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Quebec election results and PQ minority government

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The Parti Québécois (PQ), led by Paul Saint-Pierre-Plamondon, has secured a minority government with 59 60 of the 127 seats in the Quebec National Assembly, capturing approximately 28 percent of the vote. This victory represents a major resurgence for the separatist party, which previously held only three seats. The governing Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) suffered a total collapse, failing to win any seats. The Quebec Liberal Party won 40 seats, the Quebec Conservative Party won 19, and Québec solidaire won nine. Following the election, political fallout emerged within During the CAQ, as minister Mathieu Lacombe was expelled from his party and removed from his cabinet after attending a PQ election celebration. Discussions have campaign, Saint-Pierre-Plamondon outlined an economic platform prioritizing small and medium-sized enterprises through tax reductions and the abolition of the Economic Development Fund. He also emerged regarding potential electoral reform to proposed a housing plan involving Quebec Sales Tax (TVQ) reimbursements for new homes and increased tax credits for first-time buyers. To address the discrepancy between vote share housing and seat distribution. Regarding the constitutional debate over supply issues, he proposed halving the oath number of allegiance, temporary immigrants. The campaign also saw allegations of federal interference, with the Public Interest Litigation Institute has launched PQ claiming the federal government supported the CAQ through major project announcements. Following the election, Saint-Pierre-Plamondon was sworn in as Premier on October 21, 2026. In a legal challenge seeking to force incoming MNAs historic move, he declined to swear allegiance to the King, contesting King Charles III, stating he would not ‘lie as a provincial law that made first gesture to the oath optional. In a recent swearing-in ceremony, National Assembly.’ The ceremony proceeded without the newly elected physical presence of Lieutenant-Governor Manon Jeannotte, who participated only via remote signature. The PQ caucus, led by premier-designate Saint-Pierre-Plamondon, completed its ceremony by pledging caucus instead pledged allegiance to ‘the people of Quebec’ rather than King Charles III. This Quebec,’ a practice is permitted under a 2022 law, though its constitutionality law that is currently being challenged in Quebec Superior Court. Lieutenant-Governor Manon Jeannotte was not present for the ceremony. Saint-Pierre-Plamondon has expressed intentions to abolish the monarchy in Quebec and redirect funding from the Lieutenant-Governor’s office toward addressing homelessness. As part of his platform, Saint-Pierre-Plamondon has pledged to hold a referendum on Quebec independence, potentially by 2030, though he indicated he would not call a consultation before January 2029.

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