The 2022 Quebec general election was held on October 3, 2022, to elect the members of the

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. Under the province's fixed election date law, passed in 2013, "the general election following the end of a Legislature shall be held on the first Monday of October of the fourth calendar year following the year that includes the last day of the previous Legislature", setting the date for October 3, 2022. The

Coalition Avenir Québec The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ; , ) is a Quebec nationalist, autonomist and conservative The Parti Québecois had its worst general election result in history, losing most of its seats, but nevertheless managed to elect its previously seatless leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon. Previous promised plans for electoral reform were scrapped in 2021, and as such, the election produced a highly distorted result which is common in Quebec's

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voting system. For example, the Liberals finished fourth in the popular vote at 14%, but because their votes were concentrated on the

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, they received more seats than both the PQ and

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and remained the official opposition despite PQ and QS each finishing with a higher percentage of the provincial vote than the Liberals. In contrast, the Conservatives increased their share of the vote to 13%; however, as their support was more spread throughout Quebec, they did not win any seats. Quebecers elected the highest number of women candidates to the National Assembly in the province's history at 59 women, roughly 47% of the total number of seats.

Background

The 2018 general election resulted in a

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for the

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, which won 74 of 125 seats, giving the party a majority and unseating

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after a single term in office. Couillard subsequently resigned as Liberal leader and was replaced on an interim basis by

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until his successor was chosen. Both the

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and

won ten seats each, fewer than the twelve needed for official party status; Parti Québécois leader Jean-François Lisée, defeated in his bid for re-election, resigned as party leader, replaced on an interim basis by Pascal Bérubé until his successor was chosen. Adrien D. Pouliot,

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of the Conservative Party of Quebec, announced that he was stepping down as

on October 16, 2020. Following Couillard's resignation, the

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held a leadership race. Dominique Anglade, former

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, was acclaimed leader of the

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after her only rival, former

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, Alexandre Cusson, stepped down. Following a leadership race, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon was elected leader of the

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by the members and supporters of the

. Following Pouliot's resignation, the Conservative Party of Quebec held a leadership race. Éric Duhaime, a radio host and former political advisor, was elected as leader with just under 96% of the vote.

Political parties and standings

The table below lists parties represented and seats held in the National Assembly after the 2018 provincial election and at dissolution.

Timeline

2018

*October 1, 2018: The

wins a

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in the 42nd Quebec general election.

leader Jean-François Lisée, defeated in his bid for re-election, announces his resignation as party leader. *October 5, 2018: Mont-Royal–Outremont MNA

is named interim leader of the Quebec Liberal Party. *October 9, 2018: Matane-Matapédia MNA Pascal Bérubé is named interim leader of the Parti Québécois.

2019

2020

*March 20, 2020: The 2020 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election is suspended indefinitely due to the

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. *May 11, 2020: Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne MNA Dominique Anglade is selected as leader of the

by acclamation following the withdrawal of rival candidate Alexandre Cusson. *October 9, 2020: Paul St-Pierre Plamondon wins the 2020 Parti Québécois leadership election.

2021

*April 17, 2021: Éric Duhaime wins the 2021 Conservative Party of Quebec leadership election.

2022

*May 13, 2022: The English language leaders' debate is called off for the election after two party leaders, (CAQ)

, and PQ

leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon refused to participate.

Campaign

Timeline

*August 28, 2022: Campaign period officially begins with the calling of an October 3 election. *September 1, 2022: PQ

leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon stages an event in Ottawa. *September 4, 2022: Radio-Canada's Five leaders, one election. *September 7, 2022: (CAQ)

apologizes for comments linking immigration and 'extremism,' and 'violence'. *September 11, 2022: In a speech in Drummondville (CAQ)

, Says that non-French speaking immigration threatens Quebec cohesion. He was criticized by the leaders of Quebec solidaire, Quebec Liberal and Parti Québécois. *September 12, 2022: (CAQ)

defends the comments he said the day before about immigration. *September 15, 2022: ''First leaders debate'' TVA Leaders' Debate. *September 22, 2022: ''Radio Canada's Leaders' Debate. *September 28, 2022: (CAQ)

says during a speech, that having higher immigration numbers would be suicidal for Quebec and the French language. Legault was criticized by the other party leaders. ** CAQ Immigration and labour minister

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walks back from his past comments during a debate a few days before. He said that 80% of immigrants go to Montreal, don't work, don't speak French and don't adhere to the values of Quebec.

Party slogans

Issues

Role of disinformation during the campaign

During the campaign, the issue of online political

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misleading voters has been raised by outlets including the

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(CBC). In September 2022, the CBC reported that opponents of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions used

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to spread a false rumor that Legault was booed out of a restaurant. According to CBC, "The post is one of many on social media that are misleading or outright false, with real-world consequences to both those who read it and to those involved in the event". According to the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy (MTD) at

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, false allegations that polling outlets are unfairly biased against certain parties have spread on social media. Some online supporters of the Conservative Party of Quebec alleged collusion between the governing

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has no power to regulate the polling industry.

