2010 Quebec provincial by-elections

September 2023 Three provincial by-elections were held in Quebec in 2010 to fill vacancies in the National Assembly. Vachon The district of Vachon was vacated by Parti Québécois MNA Camil Bouchard on January 6, 2010. The by-election took place on July 5, 2010. The riding was held by the PQ. Vachon by-election, July 5, 2010 QC PQ Martine Ouellet 7,863 59.15 +10.51 |- QC Liberal row |Liberal |Simon-Pierre Diamond |align="right"|3,236 |align="right"|24.34 |align="right"|-7.94 QC ADQ Alain Dépatie 879 6.61 -7.06 |- QC QS Sébastien Robert 727 5.47 +3.23 |- QC Green Yvon Rudolphe 419 3.15 -0.01 |- QC Independent row |Independent |Denis Durand |align="right"|98 |align="right"|0.74 |align="right"|-2.42 |- QC Independent row |Independent |Régent Millette |align="right"|71 |align="right"|0.53 |align="right"|- |} Saint-Laurent The district of Saint-Laurent was vacated by Liberal MNA Jacques Dupuis on August 9, 2010. The by-election took place on September 13, 2010. The Gazette, the main English newspaper in Montreal, took the unusual step of endorsing Action démocratique du Québec candidate Jose Fiorillo over Quebec Liberal Party candidate Jean-Marc Fournier, calling Fournier a parachute candidate who deserved to be rejected by the voters."Liberals and Fournier deserve to lose" https://web.archive.org/web/20100910014700/http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/Liberals+Fournier+deserve+lose/3488702/story.html September 10, 2010 . The Gazette, September 12, 2010. Despite this, the riding was held by the Liberals. Saint-Laurent by-election, September 13, 2010 |- QC Liberal row |Liberal |Jean-Marc Fournier |align="right"|7,126 |align="right"|64.01 |align="right"|-10.38 QC PQ Philippe Leclerc 1,996 17.93 +1.28 QC ADQ Jose Fiorillo 931 8.36 +3.57 QC QS Marie Josèphe Pigeon 566 5.08 +1.61 |- QC Green Tim Landry 513 4.61 - |} Kamouraska-Témiscouata The district of Kamouraska-Témiscouata was vacated by Liberal MNA Claude Béchard on September 7 due to his pancreatic cancer, which he died from later the same day.Quebec minister Claude Béchard dies https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-minister-claude-bechard-dies-1.865955 CBC News 2010-09-07 2010-09-08 The by-election took place on November 29. The riding was captured by the PQ, reflecting the Liberals' declining popularity due in part to their refusal to hold a public inquiry into construction industry corruption. In response to the by-election results, Premier Jean Charest announced he would create a permanent unit to investigate corruption in the construction industry."Charest steps up anti-corruption rhetoric". CBC News. 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-12-01 Kamouraska-Témiscouata by-election, November 29, 2010 QC PQ André Simard 7,213 36.85 +15.70 |- QC Liberal row |Liberal |France Dionne |align="right"|7,017 |align="right"|35.85 |align="right"|-17.85 QC ADQ Gérald Beaulieu 4,509 23.03 +1.47 QC QS Serge Proulx 522 2.67 -0.27 |- QC Green Frédéric Brophy Nolan 314 1.60 - |} References Category:2010 elections in Canada Category:Elections in Quebec Category:Provincial by-elections in Quebec Provincial By-Elections Category:June 2010 in Canada Category:September 2010 in Canada Category:November 2010 in Canada