Provincial by-elections were held in Quebec on 12 May 2008 to fill three vacancies in the National Assembly. The by-elections were called on 9 April 2008. [1]
All three seats were held by their incumbent parties.
The district of Bourget was vacated by Parti Québécois MNA Diane Lemieux on 17 October 2007. Federal Bloc Québécois MP Maka Kotto resigned from the House of Commons of Canada to contest the by-election, which in turn resulted in the federal Saint-Lambert by-election of September 8, 2008.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parti Québécois | Maka Kotto | 6575 | 40.66 | -0.60 | |
| Liberal Party | Lyn Thériault | 5161 | 31.92 | +9.07 | |
| Green | Scott McKay | 1839 | 11.37 | +3.28 | |
| Action démocratique | Denis Mondor | 1520 | 9.40 | -13.61 | |
| Québec solidaire | Gaétan Legault | 700 | 4.33 | +0.14 | |
| Parti indépendantiste | Richard Gervais | 376 | 2.33 | – | |
The riding of Hull was vacated by Liberal MNA Roch Cholette on 9 April 2008.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party | Maryse Gaudreault | 7403 | 45.21 | +2.68 | |
| Parti Québécois | Gilles Aubé | 5559 | 33.95 | +10.02 | |
| Québec solidaire | Bill Clennett | 1589 | 9.70 | +1.77 | |
| Green | Brian Gibb | 1185 | 7.24 | -1.09 | |
| Action démocratique | Jean-Philip Ruel | 529 | 3.23 | -13.83 | |
| Parti indépendantiste | Jean-Roch Villemaire | 111 | 0.68 | – | |
Pointe-aux-Trembles was vacated by PQ MNA André Boisclair on 15 November 2007. [2] The by-election was won by Nicole Léger, Boisclair's predecessor as MNA for the riding.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parti Québécois | Nicole Léger | 7657 | 55.99 | +8.69 | |
| Liberal Party | Mélissa Dumais | 2987 | 21.84 | +3.60 | |
| Action démocratique | Diane Bellemare | 1882 | 13.76 | -12.69 | |
| Green | Xavier Daxhelet | 661 | 4.83 | +0.52 | |
| Québec solidaire | Marie Josèphe Pigeon | 226 | 1.65 | -0.97 | |
| Parti indépendantiste | Colette Provost | 153 | 1.12 | – | |
| Independent | Gérald Briand | 78 | 0.57 | – | |
| Independent | Régent Millette | 31 | 0.23 | – | |