Quebec Solidaire has chosen its candidates for the four upcoming by-elections in Quebec.
Veronique Martineau will run in Verdun, Marcel Gosselin will run in Saint Jerome, Carl Levesque will run in Marie-Victorin and Sarah Beaudoin will run in Arthabaska.
The three Montreal-area candidates were in the city Wednesday to present themselves, and to introduce the left-wing party's new slogan.
Quebec Solidaire is firmly behind the campaign to increase the minimum wage, and the party's new slogan reflects that.
The slogan translates to: At work, $15/hour is the minimum.
Verdun was vacated by Liberal MNA and cabinet minister Jacques Daoust earlier this week.
Last week Isabelle Melancon was chosen to run for the Liberals in that riding, while Lorraine Pintal is the PQ candidate for the by-election.
Ginette Marotte will represent the CAQ. She was a Union Montreal city councillor until 2012.
A by-election is needed in Marie-Victorin after PQ MNA Bernard Drainville left the National Assembly to take a job in media.
Catherine Fournier beat five other PQ candidates to represent the party in what is considered a PQ stronghold.
Fournier ran in the last federal election as the Bloc Quebecois candidate in the riding of Montarville. She then worked in the office of PKP.
The Liberal candidate is Normand Parisien, who stepped up after Maryse Patenaude withdrew for personal reasons.
Julie Chapdelaine will represent the CAQ.
A vote must take place by Nov. 2 in Saint Jerome, which has been without an MNA since Pierre Karl Peladeau resigned as PQ leader in May.
Naomie Goyette will represent the Liberals, while Bruno Laroche is the CAQ candidate.
The seat in Arthabaska riding was left vacant when Sylvie Roy died suddenly during the summer from acute hepatitis.
Entrepreneur Eric Lefrebrve, who is also a councillor for Victoriaville, is the CAQ candidate.
Luc Dastous is once again the Liberal candidate for the riding.
