QUÉBEC - Outgoing Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette stressed the importance of collaboration on Tuesday after meeting with Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon to discuss the transition of power.
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The two leaders said they discussed the economy, unemployment, relations with the United States, and the Churchill Falls hydroelectric agreement with Newfoundland and Labrador during a meeting that lasted just under 50 minutes in Quebec City.
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Both leaders emerged from the meeting side-by-side, delivering brief statements to reporters, without taking questions.
“We touched on all kinds of urgent and sensitive issues,” said St-Pierre Plamondon, who will lead a minority government in the Quebec legislature.
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“I leave this meeting very satisfied,” he added, thanking Fréchette’s team for its co-operation.
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“We are looking at an orderly transition, marked by collaboration.”
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Fréchette also stressed the importance of ensuring a smooth handover of power.
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“It’s important to ensure a co-ordinated, proper transition,” she said.
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“Our teams will exchange information on the next steps.”
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The meeting took place at the premier’s office in Quebec City’s Honoré-Mercier building.
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St-Pierre Plamondon will be able to officially move into the office after he and his cabinet are sworn in on Oct. 21.
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Before then, newly elected Parti Québécois politicians are scheduled to be sworn in as members of Quebec’s national assembly on Thursday.
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The meeting between Fréchette and St-Pierre Plamondon comes eight days after Quebecers elected a minority Parti Québécois government in the Oct. 5 provincial election, bringing the sovereigntist party back to power for the first time since 2014.
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The PQ won 59 seats, while the Quebec Liberals secured 40 seats to form the official Opposition.
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The Conservatives won 19 seats and Québec solidaire took nine.
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The Coalition Avenir Québec, which had governed the province since 2018, failed to elect a single member.
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On election night, Fréchette said she took “full responsibility” for her party’s defeat.
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She announced the following day that she was resigning as CAQ leader.
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Meanwhile, a source within the Parti Québécois said Tuesday it is seeking a judicial recount in the riding of Champlain, in Quebec’s Mauricie region, where its candidate lost by 191 votes to a Conservative candidate.
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The Canadian Press agreed not to identify the source because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the issue.
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The party official said alleged irregularities had been identified during the counting of ballots on Oct. 5; approximately 80 ballots were missing from one ballot box and another 30 from a second box.
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Conservative Adriana Szalontai defeated PQ candidate René Branchaud in the riding.
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Quebec’s election law allows a recount to be requested when the margin between the top two candidates is less than one-thousandth of the votes cast.
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Although the margin in Champlain does not meet that threshold, the PQ official said it believes it has sufficient grounds to convince the Court of Quebec to grant its request.
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The Court of Quebec confirmed Tuesday that it had granted the PQ’s request for a recount in Vachon, a riding in Longueuil, on the south shore of Montreal, where Liberal Affine Lwalalika defeated PQ candidate Stephan Fogaing by just 10 votes.
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The recount for the Vachon riding is scheduled to begin Oct. 19 and is expected to last three days.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 13, 2026.
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