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| Turnout | 37.28% ( 33.91) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Terrebonne provincial by-election was held on March 17, 2025. [1] It was triggered after the resignation of Pierre Fitzgibbon from the National Assembly of Quebec. [2]
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The 2025 Terrebonne provincial by-election was held on March 17, 2025. [1] It was triggered after the resignation of Pierre Fitzgibbon from the National Assembly of Quebec. [2]
The main settlement in the seat is the city of Terrebonne, a suburb on the North Shore of Montreal. [3]
Once a stronghold of the Parti Québécois (PQ), Terrebonne was first won by Pierre Fitzgibbon for the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) in the 2018 Quebec general election. [3]
The by-election is considered a test of leadership for Premier François Legault. [3] A major issue is the United States trade war with Canada and Mexico. [4]
Advance voting was open from March 9 to March 10. [5]
There are nine candidates: [6]
| Quebec provincial by-election, March 17, 2025: Terrebonne Resignation of Pierre Fitzgibbon | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Catherine Gentilcore | 11,935 | 52.74 | +33.86 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Alex Gagné | 6,513 | 28.78 | -20.66 | ||||
| Liberal | Virginie Bouchard | 1,845 | 8.15 | -2.02 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Nadia Poirier | 1,029 | 4.55 | -8.11 | ||||
| Conservative | Ange Claude Bigilimana | 845 | 3.73 | -4.20 | ||||
| Climat Québec | Benoit Beauchamp | 175 | 0.77 | – | ||||
| Parti culinaire | Jean-Louis Thémis | 145 | 0.64 | – | ||||
| Union Nationale | Eric Bernier | 95 | 0.42 | – | ||||
| Parti accès propriété et équité | Shawn Lalande McLean | 48 | 0.21 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,630 | 98.80 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 276 | 1.20 | -0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,906 | 37.28 | -33.91 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 61,451 | |||||||
| Parti Québécois gain from Coalition Avenir Québec | Swing | +27.27 | ||||||