The Canadian Press is projecting that the Coalition Avenir Quebec will form a majority government, earning leader Francois Legault a second mandate as premier.
MONTREAL - The Canadian Press is projecting that the Coalition Avenir Quebec will form aLegault's party jumped to an early lead shortly after polls closed and was leading or elected in more than 70 ridings at 8:30 p.m. Monday.
At dissolution, the CAQ had 76 of the legislature's 125 seats, while the Liberals had 27, Quebec solidaire had 10 and the Parti Quebecois had seven. The Conservative Party of Quebec held one seat and there were four Independents.Quebecers headed to the polls after a five-week provincial election campaign dominated by issues such as immigration, the environment and the rising cost of living.
The CAQ leader spoke to a group of supporters at his party's local headquarters in Quebec City Monday, going beyond the standard message to get out the vote. Legault spoke of his priorities if elected to a second mandate and referred to moments in the campaign when the issues of immigration and defence of the French language came to the fore.
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, co-spokesperson of Quebec solidaire, voted in the Montreal riding of Gouin while Conservative Leader Eric Duhaime voted in Chauveau, north of Quebec City. “I hope that turnout today is going to be very high,” said Duhaime, who was hoping for a breakthrough after the Conservatives won less than two per cent of the popular vote in 2018.
His nationalist approach to governing, which consists of asserting Quebec's autonomy while ruling out an independence referendum, has won him support that has come at the expense of the traditional parties - the Liberals and Parti Quebecois.
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