Fréchette Gains Ground, Milliard Slides

New Pallas Data poll suggests Christine Fréchette is giving the CAQ new momentum, largely at the expense of the Quebec Liberals.

New Premier Christine Fréchette appears to have gotten off to a strong start, according to a new Quebec poll by Pallas Data conducted for 338Canada and L’actualité.

While the road ahead remains steep for the leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec, the numbers suggest Fréchette has given her party a measurable boost in public support.

And it is the Quebec Liberal Party — along with its leader Charles Milliard — that appears to be taking a hit.

Conducted from May 7 to 9, 2026, this new Pallas survey shows a significant tightening between first and third place. The Parti Québécois remains in the lead with 29% support among decided and leaning voters, unchanged from Pallas’s previous poll in April.

The Quebec Liberals, meanwhile, have dropped four points — a shift beyond the poll’s margin of error — and now sit at 28% province-wide. As we will see later, the party’s decline appears to coincide with weakening numbers for its leader.

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