Sovereigntist Parti Québécois wins Quebec election as N.L. waits to see what happens next with Churchill Falls deal
The sovereigntist Parti Québécois has won the Quebec provincial election, the CTV Decision Desk declared Monday evening.
PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon will become the province’s next premier, succeeding Christine Fréchette, whose Coalition Avenir Québec has likely been wiped off the electoral map after governing for eight years. But the PQ fell short of a majority, with the CTV Decision Desk also declaring it will be a minority government. The federalist Liberal party will form the official opposition.
It was Premier Fréchette who signed the new Churchill Falls deal in St. John’s in August. Plamondon has said a PQ government will not tear up the deal just for the sake of it, but will conduct a “due diligence review.”
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeahm is expected to respond to the results of the Quebec election on Tuesday.
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