2023 Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne provincial by-election

The 2023 Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne provincial by-election was held on March 13, 2023.^[1] Québec solidaire's Guillaume Cliche-Rivard won the election.^[2] By winning the by-election, Québec Solidaire was able to meet the requirement of having 12 seats to attain official party status in the National Assembly.^[3]

2023 Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne provincial by-election

← 2022 March 14, 2023 (2023-03-14)
Riding of Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne
Turnout	31.10%
First party Second party   PLQ Candidate Guillaume Cliche-Rivard Christopher Baenninger Party Québec solidaire Liberal Popular vote 7,897 5,139 Percentage 44.50% 28.96% Swing 16.78pp 7.20pp   Third party Fourth party   PQ CAQ Candidate Andréanne Fiola Victor Pelletier Party Parti Québécois Coalition Avenir Québec Popular vote 2,025 1,661 Percentage 11.41% 9.36% Swing 3.14pp 8.37pp
MNA before election Dominique Anglade Liberal Elected MNA Guillaume Cliche-Rivard Québec solidaire

Location of Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne in Montreal.

Background

Constituency

The Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne constituency is based on the Le Sud-Ouest borough of Montreal.

Trigger

Following the 2022 Quebec general election, Dominique Anglade announced her resignation as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party on November 7, 2022.^[4] On December 1, 2022, she resigned as MNA for Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne.

Candidates

• Christopher Baenninger, Quebec Liberal Party^[5]
• Beverly Bernardo, Independent^[6]
• Jean-Charles Cléroux, Direct Democracy^[7]
• Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, Québec Solidaire^[8]
• Ian Denman, Canadian Party of Quebec^[9]
• Jean-Pierre Duford, Green Party of Quebec^[10]
• Andréanne Fiola, Parti Québécois^[11]
• Lucien Koty, Conservative Party of Quebec^[12]
• Shawn Lalande McLean, Parti accès propriété et équité (English: Access to property and equity)^[11]
• Victor Pelletier, Coalition Avenir Québec^[13]
• Jean-François Racine, Climat Quebec^[14]

Result

Quebec provincial by-election, 13 March 2023
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Québec solidaire	Guillaume Cliche-Rivard	7,897	44.50	+16.78
	Liberal	Christopher Baenninger	5,139	28.96	-7.20
	Parti Québécois	Andréanne Fiola	2,025	11.41	+3.14
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Victor Pelletier	1,661	9.36	-8.37
	Conservative	Lucien Koty	478	2.69	-3.67
	Green	Jean-Pierre Duford	251	1.41	-0.50
	Canadian	Ian Denman	113	0.64	–
	Climat Québec	Jean-François Racine	67	0.38	–
	Independent	Beverly Bernardo	47	0.26	–
	Démocratie directe	Jean-Charles Cléroux	39	0.22	-0.01
	Parti accès propriété et équité	Shawn Lalande McLean	30	0.17	–
Total valid votes			17,747
Total rejected ballots			134
Turnout			17,881	31.10	-26.72
Eligible voters			57,492
	Québec solidaire gain		Swing		+11.99

^[15]

Previous result

2022 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dominique Anglade	11,728	36.15	-1.91
	Québec solidaire	Guillaume Cliche-Rivard	8,992	27.72	+3.88
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Nicolas Huard-Isabelle	5,751	17.73	-0.95
	Parti Québécois	Julie Daubois	2,683	8.27	-3.20
	Conservative	Mischa White	2,063	6.36	+5.14
	Green	Jean-Pierre Duford	620	1.91	-1.33
	Bloc Montreal	Janusz Kaczorowski	530	1.63	–
	Démocratie directe	Esther Gaudreault	73	0.23	–
Total valid votes			32,440	98.91	–
Total rejected ballots			357	1.09	-0.79
Turnout			32,797	57.82	+1.21
Electors on the lists			56,721	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.90
Source(s) "2022 provincial general election results". Élections Québec.

See also

• 2022 Quebec general election
• Dominique Anglade
• List of Quebec by-elections
• Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne
• 2023 Jean-Talon provincial by-election

References

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