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The Parti Québécois won Monday's Quebec election, gaining 56 seats and more than doubling its vote share, but fell five seats short of a majority. That makes its promised referendum on independence after Trump leaves office in 2028 nearly impossible, and most Quebecers voted for parties opposed to a referendum.
The separatist Parti Quebecois has won the most seats in Quebec's provincial election and will form the next government, reviving the question of whether the province should leave Canada. Party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is expected to become premier and has promised a third independence referendum — though he says he would wait until U.S. President Donald Trump leaves office in January 2029.
Quebec voters went to the polls on October 6 in a provincial election expected to hand victory to the Parti Québécois, which has pledged to hold an independence referendum within two years. A win would return the separatist party to power for the first time in more than a decade and reignite debates over language and identity.
Parti Quebecois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said his party will postpone any independence referendum until after Donald Trump leaves the White House, citing the unpredictable U.S. political climate as a disruption. Quebec faces a provincial election by October 5, with the PQ currently leading in polls but separatist support stagnant at around 30%.
