Liberals confident about Quebec riding vacated by Lebel, despite no victories there since 1980

Outgoing Conservative MP Denis Lebel was a popular former mayor who will be hard for the party to replace.

Former Quebec Conservative MP Denis Lebel officially resigned from his House seat earlier this month. The Liberals are hoping to steal this seat in the byelection that has not yet been scheduled.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY ABBAS RANA

August 28, 2017

The Liberals are confident about their chances of replacing the recently departed Conservative MP Denis Lebel in the riding of Lac-Saint-Jean, Que., despite not having won a seat there in 37 years and finishing third in the 2015 election. Liberals are saying that because of the party's impressive p...

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