August 25, 2026
Voters in Quebec’s Arthabaska riding head to polls to elect new MNA


Montreal

It’s byelection day in the Centre-du-Quรฉbec riding of Arthabaska. Voters there will elect a new MNA, months after the Coalition Avenir Quรฉbec’s Eric Lefebvre quit provincial politics to run for the Conservative Party of Canada.

Polls will be open from 9:30 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Two people are seen exiting a building where voting is taking place.
A large number of voters cast their ballots in early August during advanced polling. (Samuel Ranger/Radio-Canada)

Voters in the Centre-du Quรฉbec riding of Arthabaskaย are poised to elect a new MNA in a byelection on Monday.

Polls will be open from 9:30 a.m. until 8 p.m.

The Coalition Avenir Quรฉbecย (CAQ) will attempt to hold on to the riding while Quebec Conservative Party Leader ร‰ric Duhaime will try to win a seat in the National Assembly.ย 

Here are the candidates for the main parties:

  • Kevin Brasseur (CAQ).
  • Alex Boissonneault (Parti Quรฉbรฉcois).
  • Chantale Marchand (Quebec Liberal Party).
  • Pascale Fortin (Quรฉbec Solidaire).
  • ร‰ric Duhaime (Quebec Conservative Party).

The byelection was triggered in March when CAQ MNA Eric Lefebvre left provincial politics. He has since won theย federal seat of Richmondโ€”Arthabaska for the Conservative Party of Canada.ย 

The Arthabaska riding is known for having voter turnouts that are higher than the rest of the province.

In the 2022 Quebec election, the voter turnout in the province was 66 per cent. In Arthabaska, it was 74 per cent.

The riding’s voter turnout during this month’sย advanced polling was 26.17 per cent.ย 

Written by Antoni Nerestant

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