Riding profile

LaFontaine

Provincial riding — QC · Urban · mtl

The question

LaFontaine: a safe seat for the Quebec Liberals?

Editorial read

LaFontaine, an urban riding in Quebec, elected a member with the Quebec Liberals in the previous cycle, with a 32-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Quebec Liberals ahead at 71% vote share, against 13% for the Quebec Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Marc Tanguay

Sits with PLQ

Since
2022-10-03
Parliament
43th

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • PLQ Incumbent
    Marc Tanguay

    Marc Tanguay

    Parliamentary Leader of the Official Opposition

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Current forecast

PLQ

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
58.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • PLQ 71.5%
  • PCQ 12.8%
  • PQ 6.6%
  • QS 6.1%
  • Other 1.7%
  • CAQ 1.4%

In context

How this riding stacks up

PLQ PCQ PQ QS
HereLaFontaine 71.5%12.8%6.6%6.1%
Provincial averageQuebec 27.2% +44.3 13.2% −0.4 30.1% −23.5 8.3% −2.2

Provincial averages computed across the 127 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · QC 2022

Won by
PLQ
Margin
31.7 pts
Turnout
62.3%
Margin shift vs current projection
+27.1 pts

Detailed result · QC 2022

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Marc Tanguay Elected PLQ 13,398 51.7
Loredana Bacchi CAQ 5,189 20.0
Yassir Madih PCQ 3,406 13.1
Anne B-Godbout QS 2,301 8.9
Shawn Vermette-Tassoni PQ 1,322 5.1
Quinn Brunet Other 313 1.2
Last model run
Cycle
qc_2026