The son of former Quebec premier Jean Charest will be running for the Liberals in the fall provincial election.
Antoine Dionne Charest was formally nominated Wednesday night in the Verdun riding in Montreal, with his mother and Liberal Leader Charles Milliard in attendance.
Milliard said Dionne Charest is a long-serving Liberal member, and the leader expressed hope his new recruit will be part of the party’s renewal.
Jean Charest, premier from 2003 to 2012, did not attend the nomination meeting.
Dionne Charest, meanwhile, said he had absorbed the family values of giving back, and said he has politics in his blood.
The Verdun riding in southwestern Montreal was once a Liberal stronghold, but it fell to Québec solidaire in 2022….