Ten candidates will compete in the Quebec byelection in Arthabaska
Posted July 28, 2025 9:56 am.
Last Updated July 28, 2025 9:58 am.
Ten candidates will compete in the byelection in the riding of Arthabaska, in the Centre-du-Québec region, Élections Québec announced on Saturday.
The election will be held on Aug. 11. Advance polling will take place on Aug. 3 and 4.
At present, the race appears to be mainly between Conservative Party leader Éric Duhaime and PQ candidate Alex Boissonneault. However, the other candidates from the main parties, Kevin Brasseau (Coalition Avenir Québec), Chantale Marchand (Quebec Liberal Party) and Pascale Fortin (Québec Solidaire), also intend to throw their hats into the ring.
The other candidates who have received authorization from Elections Québec to run are Louis Chandonnet (Équipe autonomiste), Denis Gagné (independent), Trystan Martel (Climat Québec), Arpad Nagy (independent) and Éric Simard (Union nationale).
Six candidates ran in the Oct. 2022 general election.
CAQ candidate Éric Lefebvre, now federal MP for Richmond-Arthabaka, won easily with 51.75 per cent of the votes cast. He beat Conservative candidate Tarek Henoud by more than 12,200 votes.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
