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Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois was easily elected as the MNA for Montreal’s Gouin riding on Monday, taking 69 per cent of the vote, with none of the 12 other candidates winning more than 10 per cent.

In his victory speech, Nadeau-Dubois said he and his team “found the recipe for victory” and they have won a battle, even if they will have to fight many others before taking power.

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Nadeau-Dubois replaces fellow Québec solidaire member Françoise David, who vacated the seat for health reasons in January.

Parti Québécois Leader Jean-Francois Lisée chose not to run a candidate in the riding, part of an ill-fated attempt to create an electoral alliance where the two parties would run one candidate in select ridings in order to increase the chances the Liberals would be booted from office.

The alliance crumbled, however, after members of QS largely rejected the deal at the party’s convention earlier in May.