Gabrielle Desjardins will be the Bloc Québécois candidate for Pontiac

Gabrielle Desjardins will be the Bloc Québécois candidate for Pontiac

Gabrielle Desjardins has announced that she will be the Bloc Québécois candidate for the Pontiac riding in the next federal election.

“At 22 years old, I am ready to defend the interests of Quebec in the Pontiac Riding. I am currently a Bachelors in Secondary Education student in history and geography,” she said on her social media page (translated).

In 2019, Bloc candidate Jonathan Carreiro-Benoit finished third with 16.1% of the vote, close behind Conservative candidate Dave Blackburn who got 16.8%. Will Amos won with 48.9%.