Quebec Nationalist Win Is Latest Loss for Canadian Liberals
- CAQ rides voter desire for change to win majority government
- Wave of provincial defeats could put Trudeau’s agenda in check
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A Quebec nationalist party seeking curbs on immigration won power in Canada’s second-largest province, the latest in a string of defeats for regional Liberal governments nationwide.
Coalition Avenir Quebec, founded in 2011 by millionaire businessman Francois Legault, won the vote in the French-speaking province with 74 of 125 seats in the provincial legislature, defeating the incumbent Liberal Party, which had been in power almost uninterrupted for 15 years. The Parti Quebecois, the political force behind two referendums on separating from Canada, was dealt one of the worst results in its history.