20-03-2025
Québec Solidaire's Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois won't seek re-election, sources say
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, the co-spokesperson for Québec Solidaire, will not seek re-election in the next provincial election scheduled for the fall of 2026, sources have told Radio-Canada.
Nadeau-Dubois will, however, complete his mandate as MNA for the Montreal riding of Gouin. The information was first reported by the French media outlet Pivot.
He is scheduled to hold a news conference later today.
The decision comes just as Nadeau-Dubois returns from paternity leave. The last two years have been tumultuous for the party, with highly publicized internal debates about how it is being managed.
Québec Solidaire also had a disappointing showing in the recent Terrebonne byelection, where it received less than five per cent of the vote. The byelection was won by Catherine Gentilcore of the Parti Québécois.
Québec Solidaire has the third-most seats in the National Assembly, but polls suggest it wouldn't maintain its 12 seats at the National Assembly if an election were held today.
The left-wing party doesn't have a traditional leadership structure, with two spokespersons instead of a party leader. Ruba Ghazal, the MNA for Mercier, is the other co-spokesperson.
Nadeau-Dubois, 34, rose to prominence in Quebec during the student protests of 2012. He was elected to the National Assembly in 2017.
