The defeated candidate of the Liberal Party of Quebec (PLQ) in the riding of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques in the last election, Christopher Benninger, will try to succeed his ex-leader, Dominique Anglade.
The party will announce its candidacy in the riding of Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne on Monday at 10 a.m., was able to confirm The PressSunday night.
The businessman had collected 15.85% of the votes cast in the riding of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques, in downtown Montreal, during the last ballot, good for second place behind the solidarity Manon Massé .
Founder of the marketing and communication agency NewBase Media, Christopher Benninger will thus try to keep the constituency left vacant by the departure of the former party leader, Dominique Anglade, within the liberal fold.
The latter had been comfortably elected with 36.15% of the votes cast in the constituency on October 3. But the fight promises to be tight with the candidate from Quebec, Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, then coming second with a score of 27.72%.
For its part, the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) will be represented by the president of its youth wing, Victor Pelletier. François Legault’s party came third in the last ballot, winning 17.73% of the vote.