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Elections Canada today published the official list of candidates for the three by-elections to be held in Quebec on Sept. 17.

For the record, in the last general election, the Bloc Quebecois won Roberval and Saint-Hyacinthe and the Liberals won Outremont.

The Conservatives think they have a decent shot in all three ridings but probably more so in Roberval-Lac St. Jean, which is next door to Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn’s riding. The Liberals hope to hold Outremont from a strong challenge from both the Conservatives and the NDP. The Bloc will likely not be a factor in Outremont but expects to hold the other two ridings.

Here’s the lineup from which voters will choose:

Outremont
Alexandre Amirizian (Canadian Action Party)
Romain Angeles (Independent)
Mahmood Raza Baig (Independent)
Jocelyn Coulon (Liberal Party of Canada)
Gilles Duguay (Conservative Party of Canada)
Jean-Paul Gilson (Bloc Québécois)
François Yo Gourd (neorhino.ca)
Jocelyne Leduc (Independent)
Régent Millette (Independent)
Thomas Mulcair (New Democratic Party)
François Pilon (Green Party of Canada)
John C. Turmel (Independent)

Roberval–Lac-Saint-Jean
Jean-Luc Boily (Green Party of Canada)
Louise Boulanger (Liberal Party of Canada)
Éric Dubois (New Democratic Party)
Céline Houde (Bloc Québécois)
Denis Lebel (Conservative Party of Canada)

Saint-Hyacinthe–Bagot
Bernard Barré (Conservative Party of Canada)
Jean Caumartin (Liberal Party of Canada)
Brigitte Sansoucy (New Democratic Party)
Michel St-Onge (Canadian Action Party)
Jacques Tétreault (Green Party of Canada)
Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac (Bloc Québécois)
Christian Willie Vanasse (neorhino.ca)