The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) won a historic victory in the two ridings of the North Shore, notably by having the first Aboriginal woman elected to the National Assembly. The candidate of Innu origin Kateri Champagne Jourdain, who easily won the PQ stronghold of Duplessis, is considered an aspirant to the cabinet.
Caquiste candidate Yves Montigny, mayor of Baie-Comeau, won the other PQ castle of René-Lévesque. The two ridings of the North Shore have thus switched to the camp of the CAQ. A hard defeat for the PQ.
The 41-year-old Indigenous candidate won a convincing victory. At the time these lines were written, Kateri Champagne Jourdain was ahead of her PQ opponent, Marilou Vanier, by more than 3,400 votes and 20 percentage points (45% against 25%).
The newly elected, originally from the Innu community of Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam, worked on the band council, then got involved in the Arnaud mine project. She was also the general manager of the Galeries Montagnaises, the first shopping center developed and managed by Aboriginal people in Canada, and was involved in the Apuiat wind farm project.
The victory of caquiste Yves Montigny was also clear and clear in the riding of René-Lévesque. At the end of the evening, the mayor of Baie-Comeau who became a CAQ deputy was ahead of the PQ member Jeff Dufour Tremblay by 4,800 votes and 35 percentage points (57% against 22%).
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