The campaign in pictures – day 1: hostilities have begun!

Over the next 36 days, our journalists and photographers in the field will follow the 2022 election campaign in real time by collecting exclusive images and snapshots. Here is the summary of the first day of the campaign in photos and images.

1) Prime Minister François Legault on his arrival at the Honoré-Mercier building for a last Council of Ministers before the dissolution of the National Assembly.

2) Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon kicked off his party’s campaign at Promenade Bellerive in his riding.

3) Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois on the Québec solidaire campaign bus in Sherbrooke.

4) Pierre Mélançon, the father of outgoing MNA for Gaspé Méganne Perry Mélançon, and Esther Landry discuss the right angle for positioning an election poster in order to catch the eye not far from the Gaspé airport.

5) [EN VIDÉO] François Legault designates Dominique Anglade as “that lady” during his speech.

6) Signs of the CAQ candidate in Jonquière, Yannick Gagnon, had already been vandalized on Harvey Boulevard in the morning.

7) Dominique Anglade was all smiles at the launch of the Liberal Party campaign in Montreal with her daughters Sophia and Clara.

8) François Legault visited an Alma dairy on the first day of the election campaign. A great moment of rejoicing for the head of the CAQ.

9) After being nicknamed “la madame” by François Legault, the leader of the PLQ Dominique Anglade calls for respect between opponents during the election campaign

10) The leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec, Éric Duhaime, has installed some signs in his riding of Chauveau.