Apparently Mark Cardwell, who has been writing freelance articles for The Gazette (and other publications) out of Quebec City, is running for the Action démocratique in the riding of Charlevoix, just northeast of the capital. Charlevoix is currently held by the PQ, by someone named Pauline Marois.
His reason for running:
“To be quite honest, I saw that the ADQ was perilously low in the polls and I don’t want to see that party disappear. I don’t want to go back to the barren landscape of Liberal versus PQ and every provincial election being like a mini referendum.”
That’s a pretty solid endorsement by ADQ standards.
Good luck.
Last night was my second of what will probably be three election nights at the paper in a span of two months. Election night is always fun (as I recounted in my previous post), and this one was no exception with the president, Senate, House, governors, ballot initiatives and everything else on the line.
First, Canada re-elected the least charismatic person on the planet. Then the U.S. elected the most charismatic person on the planet. Now, Quebecers go to the polls. Who will they elect?
(Yes we can?)
Tonight’s election liveblog, in a nutshell:
- Liberals win, ADQ becomes the official opposition after posting huge gains in Quebec City, the Laurentians and the Eastern townships.
- Strong second-place showings in two ridings by Québec solidaire and three by the Greens, all on the island of Montreal.
- The CBC blows a big election call (Jean Charest’s riding) and has to retract itself with a pathetic excuse
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The Gazette’s Andy Riga is now blogging his E-File on the Quebec election.
Meanwhile, John MacFarlane is blogging from SXSW.
