Quebec premier calls Montreal byelection to replace ex-Liberal leader Anglade

Guillaume Cliche-Rivard looks on at Quebec solidaire headquarters on Quebec election night in Montreal, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Premier Fran莽ois Legault has called a byelection in the Montreal-riding of Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne. Qu茅bec solidaire says immigration attorney Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, who finished second to Anglade, will run again. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

MONTREAL - Quebecers living in the Montreal riding of the former Quebec Liberal party leader will vote March 13 in a byelection to choose her replacement.

Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne was held by Dominique Anglade, who resigned after her once-dominant party won less than 15 per cent of the vote in the October election but held on as official Opposition.

The riding is prized by left-wing Qu茅bec solidaire, which stole two Montreal ridings from the Liberals in the last election and is hoping to replace Anglade's former party as the top choice for voters in the region.

Qu茅bec solidaire's Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, who lost in October to Anglade by about 2,700 votes, is running again.

The Liberals are running Christopher Baenninger, president of a marketing agency, who lost in October by about 7,200 votes to the Qu茅bec solidaire candidate in a neighbouring riding.

The Coalition Avenir Qu茅bec, which holds 90 of the legislature's 125 seats, will run Victor Pelletier, president of the party's youth wing.

This report by 春色直播was first published Feb. 6, 2023.

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