Liberal Party.

By Dan Laxer
The Suburban

Pablo Rodriguez has been elected leader of the Quebec Liberal Party.

Until last September Rodriguez was the Minister of Transport for the Trudeau Liberals. He resigned from his post, and from federal politics, to seek the provincial Liberal leadership.

His goal, he has said, is to unify the party, which has suffered setbacks, losing to the CAQ in 2018 and 2022.

He was elected with just over 52 percent of the vote, beating out Charles Millard and Karl Blackburn who came second and third respectively.

The party has been under the leadership of Marc Tanguay, who took over the party when Dominique Anglade stepped down in 2022.

Rodriguez was first elected to the House of Commons in 2004 in the Honoré-Mercier riding. Prior to transport, he was minister of Canadian Heritage, and had been the chief government whip.

Winning the leadership, he said, is the honour of a lifetime.

He received congratulations via X from both Premier Francois Legault and Parti Québécois leader Paul St. Pierre Plamondon. n