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Louis-Hébert, the byelection that became a train wreck for two parties
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Oct 04, 2017 03:42pm |
| Category | Commentary |
| News Date | Sep 30, 2017 05:00am |
| Description | For sheer political antics and pratfalls, the byelection campaign in Louis-Hébert has been hard to beat.
In fact, one theory about the rollercoaster campaign to replace Sam Hamad – who resigned in April under a cloud of ethical questions – has been that the whole thing was cursed from the get go.
In what is a first in provincial politics, both the Liberal and CAQ candidates pulled out of the race on the same afternoon, within hours of each other, and for about the same reasons: allegations of psychological harassment in the workplaces in their previous lives.
Other bits of odd information started to surface. Before leaving, the CAQ candidate admitted he had voted for Hamad several times in the past and considered him not a bad fellow. |
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