Quebec fall election campaign to be launched Aug. 28, premier announces
After weeks of hypothesis, Quebec’s upcoming provincial election will kick off on Aug. 28, 2022.
A beaming Premier François Legault made the announcement in a video uploaded to Twitter, saying the official run will begin this Sunday.
“I wish to want a great marketing campaign to all of the candidates,” he stated.
The marketing campaign will final till voters head to the polls Oct. 3, he added.
A Leger ballot printed earlier this month discovered assist for Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) get together at 44 per cent, in comparison with 18 per cent for the second-place Quebec Liberals.
Because the legislature broke for the summer season, Legault’s get together had 76 seats. The Quebec Liberals had 27, Québec solidaire had 10 and the Parti Québécois had seven. In the meantime, the Conservative Celebration of Quebec held one seat and there have been 4 Independents within the nationwide meeting.
In 2018, Legault’s get together cruised to a majority in what marked its first win in Quebec. The CAQ made historical past because it was the primary new get together to take energy within the province since 1976.
— with recordsdata from The Canadian Press
