All 5 Outaouais incumbents vying for another term in Quebec election

All five MNAselected in western Quebec in2018are back to defend their seats inthe Oct. 3 provincial election.

The Coalition Avenir Qubectook Chapleau, Gatineau and Papineaufour years ago, while the Liberals kept Hull and Pontiac.Gatineau had elected a Liberal MNA in every election since 1962.

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Both parties placed second in the region's ridings they didn't win.

In 2022, notable challengers include former Chelsea mayor Caryl Green as a Liberal candidate in Gatineau, and education union presidentSuzanne Tremblay for the CAQ in Hull.

Radio-Canada has created a French-language map with alist of candidates so far. Nominations officially close Sept. 17.

Health, housing and inflation

Party leaders have come to the region in recent weeks talking about health care, housing and inflation.

Gatineau Mayor FranceBlisletold Radio-Canada Friday she hopes housing plans are flexible enoughto meet the different needs of the province's different cities.

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The promise of a new hospital in the Outaouais helped the CAQelect those three membersin 2018. The plan includesa600-bed hospital off rue d'Edmonton in Gatineau.