In 2018, after nearly half a century of alternating Liberal and Parti Québécois governments, François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec completely blew up Quebec’s established political order. The two parties that had perhaps grown a little too comfortable in their respective roles were thrown into uncontrollable tailspins of doubt and soul searching.
Neither the PQ nor the Quebec Liberal Party recovered in time for the 2022 general election, which Legault’s CAQ won in a landslide, taking ninety seats in the then 125-seat National Assembly. Outside the island of Montreal, the CAQ won eighty-eight of ninety-eight ridings—a near sweep of francophone Quebec.