Dogs, dancing, cheese: social media highlights from the Quebec election campaign

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It has been a long 36 days in the province of Quebec, both for political leaders and citizens.

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The election campaign has come to an end, with the Avenir Québec Coalition forming a majority government for the second time.

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In between serious moments over the course of the campaign, of which there were many, party leaders occasionally took to social media to share light-hearted content. We decided to round up some memorable highlights from the last month.

Duhaime and his dog

Quebec Conservative Party leader Éric Duhaime made himself very relatable over the course of the campaign with several posts about his dog Mia, who accompanied him on the Conservative bus and during interviews.

“After another great morning run, Mia puts my mind at ease as I prepare for my last debate of the campaign,” she posted on Instagram on September 22.

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Anglade dances to get to the first debate

Quebec Liberal Party leader Dominique Anglade decided to prepare for the first leaders’ debate with a late-night dance party to the Black Eyed Peas’ I Gotta Feeling, wearing a hot pink blazer no less.

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Holness leads voters to the polls

Balarama Holness of Bloc Montréal made his mark as a man of the people by making good on a promise to bring an elderly voter to his polling station.

“I was going to get some peanuts at the pharmacy, and then I ran into you, and then you said, ‘I need you to take me to the polling station,’ and here we are,” Holness said in an Instagram video of him walking. on the arm of a voter on election day.

“I’m really very impressed,” the woman said.

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TikTok Corn

We all remember the day Élections Québec posted a TikTok of someone literally casting their vote with an ear of corn instead of a ballot (??????). The man behind the campaign, which aimed to convince young people to vote, said he was happy the video generated a reaction, positive or negative.

“If people share the video, if people comment on it, if people watch it, that’s already something accomplished,” said Richard Rochette-Villeneuve, creative director of the Quebec City branch of the marketing and advertising agency. Cossette. “Many young people in Quebec have not had experience with a polling station. They have never touched an urn in their life. Our TikTok videos are well bookmarked. You see the ballot box, an important object in our democracy and an object that everyone should have a relationship with.”

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Legault’s quest to discover poutine’s true name

In May, Prime Minister François Legault posted a video of himself eating from a giant bag of cheese curds at a Drummondville fromagerie, asking Quebecers what they call it: “Fromage en grains, fromage en crottes, fromage skouik-skouik?”

took the question to a “professional” in the electoral campaign.

“We’re on the ground to get an answer to our famous cheese question,” the video’s caption reads as Legault asks what appears to be a casse-croûte employee.

She settled the debate: fromage en grains or fromage skouik-skouik.

Speaking of poutine…

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois of Québec Solidaire kept track of his election poutines on Instagram, when he wasn’t posting photos of his cute baby.

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PSPP a ‘danger to the public’ when it comes to karaoke

According to Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, he is “out of control” when it comes to karaoke. For the “balcony sessions with Paul St-Pierre Plamondon”, he revealed what kind of songs he likes to sing.

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