The Coalition avenir Québec will rely on the former mayor of Longueuil Caroline St-Hilaire to try to win the riding of Sherbrooke in the next general election, reported TVA Nouvelles.
The candidacy of the 52-year-old politician should be officially announced on June 5 in the company of Prime Minister François Legault.
A former Bloc member elected four times to the Commons, where she sat between 1997 and 2008, Ms. St-Hilaire then became mayor of Longueuil in 2009, before leaving office after two terms in 2017.
Until the end of 2021, the politician had rather invested in a media career, in particular as a commentator on political news on the show The Joustingat LCN.
It should be noted that the Coalition avenir Québec has also chosen Caroline St-Hilaire to host its next convention, which will be held on May 28 and 29 in Drummondville.
A veritable pivotal riding, Sherbrooke has changed hands three times in a decade. In 2012, PQ member Serge Cardin defeated outgoing Liberal premier Jean Charest, only to lose to Liberal Luc Fortin in the next election in 2013.
In the last elections, solidarity Christine Labrie was elected with 34.27% of the vote. She was thus ahead of outgoing MP Luc Fortin by 3,450 votes. The CAQ candidate at the time, Bruno Vachon, finished third with 23.39% of the vote.