Departure from Anglade: a golden opportunity for QS to elect a 12th deputy

The upcoming by-election in Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne, following the departure of Dominique Anglade, represents an opportunity for Québec solidaire, which could elect its twelfth MNA there, agree to say experts consulted by our Parliamentary office.

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On October 3, Dominique Anglade was re-elected for a third term in her riding in southwest Montreal with a difference of 2,736 votes with her closest rival, immigration lawyer Guillaume Cliche-Rivard.

What’s more, this electorate “had just voted for a party leader”, recalls Philippe J. Fournier, founder of the Qc125 screening site.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if QS put the whole machine on for this 12^e county,” he commented.

Same thing for Thierry Giasson, director of the Department of Political Science at Laval University.

“M^me Anglade won the last election [dans Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne] because she was the leader of her party”, he considers.

For him, this is clearly an opportunity for QS. “They have an excellent chance of winning the election [complémentaire] », Estimates Mr. Giasson.

For at least three election cycles, QS has been on the rise in Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne, a riding that has undergone significant revitalization, particularly in Griffintown, observes Mr. Giasson.

In the same vein, Mireille Lalancette, professor of political communication at UQTR, also notes that it is “often in urban neighborhoods” that Québec solidaire gets elected.

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“A good decision”

According to her, by resigning, M^me Anglade took “a good decision for the party and for her”.

“Criticized from all sides” after a “discomfiture” on October 3, “it was just impossible for her to continue like this”, believes M^me Lalancette, who fears, however, that his departure will lead some, sadly, to “question female leadership”.

According to Mr. Giasson, Mr.^me Anglade “realized that the frolicking which was more and more public was not going to stop”.

“If it hadn’t been for the Marie-Claude Nichols episode, we wouldn’t be talking to each other today,” believes Mr. Giasson.