A
by-election was held in the federal riding of
Laurier—Sainte-Marie
Laurier—Sainte-Marie is a federal electoral district in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. Its population in 2016 was 111,835.
Geography
The district includes Côte Sai ...
in Quebec on August 13, 1990, following the death of
Liberal MP
Jean-Claude Malépart
Jean-Claude Malépart (3 December 1938 – 16 November 1989) was a French Canadian politician.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Charles-Auguste Malépart and Germaine Mérineau, Malépart was elected to the National Assembly of Queb ...
.
The by-election was held on the same day as another in
Oshawa
Oshawa ( , also ; 2021 population 175,383; CMA 415,311) is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario, approximately east of Downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of the G ...
in Ontario. The seat was won by Independent candidate
Gilles Duceppe
Gilles Duceppe (; born July 22, 1947) is a Canadian retired politician, proponent of the Quebec sovereignty movement and former leader of the Bloc Québécois. He was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for over 20 years and ...
, who later co-founded the
Bloc Québécois
The Bloc Québécois (BQ; , "Québécois people, Quebecer Voting bloc, Bloc") is a list of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty movement, Que ...
in February 1991.
Election results
1988 result
References
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Laurier—Sainte-Marie federal by-election
1990 Laurier—Sainte-Marie federal by-election
Laurier—Sainte-Marie federal by-election
Politics of Montreal
Laurier—Sainte-Marie federal by-election, 1990
Laurier—Sainte-Marie federal by-election