LIBElected:64 Lead:740.7%71
PQElected:22Lead:825.9%30
CAQElected:14Lead:723.6%21
QSElected:2Lead:17.3%3
OthersElected:0Lead:02.4%0
The Quebec Liberals won Monday’s provincial election with a majority government in what could be a devastating blow to the sovereignty movement.
Philippe Couillard’s party won or were leading in about 75 of the province’s 125 ridings, outstripping the Parti Quebecois and the Coalition.
Less than 20 minutes after the polls closed, CTV projected a Liberal win. A few minutes later, CBC followed suit. By 8:45, both networks were predicting a Liberals majority.
When Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois asked the lieutenant-governor to dissolve the legislature, triggering a provincial election, the PQ held 54 seats, the Liberals 49, the CAQ 18 and Québec solidaire two.
The PQ had hoped to capitalize on identity politics, as it did in 2012, by making its secular charter the focus of the campaign.
But that plan was derailed when star candidate Pierre Karl Peladeau, his fist pumped, announced just days after PQ Leader Pauline Marois called the election he had left the business world for politics so he could build an independent Quebec for his children.
Join us live for all the the latest news on election day.
PQElected:22Lead:825.9%30
CAQElected:14Lead:723.6%21
QSElected:2Lead:17.3%3
OthersElected:0Lead:02.4%0
The Quebec Liberals won Monday’s provincial election with a majority government in what could be a devastating blow to the sovereignty movement.
Philippe Couillard’s party won or were leading in about 75 of the province’s 125 ridings, outstripping the Parti Quebecois and the Coalition.
Less than 20 minutes after the polls closed, CTV projected a Liberal win. A few minutes later, CBC followed suit. By 8:45, both networks were predicting a Liberals majority.
When Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois asked the lieutenant-governor to dissolve the legislature, triggering a provincial election, the PQ held 54 seats, the Liberals 49, the CAQ 18 and Québec solidaire two.
The PQ had hoped to capitalize on identity politics, as it did in 2012, by making its secular charter the focus of the campaign.
But that plan was derailed when star candidate Pierre Karl Peladeau, his fist pumped, announced just days after PQ Leader Pauline Marois called the election he had left the business world for politics so he could build an independent Quebec for his children.
Join us live for all the the latest news on election day.
