PQ hopes to win Terrebonne after Fitzgibbon's resignation

Photo: Karoline Boucher The Canadian Press PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and the party's three other MNAs, June 7, during the end-of-session review

Patrice Bergeron – The Canadian Press in Rouyn-Noranda

Published at 6:52 a.m.

• Québec

The resignation on Tuesday of the Minister of Economy and Energy, Pierre Fitzgibbon, could well change the plans of the four PQ members gathered in Rouyn-Noranda to prepare for the parliamentary session that will begin next week.

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They are to discuss health issues in particular, but the departure of the influential minister is a dream come true for the Parti Québécois (PQ), which is still leading in voting intentions according to the polls.

Indeed, Mr. Fitzgibbon will also be leaving his position as MNA for Terrebonne and a by-election should therefore be called in this riding in the coming months.

However, Terrebonne has practically always been a PQ riding until the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) electoral victory in 2018.

In a press scrum Tuesday in Rouyn-Noranda, PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon did not hide his hope of retaking this stronghold.

He said that his party saw a positive challenge and that his troops would work hard to get a fifth PQ MP elected.

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