The Quebec Liberals swept all six West Island-area ridings Monday night, holding a string of traditional party strongholds as the Parti-Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois emerged as the province’s largest party and formed a minority government.<\/p>\n
Gregory Kelley held Jacques-Cartier with 73.21 per cent of the vote, while Enrico Ciccone retained Marquette with 55.29 per cent.<\/p>\n
Monsef Derraji won Nelligan with 63.25 per cent and Brigitte Garceau held Robert-Baldwin with 65.05 per cent.<\/p>\n
Val\u00e9rie Assouline captured Saint-Laurent with 54.45 per cent, while James Hughes won Vaudreuil with 46.75 per cent.<\/p>\n
The six victories give the Liberals a clean sweep of the West Island ridings included in the regional count and preserve the party’s traditional strength in Montreal’s western suburbs.<\/p>\n
The six Liberal candidates combined for 114,092 votes.<\/p>\n
Jacques-Cartier<\/p>\n
Gregory Kelley was re-elected in Jacques-Cartier with 22,456 votes, or 73.21 per cent of the valid vote.<\/p>\n
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Gregory Kelley<\/p>\n
Conservative candidate Pina Di Dio finished second with 3,309 votes, or 10.79 per cent.<\/p>\n
Kelley won by 19,147 votes, the largest margin among the six West Island ridings.<\/p>\n
Qu\u00e9bec solidaire’s Gabriel Laurence-Brook received 1,696 votes, followed by Parti qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois candidate C\u00e9line Dauphinais with 1,329 and CAQ candidate Santiago Proteau Sanchez with 881.<\/p>\n
There were 30,849 ballots cast, with voter turnout at 63.60 per cent.<\/p>\n
Marquette<\/p>\n
Enrico Ciccone retained Marquette for the Liberals with 14,498 votes, or 55.29 per cent.<\/p>\n
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Enrico Ciccone<\/p>\n
Parti qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois candidate Guillaume de Palma-Demers finished second with 3,847 votes, while Qu\u00e9bec solidaire’s Pascal Malo received 2,776.<\/p>\n
Ciccone’s winning margin was 10,651 votes.<\/p>\n
Conservative Richard Zilversmit received 2,703 votes and CAQ candidate Mahsa Barani received 1,761.<\/p>\n
Following his victory, Ciccone turned to the possibility of another sovereignty referendum under the new Parti qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois government.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will not let that happen. We will fight for that,\u201d Ciccone said.<\/p>\n
Nelligan<\/p>\n
Monsef Derraji was re-elected in Nelligan with 21,690 votes, or 63.25 per cent.<\/p>\n
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Monsef-Derraji<\/p>\n
Conservative Gary Charles finished second with 5,110 votes, giving Derraji a winning margin of 16,580 votes.<\/p>\n
Parti qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois candidate Martine Dubois received 2,563 votes, followed by Qu\u00e9bec solidaire’s Dominique Naud with 2,301 and CAQ candidate Tom Tang with 1,663.<\/p>\n
A total of 34,616 ballots were cast, representing 59.37 per cent turnout among 58,302 registered voters.<\/p>\n
Derraji, first elected in 2018, will return to the National Assembly as the Liberals retain another of their West Island strongholds.<\/p>\n
Robert-Baldwin<\/p>\n
Brigitte Garceau won Robert-Baldwin with 19,984 votes, or 65.05 per cent.<\/p>\n
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Brigitte Garceau<\/p>\n
Conservative Axel Lellouche finished second with 4,650 votes, while Qu\u00e9bec solidaire candidate Alexandra Lacoste received 2,705.<\/p>\n
Garceau’s winning margin was 15,334 votes.<\/p>\n
Parti qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois candidate Maurice Daude received 1,507 votes and CAQ candidate Sophie Leroux received 1,035.<\/p>\n
There were 31,066 ballots cast and turnout was 56.27 per cent among 55,208 registered voters.<\/p>\n
The result keeps Robert-Baldwin in Liberal hands.<\/p>\n
Saint-Laurent<\/p>\n
Val\u00e9rie Assouline captured Saint-Laurent with 16,681 votes, or 54.45 per cent.<\/p>\n
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St-Laurent – Valerie Assouline – Liberals<\/p>\n
Qu\u00e9bec Solidaire candidate \u00c9tienne Loiselle-Schiettekatte finished second with 5,067 votes, giving Assouline a margin of 11,614 votes.<\/p>\n
