Bloc's fortunes slip as Liberals make gains in Quebec

Holly Cabrera · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 29, 2025 2:06 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

The Bloc Québécois watched its fortunes gaffe arsenic the Liberals made gains successful Quebec connected Monday, with the sovereigntist enactment projected to suffer astir one-third of the seats it held anterior to the election. 

As of 2 a.m. ET connected Tuesday, the enactment had dropped from 35 seats to about 23, according to CBC's projections.

Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet, who aboriginal Monday evening was projected to support his spot successful the riding of Beloeil–Chambly, repeated passim the run that helium was not moving to go premier minister. Rather, helium pitched himself as the champion advocator for the interests of Quebecers and a spouse to Canada. 

During his code Monday night, Blanchet said specified a partnership will make the state stronger successful trade negotiations with the United States.

"We volition beryllium articulate, competent radical … and enactment successful the interests of the communal good," Blanchet said.

At the aforesaid time, Canada indispensable guarantee that Quebec's interests are respected, helium said.

Just past week, Blanchet predicted "Canada volition prime Mark Carney arsenic its premier minister." His comments came successful effect to a question astir Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon's coating Carney arsenic an "existential threat" to Quebec.

Some cardinal wins for the enactment connected Monday included Gaspésie-Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine-Listuguj where Alexis Deschênes defeated Liberal Diane Lebouthiller, a erstwhile gross and fisheries minister. 

The assemblage astatine enactment office successful Montreal was besides thrilled to spot Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe keep his spot successful Lac-Saint-Jean. 

Brunelle-Duceppe archetypal won the riding successful 2019 and was re-elected in 2021 with much than 50 per cent of the ballot share, defeating Conservative campaigner Serge Bergeon. 

"We were confident, but an election, it's ever a container of surprises. We ne'er cognize what volition happen," Brunelle-Duceppe said successful French connected Monday arsenic supporters gathered astatine a microbrewery successful Alma applauded.

Bloc Québécois candidates were projected Monday to triumph the pursuing ridings arsenic of 2 a.m. ET connected Tuesday:

• Abitibi-Témiscamingue: Sébastien Lemire. 
• Beauharnois-Salaberry-Soulanges-Huntingdon: Claude DeBellefeuille. 
• Bécancour-Nicolet-Saurel-Alnôbak: Louis Plamondon.
• Beloeil-Chambly: Yves-François Blanchet.
• Côte-Nord-Kawawachikamach-Nitassinan: Marilène Gill.
• Drummond: Martin Champoux.
• Gaspésie-Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine-Listuguj: Alexis Deschênes.
• Joliette-Manawan: Gabriel Ste-Marie.
• Jonquière: Mario Simard.
• La Pointe-de-l'Île: Mario Beaulieu. 
• Lac-Saint-Jean: Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe
• Laurentides-Labelle: Marie-Hélène Gaudreau.
• Mirabel: Jean-Denis Garon
• Montcalm: Luc Thériault. 
• Rimouski-La Matapédia: Maxime Blanchette-Joncas. 
• Rivière-du-Nord: Rhéal Fortin. 
• Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot-Acton: Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay. 
• Saint-Jean: Christine Normandin.  
• Shefford: Andréanne Larouche. 
• Terrebonne: Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné