Brett Thoms
Pontiac October 4, 2022
Anyone looking at a zoomed-out electoral map of Monday’s election night will notice a big piece of red in the western part of the province in a sea of blue.
Here are the results based on Tuesday morning’s numbers.
The CAQ won an overwhelming victory in terms of seats, scoring over two thirds of the total.
The voter turnout province-wide was approximately 65.2 per cent of eligible voters, which is down from the 66.45 per cent turnout during the 2018 provincial election, however significantly higher than the 43.53 per cent which characterized this year’s Ontario election.
The CAQ won a majority government, with 90 seats and a total of 41 per cent of the popular vote.
The Quebec Liberal Party (QLP) came in second place and forms the official opposition, with 21 seats and 14.4 per cent of the vote.
In third place came Québec solidaire (QS) with 11 seats and 15.4 per cent of the vote.
In fourth place came the Parti Québécois (PQ) with 3 seats and 14.6 per cent of the vote.
And in fifth came the Conserative Party of Quebec (CPQ) with no seats and 12.9 per cent of the vote.
Riding of Pontiac
Locally, André Fortin of the QLP held onto the riding of Pontiac with 43.8 per cent of the vote and was the only Liberal candidate to do so outside the Montreal area.
In second place came Corinne Canuel-Jolicoeur of the CAQ with 24.9 per cent of the vote.
In third place came the CPQ candidate Terrence Watters with 11 per cent of the vote.
In fourth came the QS candidate Mike Owen Sebagenzi with 10.2 per cent of the vote.
In fifth place came the PQ candidate with 6.1 per cent of the vote.
In sixth came Pierre Cyr of Quebec Green Party with 2.2 per cent of the vote and in seventh came Will Twolan of the Canadian Party with 1.7 per cent of the vote.
