The Long Road to Official Party Status for Duhaime’s Quebec Conservatives
Éric Duhaime led the Conservative Party of Quebec to a historic breakthrough in the Oct. 5 provincial election, securing official party status in the National Assembly for the first time in more than nine decades. Duhaime’s party went from no seats won in the last election to 19, comfortably clearing the 12-seat threshold needed to […]
TL;DR
- The Conservative Party of Quebec, led by Éric Duhaime, secured official party status in the National Assembly.
- This is the first time the party has achieved this status in over nine decades.
- The party won 19 seats in the Oct. 5 provincial election, exceeding the 12-seat threshold.
- The Conservative Party now holds the third-largest caucus in the National Assembly.
- Éric Duhaime himself won his seat in Bellechasse with 63 percent of the vote.