Candidates

The candidates standing for election generally had the following characteristics:

Incumbents not running for reelection

Candidate controversies

Quebec Liberal Party

* Deepak Awasti, the party's candidate in Laurier-Dorion, for denying Quebec's right to register itself as a nation within the Canadian constitution and to have French as its sole official language, contrary to his party's official position.

Parti Québécois

* Pierre Vanier, the party's candidate in

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, for past social media posts emerged where Vanier expressed anti-Islamic views. He was suspended as a candidate. * Catherine Provost, the party's candidate in L’Assomption, for past social media posts emerged where Provost expressed Anti-Islam views. * Lyne Jubinville, the party's candidate in Sainte-Rose, for past social media posts emerged where Jubinville expressed Anti-Islam views. * Andréanne Fiola, candidate for Laval-des-Rapides, previously made porn. Party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon defended Fiola and condemned the individuals who outed her. * Paul St-Pierre Plamondon's use of the word '' nègre'' during a televised debate.

Québec Solidaire

*Marie-Eve Rancourt, the party's candidate in Camille-Laurin, withdrew from the race after she was caught removing PQ leaflets. *Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois' use of the N-word during a televised debate.

Coalition Avenir Québec

* Shirley Dorismond, the party's candidate in Marie-Victorin, for blocking numerous constituents and electors on social media after facing criticisms on her comments about the September 13, 2022 floods in Longueuil.

Opinion polls

This chart depicts opinion polls conducted since the 2018 election, using a

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. The table below provides a list of scientific, public

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s that were conducted from the

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leading up to the 2022 Quebec general election, which was held on October 3, 2022. Chart of opinion polls for the 2022 Québec general election

Cancelled electoral reform referendum

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was elected on a promise to reform the electoral system within a year of his victory. On September 25, 2019,

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Sonia LeBel presented Bill 39, ''An Act to establish a new electoral system'' which aims to replace the

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electoral system in favour of a mixed-member proportional representation system. According to the bill, the

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would have kept 125 members. Of the 125 members, 80 would have been elected by receiving a plurality of votes in single-member districts, similar to the existing system, matching the 78 federal ridings with the addition of 2 unique districts: Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Ungava. The remaining 45 members would have been chosen according to their order in a regional

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. All 17 regions of Québec would have been guaranteed at least one MNA. The proposed system was as such: Bill 39 was intended to be debated in the legislature before June 2021. The bill's implementation would have been contingent on popular support expressed in a referendum held on the same day as the general election. Had this referendum been successful, then the first legislature to be elected under

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would have been the 44th, in October 2026 at the latest. On April 28, 2021, Justice Minister LeBel informed a legislative committee hearing that the government would not move forward with a referendum on electoral reform in 2022. LeBel blamed the

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for altering the government's timeline and could not or would not commit to providing an alternate date for the referendum, effectively ending discussions about electoral reform in Quebec.

Results

All parties experienced uneven results across the province: :* While the CAQ saw its share of the vote rise by over 10 percentage points from 2018 in 21 ridings, its support also declined in 38 ridings, most significantly in those in

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and

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. In those regions, and in

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, the contests were between the CAQ and the Conservatives. In Quebec City, the QS is also a significant player. In the

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and

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its principal opponent is the PQ. :* The Liberal Party lost support in all ridings, with the exception of Marquette, and its decline in the ridings along the Orange Line in Montreal worsened from 2014. In

, its share of the vote fell to 4%, and in the

it dropped to 3%. :* Québec Solidaire lost the riding of Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue only because of a swing from the Liberals to the CAQ. :* While the PQ lost several strongholdsnotably in

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and

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its support remained stable in 29 ridings and showed small gains in 28 others. :* The Conservative Party saw its total share of the vote increase ninefold with its percentage vote share rising in all contests, and in 12 ridings it increased by more than 20 percentage points. In addition to its strong gains in the regions south of Quebec Citywith several second-place resultsit also received significant anglophone support in the

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ridings of Nelligan, Robert-Baldwin and D'Arcy-McGee. In Beauce-Nord, the Conservatives sought a

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as they had come within 202 votes of defeating the CAQ incumbent

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. The application was dismissed by the

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Overview

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Detailed analysis

Seats changing hands

The following seats changed allegiance from the 2018 election: PQ to CAQ *

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* Duplessis * Gaspé *

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* Marie-Victorin* *

Liberal to CAQ * Anjou–Louis-Riel * Fabre * Hull * Jean-Talon* * Laporte * Laval-des-Rapides * Roberval* * Vimont CAQ to PQ * Camille-Laurin Liberal to QS * Maurice-Richard *

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QS to CAQ * Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue ''* - byelection gains held''

Background

Political parties and standings

Timeline

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Campaign

Timeline

Party slogans

Issues

Role of disinformation during the campaign

Candidates

Incumbents not running for reelection

Candidate controversies

Quebec Liberal Party

Parti Québécois

Québec Solidaire

Coalition Avenir Québec

Opinion polls

Cancelled electoral reform referendum

Results

Overview

Detailed analysis

Seats changing hands

Incumbent MNAs who were defeated

Notes

References

See also