Pontiac in flux following Liberal MP's exit

The Pontiac riding has been left in fluxfollowing recent viral headlinessurroundingits LiberalMP, Will Amos, who has announced he won't run for re-election.

Amos made international news afterhe appeared naked on an internal parliamentary feed. Bloc MPSbastien Lemireapologizedfor taking the screenshotof Amos, which was leaked to the media.

Approximately a month later, the MP made the news again, this time because he"urinated without realizing (he) was on camera."

He described both incidents as accidental and said hewould stepaway temporarilyfrom his parliamentary roles so that he can seek assistance.

While Amos won't be running,Sophie Chatelis set to replace him as the Liberal candidate.A career civil servant,Chatel worked in particular at the Ministry of Finance and the Canada Revenue Agency and, untilrecently, looked into the question of the taxation of web giants.

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University studentGabrielle Desjardinswill run as the Bloc Qubcoiscandidate in the region.The Conservatives will runMichel Gauthier, former editor-in-chief of Le Droit.

Union lawyerDenise Girouxis running for theNDPin the riding, and engineer and small business ownerDavid Gottfred will run forthe People's Party.

The Free Party has Genevieve Labont-Chartrand up in Pontiac. Representing the Greens isShaughn McArthur, a member of the party's shadow cabinet thatfocuses on international affairs and defence.

Canada's Fourth Front co-leader James McNairhas stepped up in Pontiac.

Pontiac covers 30,586 square kilometres, stretching from Gatineau to an area about 200 kilometres north of Maniwaki, Que., andincludestownssuch as Chelsea, Fort-Coulongeand the Algonquin community of Kitigan Zibi. In 2019, Amos won nearly 49 per cent of the vote, 19,4801 more ballots than the Conservatives, his nearest rival.

Nearly a quarter of its residents say English is their mother tongue, while 13 per cent say they have Indigenous heritage

Candidates are included in this riding profile once they've been listed as a confirmed candidate by Elections Canada, chosen as the winner of a nomination contest or who were the chosen candidate by a party that got at least one per cent of the national popular vote.

Pontiac in 2019