The Quebec Liberal party has named Pierre Arcand as interim chief in the wake of Philippe Couillard's resignation.

The MNA for Mont Royal was chosen Friday morning by the Liberal party caucus.

He said he was very happy with the selection.

Meanwhile, the party has decided to expell Guy Ouellette from caucus.

Ouellette came under fire repeatedly during the election campaign after it was revealed emails were sent from his email account to the Coalition Avenir Quebec in 2016.

Those emails allegedly showed a link between Liberal party organizer Pietro Perrino and Luigi Correti, a businessman who was once accused of fraud.