Nelson Sergerie, LJI Journalist

GASPÉ – A Liberal advertisement promoting the party’s team in Quebec City and the eastern part of the province forgot to include Diane Lebouthillier. 

The full-page ad, published on April 26 in the Journal de Québec – two days before the election – mentions the names of the candidates, including Alexander Reford in Rimouski-La Matapédia and Rémi Massé in Côte-du-Sud-Rivière-du-Loup-Kataskomiq-Témiscouata. However, it failed to mention the name of Diane Leboutihillier, the outgoing 

Liberal Member of the Parliament and former minister since 2015, who was running for re-election in Gaspésie-Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine-Listuguj. 

The ad was bought by the official agent for Jean-Yves Duclos in Quebec City. When contacted for comment, Ms. Lebouthillier’s campaign team said they had contacted Mr. Duclos’s team, who 

acknowledged the omission and called it a mistake. 

Her Bloc Québécois opponent, Alexis Deschênes, reacted on the social media platform X writing: “What to make of this Liberal ad naming all the candidates in eastern Quebec except Diane Lebouthillier in Gaspésie-Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine-Listuguj?” He did not elaborate further.