Pierre Karl Pladeau wins seat for PQ in Saint-Jrme

Media mogul and star Parti Qubcois candidate Pierre Karl Pladeau won his seat in the riding of Saint-Jrme.

Pladeau took the seat for the Parti Qubcois at the expense of the Coalition AvenirQubec.

"I am committed to servingyou with passion, energy, integrity and to the very best of my skills," Pladeau told supporters. "This is not the result we wanted and the one we worked for these last weeks. But we welcome the choice of Quebecers with humility."

He also complimented PQ Leader Pauline Marois.

"I'm proud to enter politics with Pauline Marois," he said.

Pladeauis one of Quebecs most prominent business leaders, having occupied positions including president and CEO ofVidotronand CEO ofQuebecor, the company founded by his late father, PierrePladeau.

In one of the most memorable moments of the campaign,Pladeauannounced his candidacy for thePQwith his fist in the air, proclaiming his desire for a sovereign Quebec.

"My connection to the PQ is a connection rooted in my deepest, most intimate values, and that is making Quebec a country," he said.

Rather than bringing attention to thePQseconomic platform and strengths,Pladeausarrival instead brought the issue of sovereignty to the fore.

Talk of aPQmajority quickly evaporated as the Liberals andCoalition Avenir Qubec stoked fears that Maroiswould call a referendum on sovereignty if elected.

Here's our list of other star candidates in tonight's election:

• Gatan Barrette LaPinire won
  The former president oftheFdrationdesmdecinsspcialistesduQubecis a shoo-in for the position of health minister with the Liberals, but only if he manages to take LaPinirefrom former Liberal (and now independent candidate) FatimaHouda-Ppin.
  
• LoBureau-BlouinLaval-des-Rapides defeated
  The former student leaderwas first elected in September 2012, making him Quebec's youngestMNA.Laval-des-Rapideshas a history of electingthe party that goes on to form the government.This time aroundBureau-Blouinisrunningagainst Quebec Liberal Party president Saul Polo.
  
• MartinCoiteuxNelligan won
  Coiteux, an economist at the Bank of Canada, is one of the Liberal party's economic heavyweights.

• Hlne David Outremont won
  Thesister of Qubec Solidaire spokeswomanFranoise Davidannounced she was joining politics and running for the Liberals in March. Outremonthas been a Liberal stronghold since 1966, and was won byLiberal Leader PhilippeCouillardin 2012.

• Martine Desjardins Groulx defeated
  Theformer student leader launched her political career in March with the announcement that she would be joining theParti Qubcois. Desjardins has been critical of the PQ in the past, especially after the party decided to go ahead with student fee increases. But Desjardins said in March that she and Pauline Marois have been able to put their disagreements aside.

• AlexisDeschnesTrois-Rivires defeated
  The well-known lawyer and former TVA / Radio-Canada journalist is hoping to return the riding to the PQ after it wentto the Liberals in the last two elections. Liberal candidate Jean-Denis Girard is hoping to succeed Danielle St-Amand, the Liberal incumbentwho stepped down for health reasons.

• DanielLebelDrummondBois-Francs defeated
  The formerpresident of the Quebec order of engineers isa key candidate for thePQ, meant to help bolster the party'santi-corruption image.

• CarlosLeitao Robert-Baldwin won
  The chief economist at theLaurentianBank is a key part of the Liberal'economic team.

• Jean-Franois LiseRosemont won
  The Rosemont candidate isseeking re-election as a PQ MNA. Lise was a cabinet minister for internationalrelations and also responsible for the Montreal region.

• DominiquePayetteCharlesbourg defeated
  The former Radio-Canada journalist is running for the PQin thisQuebec Cityriding that saw the party place a distant third in 2012. Her mother, Lise Payette, served in the cabinet of PQPremier RenLvesque when the party first swept to power in 1976.

• LorrainePintalVerdundefeated
  The actress, radio and TV host will be running for the PQ in a riding that has been held by longtime Liberal Henri-FranoisGautrin for 25 years before he announced he would be retiring from politics in February.