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CAQ candidate wins Philippe Couillard's old seat in Roberval byelection

Voters in the riding of Roberval decided Monday to will replace former premier Philippe Couillard's seat at the National Assembly with Coalition Avenir Qubec's Nancy Guillemette.

Voters decide to replace the former premier with Nancy Guillemette on Monday

Coalition Avenir Qubec's Nancy Guillemette took the Roberval seat Monday. (Radio-Canada)

Voters in the riding ofRoberval decided Monday to giveformer Liberalpremier Philippe Couillard's seat at the National Assembly toCoalitionAvenirQubec's NancyGuillemette.

Couillardannounced he wasleaving politicsfollowing theLiberals'major defeat byFranoisLegault'sCAQ.

Liberal candidateWilliam Larochelookedto hold on to the seat, held by Couillard since 2014,but it wasGuillemettewho managed to increasethe party's majority at the National Assembly by nabbing 55 per cent of the vote.

A total of seven candidates ran in the byelectionin the SaguenayLac-Saint-Jean region.

Guillemetteis the director-general ofSant mentale Qubec/Lac-Saint-Jean and a former Robervalcity councillor.

Quebec Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard stepped down after the Liberals were ousted by the CAQ on Oct. 1. (Jacques Boissinot/Canadian Press)

With files from La Presse Canadienne