Guilbault will have a strategic role

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Geneviève Guilbault, CAQ

Arnaud Koenig-Soutière

Monday, 16 October, 2017 00:01

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Sworn in today, the new representative of the Coalition avenir Québec, Geneviève Guilbault, will be the spokesperson on family, learned our parliamentary Bureau.

At 34 years of age, the member of parliament for Louis-Hébert will thus be at the heart of the strategy of the CAQ for the family, a prized clientele for the party, says a source caquiste.

“We are aware that many families have voted for it,” says one close to the leader François Legault.

Game of dominoes

The appointment of Genevieve Guilbault as a spokesperson for the family will lead to changes in the shadow cabinet, Mr. Legault.

The mna Sylvie D’amours will join the family in agriculture.

This folder was previously in the hands of Donald Martel, who will now focus on the maritime strategy.

Geneviève Guilbault will experience its baptism to the national Assembly at the resumption of the work, tomorrow then it will sit for the first time and that it will take part in his first question period.

Resounding victory

Geneviève Guilbault, who has campaigned despite the fact that she is expecting a child for the month of December, has signed a clear victory during the by-election in Louis-Hébert, on October 2, a fief liberal since 2003.

The favour of the electorate has shifted to the candidate of the CAQ, which has collected more than 51% of the votes.

In 2014, his predecessor, Sam Hamad, had yet secured a fifth consecutive term in office with nearly 50 % of the vote.

This significant gain for the party of François Legault put an end to a campaign strong eventful.

Candidates for the CAQ, Normand Sauvageau, and of the liberal Party, Éric Tétrault, had both been forced to withdraw after allegations of workplace harassment were made public.

Geneviève Guilbault, a former press officer for the liberal minister Jacques Dupuis and ex-spokesman for the coroner’s Office, had then taken over in less than a month before the election.