Date 12 May 2008 | ||
Provincial by-elections were held in Quebec on 12 May 2008 to fill three vacancies in the National Assembly. The by-elections were called on 9 April 2008.
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All three seats were held by their incumbent parties.
Bourget
The district of Bourget was vacated by Parti Québécois MNA Diane Lemieux on 17 October 2007. Federal Bloc Québécois MP Maka Kotto resigned from the Canadian House of Commons to contest the by-election, which in turn resulted in the federal Saint-Lambert by-election of September 8, 2008.
Hull
The riding of Hull was vacated by Liberal MNA Roch Cholette on 9 April 2008.
Pointe-aux-Trembles
Pointe-aux-Trembles was vacated by PQ MNA André Boisclair on 15 November 2007. The by-election was won by Nicole Léger, Boisclair's predecessor as MNA for the riding.
References
Quebec provincial by-elections, 2008 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA