2025 Terrebonne provincial by-election
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Riding of Terrebonne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnout | 37.28% ( 33.91) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
[edit]Constituency
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]There are nine candidates:[6]
- Benoit Beauchamp (Climat Québec)
- Eric Bernier (Union Nationale)
- Ange Claude Bigilimana (Conservative Party of Quebec)
- Virginie Bouchard (Quebec Liberal Party)
- Alex Gagné (Coalition avenir Québec)
- Catherine Gentilcore (Parti Québécois)
- Shawn Lalande McLean (Parti accès propriété et équité)
- Nadia Poirier (Québec solidaire)
- Jean-Louis Thémis (Parti culinaire du Québec)
Results
[edit]| 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 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Lapierre, Matthew (September 4, 2024). "Passion for politics is gone, Fitzgibbon says after resigning from cabinet". CBC News.
- ^ a b c Olivier, Annabelle (March 15, 2025). "What's at stake in Monday's provincial byelection in Terrebonne, Que". CBC News.
- ^ Lacroix-Couture, Frédéric (March 11, 2025). "Quebec 'can do a lot of damage to Mr. Trump,' Legault says amid trade war". La Presse Canadienne.
- ^ Pagano, Pamela (March 7, 2025). "Advance polling starts Sunday in Terrebonne byelection". CityNews Montreal. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ "Nine candidates for the by-election in Terrebonne". Élections Québec. March 1, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.