The setbacks continue for the Quebec Liberal Party, which saw its candidacy ballot refused in Matane-Matapédia. The party will present only 124 candidates out of 125 in the elections on 3rd October next.
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According to our information, Harley Lounsbury’s application was refused for errors in the way of filling out the application form.
Visibly shaken a few minutes following the announcement of the refusal, Liberal leader Dominique Anglade announced that the party’s legal team will study the possibility of challenging the decision of the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec.
“I don’t have the details and we’re going to have internal conversations… serious internal conversations, but I don’t have the details regarding that,” she said. of a press scrum at the end of the followingnoon.
The Liberal leader described the situation as “unacceptable”.
The party filed six candidacies on Saturday, the deadline to formalize everything.
The formation had to operate a sprint in the last days to confirm its candidates. On Wednesday, 73 names were confirmed, out of 125. The next day, the PLQ officially had 91 candidates in the running.
