A provincial by-election was held in Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 on 24 September 2007 to fill the vacancy in the National Assembly

National Assembly of Quebec

The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...

 riding of Charlevoix

Charlevoix (provincial electoral district)

Charlevoix is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Capitale-Nationale region and includes the municipalities of La Malbaie, Saint-Siméon, Baie-Saint-Paul and Baie-Sainte-Catherine. The riding existed from 1867 to 1907 before being re-created in 1948...

.

The by-election was caused by the decision of PQ MNA Rosaire Bertrand

Rosaire Bertrand

Rosaire Bertrand is an insurance broker and a former Quebec politician. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the provincial riding of Charlevoix as a member of the Parti Québécois from 1994 to 2007...

 to stand down to offer the new Parti Québécois

Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

 leader Pauline Marois

Pauline Marois

Pauline Marois is the current leader of the Parti Québécois in the province of Quebec, since June 27, 2007 and current Leader of the Official Opposition of the National Assembly of Quebec, representing the riding of Charlevoix...

 a way to become an MNA. The Liberal Party of Quebec stated that it would not stand a candidate against Marois so that all three party leaders would be represented in the National Assembly, but the Action démocratique du Québec

Action démocratique du Québec

The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....

 did run a candidate. The ADQ accused the Liberals and the PQ of a lack of democratic principles, claiming that it was not necessary for a third-party leader to be represented in the National Assembly.

Results

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|Parti québécois

Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

|Pauline Marois

Pauline Marois

Pauline Marois is the current leader of the Parti Québécois in the province of Quebec, since June 27, 2007 and current Leader of the Official Opposition of the National Assembly of Quebec, representing the riding of Charlevoix...

|align="right"|11 400
|align="right"|59.20
|align="right"|+21.53
|-

|Action démocratique

Action démocratique du Québec

The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....

|Conrad Harvey
|align="right"|7 125
|align="right"|37.00
|align="right"|+6.22
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|Green
|David Turcotte
|align="right"|403
|align="right"|2.09
|align="right"|-0.20
|-

|Parti démocratie chrétienne

Parti démocratie chrétienne du Québec

The Parti démocratie chrétienne du Québec is a social conservative political party in Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 2000 by Roman Catholics associated with the Centre d’Information nationale Robert Rumilly. The founding leader of the party was Gilles Noël.Its program is a combination of...

|Paul Biron
|align="right"|135
|align="right"|0.70
|align="right"|+0.7
|-

|Independent

Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

|Claude Gagnon
|align="right"|77
|align="right"|0.40
|align="right"|+0.4
|-

|Independent

Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

 (F4J

Fathers 4 Justice

Fathers 4 Justice began as a fathers’ rights organisation in the United Kingdom. It became prominent and frequently discussed in the media following a series of high-visibility stunts and protests often in costume. It was temporarily disbanded in January 2006, following allegations of a plot by...

)
|Daniel Laforest
|align="right"|64
|align="right"|0.33
|align="right"|+0.33
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|Parti république

Parti république du Québec

The Parti république du Québec was a small and short-lived conservative, sovereigntist and green political party in the Canadian province of Quebec...

|François Robert Lemire
|align="right"|52
|align="right"|0.27
|align="right"|+0.27
|}