Sherbrooke MNA, Christine Labrie, has been named the interim female co-spokesperson for Québec Solidaire (QS).
The party made the announcement at noon on Thursday, a few days after the resignation of co-spokesperson Émilise Lessard-Therrien.
Incidentally, Labrie entered the race to become the party’s female co-spokesperson, but she finished third and was eliminated in the first round last Nov. against Lessard-Therrien and Ruba Ghazal.
Nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer que c’est la députée solidaire de Sherbrooke, Christine Labrie, qui va assurer l’intérim comme porte-parole féminine de Québec solidaire, suite à la démission d’Émilise Lessard-Therrien.????
Christine a démontré un engagement sans faille envers… pic.twitter.com/AtrvwrPZQN
— Québec solidaire (@QuebecSolidaire) May 2, 2024
Labrie will therefore team up with Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois in the party’s two-headed female-male leadership, until a female spokesperson is officially elected.
On Monday, Lessard-Therrien announced that she would not be returning from her sick leave and would be resigning after a few months in office.
She criticized Nadeau-Dubois’s small team at the helm of the party.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews