The leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, Philippe Couillard, said Wednesday he would announce by the end of August in which riding he would eventually run for election.
Couillard won the party leadership on March 17 but has not yet won a seat in the National Assembly.
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Quebec rules for determining who can run where are lax. Couillard himself exemplifies this: he first ran and won in the Montreal riding of Mont-Royal in 2003, then in the Quebec city riding of Jean-Talon in 2007.
Now, rumours are swirling that he could run in the Montreal ridings of Outremont or Viau, or even possibly in the Saguenay riding of Roberval.
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Electoral law also lets him choose whether to run in a byelection or wait until a general election, which could theoretically be years away. Such a delay, however, would be unusual.
Couillard served as the province’s health and social services minister between 2003 en 2008, when he resigned.
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