Quebec’s government has announced that a hotly contested byelection northeast of Montreal will take place Aug. 11.
The Arthabaska riding has been held by the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2012, but polls indicate the governing party is set to lose its stronghold to the Parti Québécois or Conservatives.
Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime has put his name forward, hoping to win what would be his party’s only seat in the legislature.
His main opponent is former Radio-Canada journalist Alex Boissonneault with the PQ—a party on the upswing that has won the last two byelections.
Poll aggregator Qc125 indicates the PQ and Conservatives are tied at 37 percent support, with Premier François Legault’s party a distant third in the riding….