000000002015-04-20-0000April 20, 2015	PDF	34	27	25	12	2
Léger Marketing	000000002015-04-09-0000April 9, 2015	PDF	37	28	21	10	4
CROP	000000002015-03-15-0000March 15, 2015	HTML	29	27	26	16	2
CROP	000000002015-02-15-0000February 15, 2015	HTML	37	26	22	11	3
Léger Marketing	000000002015-02-05-0000February 5, 2015	PDF	37	25	25	9	4
CROP	000000002015-01-19-0000January 19, 2015	PDF	35	26	23	13	4
CROP	000000002014-12-15-0000December 15, 2014	HTML	35	28	27	10	1
Léger Marketing	000000002014-12-11-0000December 11, 2014	PDF	34	26	26	11	3
CROP	000000002014-11-17-0000November 17, 2014	HTML	36	23	24	14	3
Léger Marketing	000000002014-11-13-0000November 13, 2014	PDF	36	26	26	10	2
CROP	000000002014-10-20-0000October 20, 2014	PDF	40	25	23	12	0
Léger Marketing	000000002014-09-25-0000September 25, 2014	PDF	38	21	28	10	3
CROP	000000002014-09-22-0000September 22, 2014	PDF	35	21	30	13	1
Léger Marketing	000000002014-08-25-0000August 25, 2014	PDF	41	22	23	10	4
CROP	000000002014-08-18-0000August 18, 2014	PDF	41	18	27	12	2
Léger Marketing	000000002014-06-18-0000June 18, 2014	PDF	40	20	27	9	4
CROP	000000002014-06-16-0000June 16, 2014	PDF	39	19	29	10	3
Léger Marketing	000000002014-06-05-0000June 5, 2014	PDF	39	20	29	9	3
CROP	000000002014-05-19-0000May 19, 2014	PDF	41	22	24	10	3
Léger Marketing	000000002014-05-08-0000May 8, 2014	PDF	40	19	27	11	3
CROP	000000002014-04-21-0000April 21, 2014	PDF	40	22	23	11	3*
2014 election	000000002014-04-07-0000April 7, 2014	HTML	41.52	25.38	23.05	7.63	2.42

* Includes 1% for Option nationale

External links[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Bill n°3: An Act to amend the Election Act for the purpose of establishing fixed-date elections". National Assembly of Québec. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
^ "Future Quebec elections to be held on first Monday in October". CTV News. June 14, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
^ Blatchford, Andy (April 8, 2014). "Pauline Marois Resigns PQ Leadership After Crushing Defeat". The Canadian Press. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
^ "PQ elects Stephane Bedard to interim leader post". CTV News. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
^ Authier, Philip (August 15, 2014). "CAQ heavyweight Christian Dubé leaving politics". The Gazette. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
^ Ouellet, Martin (September 29, 2014). "Elaine Zakaïb, PQ Member, Quits Politics To Run Jacob". The Canadian Press. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
^ "Pierre Karl Péladeau working to soften his image ahead of potential PQ leadership run". Montreal Gazette. September 26, 2014.
^ Vendeville, Geoffrey (October 21, 2014). "CAQ holds the fort in Lévis byelection". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
^ Authier, Philip (February 26, 2015). "Yves Bolduc turns his back on politics, heads back to medicine". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
^ "Parti Québécois wins Richelieu riding in byelection". CBC. March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
^ "Gérard Deltell jumps into federal politics with Conservatives". CBC News. April 7, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
^ "Pierre Karl Peladeau elected leader of Parti Quebecois". CTV News. May 15, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
^ http://resultats.dgeq.org/resultatsOfficiels.en.html?circ=643
^ http://resultats.dgeq.org/resultatsOfficiels.en.html?circ=613
^ Lau, Rachel (August 21, 2015). "Marguerite Blais quits politics, needed a challenge". Global News. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
^ "MNA Gilles Ouimet to quit politics". Montreal Gazette. August 24, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
^ "Sylvie Roy quits CAQ to sit as independent". CTV News. August 26, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
^ Plante, Caroline (September 3, 2015). "PQ MNA Marjolain Dufour quits for health reasons". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
^ "Robert Dutil, former Quebec cabinet minister, retiring from National Assembly". CBC News. September 22, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
^ Plante, Caroline (October 22, 2015). "Veteran PQ MNA Stéphane Bédard quits Parti Québécois". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ "By-elections in the electoral divisions of Beauce-Sud, Fabre, René-Lévesque and Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne on November 9, 2015". Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec. October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
^ "Québec solidaire". DGE. Retrieved April 8, 2014.

[Election_Act-1] "Bill n°3: An Act to amend the Election Act for the purpose of establishing fixed-date elections". National Assembly of Québec. Retrieved July 19, 2013.

[2] "Future Quebec elections to be held on first Monday in October". CTV News. June 14, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.

[3] Blatchford, Andy (April 8, 2014). "Pauline Marois Resigns PQ Leadership After Crushing Defeat". The Canadian Press. Retrieved April 8, 2014.

[4] "PQ elects Stephane Bedard to interim leader post". CTV News. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.

[5] Authier, Philip (August 15, 2014). "CAQ heavyweight Christian Dubé leaving politics". The Gazette. Retrieved August 16, 2014.

[6] Ouellet, Martin (September 29, 2014). "Elaine Zakaïb, PQ Member, Quits Politics To Run Jacob". The Canadian Press. Retrieved September 29, 2014.

[7] "Pierre Karl Péladeau working to soften his image ahead of potential PQ leadership run". Montreal Gazette. September 26, 2014.

[8] Vendeville, Geoffrey (October 21, 2014). "CAQ holds the fort in Lévis byelection". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 21, 2014.

[9] Authier, Philip (February 26, 2015). "Yves Bolduc turns his back on politics, heads back to medicine". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved February 26, 2015.

[10] "Parti Québécois wins Richelieu riding in byelection". CBC. March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.

[11] "Gérard Deltell jumps into federal politics with Conservatives". CBC News. April 7, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.

[12] "Pierre Karl Peladeau elected leader of Parti Quebecois". CTV News. May 15, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.

[13] ttp://resultats.dgeq.org/resultatsOfficiels.en.html?circ=643

[14] ttp://resultats.dgeq.org/resultatsOfficiels.en.html?circ=613

[15] Lau, Rachel (August 21, 2015). "Marguerite Blais quits politics, needed a challenge". Global News. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

[16] "MNA Gilles Ouimet to quit politics". Montreal Gazette. August 24, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

[17] "Sylvie Roy quits CAQ to sit as independent". CTV News. August 26, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2015.

[18] Plante, Caroline (September 3, 2015). "PQ MNA Marjolain Dufour quits for health reasons". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

[19] "Robert Dutil, former Quebec cabinet minister, retiring from National Assembly". CBC News. September 22, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

[20] Plante, Caroline (October 22, 2015). "Veteran PQ MNA Stéphane Bédard quits Parti Québécois". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

[21] "By-elections in the electoral divisions of Beauce-Sud, Fabre, René-Lévesque and Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne on November 9, 2015". Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec. October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

[22] "Québec solidaire". DGE. Retrieved April 8, 2014.

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2014[edit]

2015[edit]

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