With the election campaign heating up in Quebec, Elections Canada is clarifying confusion among voters in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord, where a federal byelection is set for Monday. The agency emphasized in a social media post that the federal byelection on Aug. 31 is distinct from the provincial election on Oct. 5.
Candidates in the Quebec riding are vying to succeed former Conservative MP Richard Martel, who has been appointed to the Senate. Martel, a former hockey coach elected in 2018, narrowly secured Chicoutimi-Le Fjord for the federal Conservatives in the last election, with the Bloc Québécois and Liberal candidates closely following in a region known as the separatist stronghold.
The contenders in the riding include Daniel Gobeil for the Liberals, Régis Gaudreault for the Conservatives, and Caroline Dubé for the Bloc Québécois. Additionally, two other byelections are happening concurrently in North Vancouver-Capilano, BC, and Beaches-East York, Ontario.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has not yet announced a byelection for Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot-Acton in Quebec. The riding was previously represented by ex-Bloc Québécois MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay, who resigned earlier this year to run in Quebec’s provincial election with the Parti Québécois.
