The 44th Quebec general election is scheduled to take place on or before October 5, 2026, to elect the members of the
National Assembly of Quebec. Under the province's
fixed election date law, passed in 2013, "the general election following the end of a Legislature shall be held on the first Monday of October of the fourth calendar year following the year that includes the last day of the previous Legislature",[3] setting the date for October 5, 2026. However, the act does not fetter the discretion of the
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec to dissolve the legislature before that time, in accordance with the usual conventions of the
Westminster parliamentary system.
Background
In the
2022 general election, the
Coalition Avenir Québec increased its parliamentary majority, winning 90 seats. The Liberals, despite finishing fourth in the popular vote behind
Québec solidaire and the
Parti Québécois, remained the official opposition winning 21 seats.[4] The
Parti Québecois lost most of its remaining seats but managed to elect its previously seatless leader
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon to a seat.[5] The Conservatives increased their share of the vote to 13%; however, as their support was more spread out throughout Quebec, they did not gain any seats.[6]
October 27: Liberal MNA for
VaudreuilMarie Claude Nichols was expelled from caucus after declining the Transport Critic role. She will sit as an independent. [7]
^Québec solidaire designates Nadeau-Dubois and
Émilise Lessard-Therrien as co-spokespeople. Nadeau-Dubois was the party's candidate for premier during the
2022 general election.[1] The party's power is held by the general meetings of the members and a board of 16 directors; the de jure leader recognized by the
Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (DGE) is Nicolas Chatel-Launay.[2]