Conservative Barry Rolbin received 3,781 votes, followed by Parti qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois candidate Pierre-\u00c9tienne Nantel with 2,570 and CAQ candidate Tahmina Kabir with 1,425.<\/p>\n
There were 31,041 ballots cast, with turnout at 52.01 per cent among 59,678 registered voters.<\/p>\n
Assouline, a political newcomer, said she was \u201cvery moved and very happy\u201d after the result.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thank the residents of Saint-Laurent for their trust, which I will never take for granted,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Assouline also pledged to represent the entire riding, regardless of how residents voted.<\/p>\n
“I will listen to all citizens, whether they voted for me or not. I will be there for everyone,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Vaudreuil<\/p>\n
James Hughes won Vaudreuil for the Liberals with 18,783 votes, or 46.75 per cent.<\/p>\n
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James Hugues<\/p>\n
Parti qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois candidate and former federal MP Meili Faille finished second with 7,980 votes, while Conservative Patrick Caron received 5,715.<\/p>\n
Hughes won by 10,803 votes.<\/p>\n
CAQ candidate Chantal Darcy received 4,263 votes and Qu\u00e9bec Solidaire candidate Jeannette Uwantege received 2,927.<\/p>\n
There were 40,684 ballots cast, with turnout reaching 65.05 per cent among 62,539 registered voters.<\/p>\n
Hughes, a former president and CEO of the Old Brewery Mission, said he was grateful for the confidence shown by voters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am extremely happy. I deeply thank the voters for their trust. I will put all my heart and energy into representing them,\u201d Hughes said.<\/p>\n
The result keeps Vaudreuil Liberal after outgoing MNA Marie-Claude Nichols chose not to seek re-election.<\/p>\n
Six-riding Liberal sweep<\/p>\n
The results give the Liberals all six West Island-area seats:<\/p>\n
– Jacques-Cartier: Gregory Kelley \u2014 22,456 votes, 73.21 per cent<\/p>\n
– Marquette: Enrico Ciccone \u2014 14,498 votes, 55.29 per cent<\/p>\n
– Nelligan: Monsef Derraji \u2014 21,690 votes, 63.25 per cent<\/p>\n
– Robert-Baldwin: Brigitte Garceau \u2014 19,984 votes, 65.05 per cent<\/p>\n
– Saint-Laurent: Val\u00e9rie Assouline \u2014 16,681 votes, 54.45 per cent<\/p>\n
– Vaudreuil: James Hughes \u2014 18,783 votes, 46.75 per cent<\/p>\n
Together, the six Liberal candidates received 114,092 votes.<\/p>\n
The closest race by winning margin was Vaudreuil, where Hughes led Faille by 10,803 votes. The largest margin came in Jacques-Cartier, where Kelley finished 19,147 votes ahead of Di Dio.<\/p>\n
The Liberal sweep preserves every riding in the six-constituency West Island package for the party, reinforcing the region’s longstanding Liberal alignment even as the broader provincial result produced a Parti-Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois government.<\/p>\n
For the Liberals, the six seats provide a significant Montreal-area base as the party moves into opposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Quebec Liberals swept all six West Island-area ridings Monday night, holding a string of traditional party strongholds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1412,135693,135700,7151,416,135697,135691,609,135694,135689,75,84,83,135695,9,24,63,36887,135690,3437,135698,12081,135699,135692,135696,47828],"class_list":["post-366534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-accountability","tag-brigitte-garceau","tag-coalition-avenir-qubec","tag-democracy","tag-elections","tag-electoral-district-canada","tag-enrico-ciccone","tag-government","tag-jacques-cartier","tag-liberal-party-of-canada","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-monsef-derraji","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-organized-events","tag-parti-qubcois","tag-political-events","tag-politics-of-quebec","tag-quebec","tag-quebec-liberal-party","tag-robert-baldwin","tag-vaudreuil-provincial-electoral-district","tag-west-island"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}