The Parti Quebecois held on to its Chicoutimi seat Monday, electing Mireille Jean in the PQ stronghold.
The National Assembly now has 36 female MPs out of 125, or 28.8 per cent of its elected officials.
Jean took the lead as soon as polls closed, sailing to an easy victory over her five opponents.
"We've been working very hard. We're proud of the campaign. We have the capacity, opportunity, to talk with the population. This is what the Parti Quebecois is all about, taking care of what is important for people, what is important for citizens," said PQ leader Pierre Karl Peladeau.
Once all the votes were tallied Jean had 47 per cent of the ballots cast, while Liberal candidate Francyne T. Gobeil had 30 per cent support.
The Coalition Avenir Quebec, which finished finished second in 2012, dropped to 12 per cent support, while eight percent of voters cast ballots for Quebec Solidaire.
Disappointed with the result, CAQ leader Francois Legault was hoping to chip away at Liberal support, given all the controversy surrounding the party.
“I'm sure that our support is at more than 12 per cent in Chicoutimi, but the Liberal party, they have a machine,” he said.
More than 46,000 voters, or 41 percent of those eligible, went to the polls to choose a successor to Stéphane Bédard, who ended his political career last October after representing the Saguenay-area riding for 17 years.
Chicoutimi has been held by the PQ since 1973.
