# 2023 Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne provincial by-election

The 2023 Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne provincial by-election was held on March 13, 2023. Québec solidaire's Guillaume Cliche-Rivard won the election. By winning the by-election, Québec Solidaire was able to meet the requirement of having 12 seats to attain official party status in the National Assembly.

## Background
### Constituency

The Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne constituency is based on the Le Sud-Ouest borough of Montreal.

### Trigger

Following the 2022 Quebec general election, Dominique Anglade announced her resignation as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party on November 7, 2022. On December 1, 2022, she resigned as MNA for Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne.

## Candidates

* Christopher Baenninger, Quebec Liberal Party
* Beverly Bernardo, Independent
* Jean-Charles Cléroux, Direct Democracy
* Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, Québec Solidaire
* Ian Denman, Canadian Party of Quebec
* Jean-Pierre Duford, Green Party of Quebec
* Andréanne Fiola, Parti Québécois
* Lucien Koty, Conservative Party of Quebec
* Shawn Lalande McLean, Parti accès propriété et équité (English: Access to property and equity)
* Victor Pelletier, Coalition Avenir Québec
* Jean-François Racine, Climat Quebec

## Result

Quebec provincial by-election, 13 March 2023 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Québec solidaire | Guillaume Cliche-Rivard | 7,897 | 44.50 | +16.78 |
| | Liberal | Christopher Baenninger | 5,139 | 28.96 | -7.20 |
| | Parti Québécois | Andréanne Fiola | 2,025 | 11.41 | +3.14 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Victor Pelletier | 1,661 | 9.36 | -8.37 |
| | Conservative | Lucien Koty | 478 | 2.69 | -3.67 |
| | Green | Jean-Pierre Duford | 251 | 1.41 | -0.50 |
| | Canadian | Ian Denman | 113 | 0.64 | – |
| | Climat Québec | Jean-François Racine | 67 | 0.38 | – |
| | Independent | Beverly Bernardo | 47 | 0.26 | – |
| | Démocratie directe | Jean-Charles Cléroux | 39 | 0.22 | -0.01 |
| | Parti accès propriété et équité | Shawn Lalande McLean | 30 | 0.17 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 17,747 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 134 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,881 | 31.10 | -26.72 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 57,492 |
| | Québec solidaire gain | Québec solidaire gain | Swing | Swing | +11.99 |

## Previous result

2022 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Dominique Anglade | 11,728 | 36.15 | -1.91 |
| | Québec solidaire | Guillaume Cliche-Rivard | 8,992 | 27.72 | +3.88 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Nicolas Huard-Isabelle | 5,751 | 17.73 | -0.95 |
| | Parti Québécois | Julie Daubois | 2,683 | 8.27 | -3.20 |
| | Conservative | Mischa White | 2,063 | 6.36 | +5.14 |
| | Green | Jean-Pierre Duford | 620 | 1.91 | -1.33 |
| | Bloc Montreal | Janusz Kaczorowski | 530 | 1.63 | – |
| | Démocratie directe | Esther Gaudreault | 73 | 0.23 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,440 | 98.91 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 357 | 1.09 | -0.79 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,797 | 57.82 | +1.21 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 56,721 | – | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -2.90 |
| Source(s) "2022 provincial general election results". Élections Québec. |||||||