Quebec Liberal leader Dominique Anglade announces her resignation as leader of the party and MNA in Montreal on Monday, November 7, 2022. A byelection is being held today in a Montreal riding to choose a new member of the legislature to replace the former Quebec Liberal leader. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Guillaume Cliche-Rivard looks on at Quebec Solidaire headquarters on Quebec election night in Montreal, Monday, October 3, 2022. Québec solidaire has won a byelection in the Montreal riding of Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne, capturing the once Liberal stronghold on Monday night.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Quebec Liberal leader Dominique Anglade announces her resignation as leader of the party and MNA in Montreal on Monday, November 7, 2022. A byelection is being held today in a Montreal riding to choose a new member of the legislature to replace the former Quebec Liberal leader. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Guillaume Cliche-Rivard looks on at Quebec Solidaire headquarters on Quebec election night in Montreal, Monday, October 3, 2022. Québec solidaire has won a byelection in the Montreal riding of Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne, capturing the once Liberal stronghold on Monday night.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Quebec Solidaire’s Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, centre, celebrates his by-election victory with party co-spokespeople Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, right, and Manon Masse, in Montreal, Monday, March 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
MONTREAL - Québec solidaire has won a provincial byelection in the Montreal riding of Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne, capturing the once Liberal stronghold on Monday night.
Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, an immigration lawyer, will represent the southwestern Montreal riding and had a sizeable lead with 45 per cent of the vote with about 80 per cent of boxes counted.
The Liberal candidate, Christopher Baenninger, was in second place with just over 28 per cent of the vote in a riding the Liberals had won 10 times in a row since its creation in 1994.
Cliche-Rivard had lost to former Liberal leader Dominique Anglade in last October's provincial election by 2,700 votes.
Anglade resigned her seat and stepped down as Liberal leader after winning less than 15 per cent of vote, triggering a byelection to choose a new member of the provincial legislature to replace her.
The Parti Québécois was running in third place in the riding while the Coalition Avenir Québec was in fourth.
With its victory, Québec solidaire now has 12 seats in the provincial legislature, the Liberals hold 19, the PQ have three and there are two independents.
François Legault's Coalition Avenir Quebec holds 89 of the legislature's 125 seats.
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