2007 Charlevoix provincial by-election explained

Percentage1:59.20%
Posttitle:Elected
Previous Year:Mar. 2007
After Election:Pauline Marois
Country:Quebec
Swing1: 21.53pp
Election Name:2007 Charlevoix provincial by-election
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:no
Party Name:no
Previous Election:2007 Quebec general election
Map Size:200px
Seats For Election:Riding of Charlevoix
Popular Vote1:11,400
Candidate1:Pauline Marois
Next Year:2008
Swing2: 6.22pp
Next Election:2008 Quebec general election
Before Election:Rosaire Bertrand
Candidate2:Conrad Harvey
Popular Vote2:7,125
Percentage2:37.00%

A provincial by-election was held in Quebec on 24 September 2007 to fill the vacancy in the National Assembly riding of Charlevoix.

The by-election was caused by the decision of PQ MNA Rosaire Bertrand to stand down to offer the new Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois a way to become an MNA. The Liberal Party of Quebec stated that it would not stand a candidate against Marois so that all three party leaders would be represented in the National Assembly, but the Action démocratique du Québec did run a candidate. The ADQ accused the Liberals and the PQ of a lack of democratic principles, claiming that it was not necessary for a third-party leader to be represented in the National Assembly.[1] [2]

Results

|-|Independent (F4J)|Daniel Laforest|align="right"|64|align="right"|0.33|align="right"|+0.33|-|Parti république|François Robert Lemire|align="right"|52|align="right"|0.27|align="right"|+0.27|}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charlevoix vote next month offers Marois leg-up to Assembly . 2007-08-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026062812/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=32f0f664-6034-4aa0-81a1-78916a76ac6b . 2012-10-26 .
  2. News: PQ Leader Marois gets chance at assembly seat Sept. 24 . CBC News . August 23, 2007.