2023 Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne provincial by-election
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March 14, 2023
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The 2023 Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne provincial by-election was held on March 13, 2023.[1] Québec solidaire's Guillaume Cliche-Rivard won the election.[2] By winning the by-election, Québec Solidaire was able to meet the requirement of having 12 seats to attain official party status in the National Assembly.[3]
Constituency
The Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne constituency is based on the Le Sud-Ouest borough of Montreal.
Trigger
Following the 2022 Quebec general election, Dominique Anglade announced her resignation as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party on November 7, 2022.[4] On December 1, 2022, she resigned as MNA for Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne.
Candidates
- Christopher Baenninger, Quebec Liberal Party[5]
- Beverly Bernardo, Independent[6]
- Jean-Charles Cléroux, Direct Democracy[7]
- Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, Québec Solidaire[8]
- Ian Denman, Canadian Party of Quebec[9]
- Jean-Pierre Duford, Green Party of Quebec[10]
- Andréanne Fiola, Parti Québécois[11]
- Lucien Koty, Conservative Party of Quebec[12]
- Shawn Lalande McLean, Parti accès propriété et équité (English: Access to property and equity)[11]
- Victor Pelletier, Coalition Avenir Québec[13]
- Jean-François Racine, Climat Quebec[14]
Result
| Quebec provincial by-election, 13 March 2023: Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne Resignation of Dominique Anglade | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Guillaume Cliche-Rivard | 7,897 | 44.50 | +16.78 | ||||
| Liberal | Christopher Baenninger | 5,139 | 28.96 | -7.20 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Andréanne Fiola | 2,025 | 11.41 | +3.14 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Victor Pelletier | 1,661 | 9.36 | -8.37 | ||||
| Conservative | Lucien Koty | 478 | 2.69 | -3.67 | ||||
| Green | Jean-Pierre Duford | 251 | 1.41 | -0.50 | ||||
| Canadian | Ian Denman | 113 | 0.64 | – | ||||
| Climat Québec | Jean-François Racine | 67 | 0.38 | – | ||||
| Independent | Beverly Bernardo | 47 | 0.26 | – | ||||
| Démocratie directe | Jean-Charles Cléroux | 39 | 0.22 | -0.01 | ||||
| Parti accès propriété et équité | Shawn Lalande McLean | 30 | 0.17 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,747 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 134 | |||||||
| Turnout | 17,881 | 31.10 | -26.72 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 57,492 | |||||||
| Québec solidaire gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.99 | ||||||
| Source: Élections Québec[15] | ||||||||
