What last week’s Conservative byelection win in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord could mean for Grits, Tories, and NDP

The Quebec byelection in a bellwether riding that has voted for every party in the 93 years since it was created, should ring alarm bells for the federal Liberals.

Newly-elected Conservative MP Richard Martel, pictured last week on the Hill. Chicoutimi-Le Fjord has mimicked the national wave, electing a representative from every single political party in a single decade. The significance of its return to the Tory fold should not be underestimated. Nor should it be overblown.Photograph courtesy of Andrew Scheer's Twitter

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

June 25, 2018

OTTAWA—Smart politicians make course corrections. Byelections and provincial trends often provide the impetus for political redirection. So what is the takeaway from last week’s Quebec byelection and the recent tectonic shift in Ontario politics? In both instances, there was a shift away from...

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