The voters of Louis-Hébert are opting for the change

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Geneviève Guilbault, of the Coalition avenir Québec, has won the by-election in Louis-Hébert.

Marc-André Gagnon

Monday, 2 October 2017 20:04

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Monday, October 2, 2017 23:15

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The wind of change hoped for by the Coalition avenir Québec has blown in Louis-Hébert : Genevieve Guilbault won the election with an overwhelming majority and is the successor to Sam Hamad.

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“This is really a scan”, welcomed the chief caquiste François Legault, happy to put an end to almost 15 years of reign liberal in Louis-Hébert.

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Geneviève Guilbault celebrates his victory in the company of loved ones and activists.

“It is realized beyond our expectations tonight, beyond mine in any case”, said in turn the new elected caquiste.

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The new member of parliament for Louis-Hébert, Genevieve Guilbault.

Ms. Guilbault has prevailed over its closest rival, the liberal Ihssane El Ghernati, with a majority of 7658 voice.

François Legault has presented its candidate as “the new star of the policy, the one that brought down a liberal ‘fortress”.

“The voters of Louis-Hébert have today sent a message scathing Philippe Couillard,” said Mr. Legault, who believes that a “wind of change” blowing throughout the province of Quebec.

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The leader of the Coalition avenir Québec, François Legault, was proud of his candidate Geneviève Guilbault.

“If it is possible to take Louis-Hébert, although it is possible to take almost all the counties”, said the leader of the CAQ.

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— Marc-André Gagnon (@MAGagnonJDQ) October 3, 2017

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Liberals disappointed

“Of course, I would have liked a different result in Louis-Hébert this evening,” said liberal leader Philippe Couillard, before committing to following through on the promises the election of his candidate defeat.

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“Of course, I would have liked a different result in Louis-Hébert tonight”, has shared the prime minister Philippe Couillard.

During her campaign, Ms. El Ghernati had promised to relocate the plant Anacolor in addition to studying the extension of the motorway The Capital. “Will do,” quipped Philippe Couillard, alongside the minister responsible for the Capitale-Nationale, François Blais.

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“You’re going to be the liberal caucus, you’re going to get there,” launched the prime minister Philippe Couillard, to Ihssane El Ghernati.

Even if he has collected only 16 % of the votes, the candidate of the parti québecois Normand Beauregard has heated the liberal candidate (18 %) during part of the evening.

The solidarity Guillaume Boivin finished fourth with 5% of the votes. The candidate of the conservative Party of Quebec, Sylvie Asselin, has harvested 4% of the vote.

Partial hare-brained

This poll, which is complementary, will go down in history because of the departures, only a week after the onset of the election, candidates Éric Tétrault of the QLP and Normand Sauvageau of the CAQ, because of their past harassment in the workplace.

The caquiste Genevieve Guilbault and the liberal Ihssane El Ghernati, who took over as candidates, had only twenty days to campaign. All in all, ten candidates were on the ranks.

The participation rate has reached 52,43 %. In all, 45 540 voters were registered on the voters list. Nearly 15 % of voters had already voted early.

During the election of Chauveau and Jean-Talon, in June 2015, the participation rate had reached 43 %.

At the last general election, in 2014, nearly 84 % of the voters of Louis-Hébert went to the polls, a participation rate among the highest across the province. The liberal Sam Hamad, in place since 2003, was re-elected for the fifth time in a row, with more than 49 % of the votes, an overwhelming majority of 8 677 votes over his nearest rival of the CAQ, Mario Asselin (26 %) at this time.

Always at the last general election, the Parti québécois had harvested 18 percent of the vote in Louis-Hébert. Then, it was already, for the pq members, their worst result in this county since the party was founded by René Lévesque.

— With the collaboration of Kathryne Lamontagne