2007 Charlevoix provincial by-election

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A provincial by-election was held in Quebec on 24 September 2007 to fill the vacancy in the National Assembly riding of Charlevoix.

The by-election was caused by the decision of PQ MNA Rosaire Bertrand to stand down to offer the new Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois 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 will do so; the ADQ also 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.[1] [2]

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Charlevoix by-election, September 24, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti québécois Pauline Marois 11 400 59.20 +21.53
Action démocratique Conrad Harvey 7 125 37.00 +6.22
Green David Turcotte 403 2.09 -0.20
Parti démocratie chrétienne Paul Biron 135 0.70 +0.7
Independent Claude Gagnon 77 0.40 +0.4
Independent (F4J) Daniel Laforest 64 0.33 +0.33
Parti république François Robert Lemire 52 0.27 +0.27