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By Staff The Canadian Press
Posted June 14, 2025 5:35 pm
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Pablo Rodriguez resigns from Trudeau’s cabinet to run for Quebec Liberal Party leadership
The Quebec Liberals have chosen Pablo Rodriguez to lead the party into the October 2026 provincial election.
The former federal cabinet minister won the party’s leadership contest today after two rounds of voting, beating out Charles Milliard, former head of the federation of Quebec chambers of commerce with just over 52 per cent of votes cast.
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The three other candidates vying for the top job — Karl Blackburn, Marc Bélanger and Mario Roy — were eliminated after a first round.
Rodriguez told party faithful at a leadership convention in the provincial capital it was time to come together as Liberals and write a new chapter for the party.
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Rodriguez, who does not have a seat in the national assembly, will have to rebuild the party in the coming months if it is to have a chance of forming government.
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The Liberals have for years been polling badly among francophone voters outside Montreal.
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