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This was the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election for Tuesday, Sept. 4.

Scroll down for the report on Parti 51, the party that wants to make Quebec the 51st U.S. state.

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5:20 p.m.: That’s a wrap

Join us again tomorrow for more election fun.

5:15 p.m.: Hydro and goons

Here’s what the parties were up to this afternoon:

Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault says the best thing Quebec could do for the environment would be to export hydroelectric power to the world.

Liberal leader Philippe Couillard took exception to Legault’s characterization of some Liberal candidates as “goons.”

2:55 p.m.: Using your head

The Journal de Montréal dug up this video of Pierre Poirier, running for the Liberals in Arthabaska.

He can sing La Bamba… while doing a handstand… and clapping his feet. Or he could when this aired at some point between 1987 and 1992.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=zUEbO1cwsrA