Charlevoix provincial by-election, 2007

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

Charlevoix by-election, September 24, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti québécois	Pauline Marois	11 400	59.20	+21.53
	Action démocratique	Conrad Harvey	7 125	37.00	+6.22
	Green	David Turcotte	403	2.09	-0.20
	Parti démocratie chrétienne	Paul Biron	135	0.70	+0.7
	Independent	Claude Gagnon	77	0.40	+0.4
	Independent (F4J)	Daniel Laforest	64	0.33	+0.33
	Parti république	François Robert Lemire	52	0.27	+0.27

References

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