Quebec Liberals’ chief organizer will not renew his mandate after a historic defeat

MONTREAL — Quebec Liberal Party chief organizer Jean-Francois Helms says he won’t renew his term.

Helms said in a social media post today that he informed leader Dominique Anglade and party president Rafael Primeau-Ferraro of his decision this morning.

The announcement comes at the end of a tumultuous week for the Liberal Party.

On Thursday, one of the party’s oldest members, Marie-Claude Nichols, was kicked out of the Liberal caucus after a disagreement over shadow cabinet positions.

Helms was the chief organizer of Anglade’s 2022 spring leadership campaign – a race she won by acclamation – and he was named the party’s chief organizer in July 2020.

The Liberal Party suffered its worst defeat in history, in terms of popular vote, in the October 3 election in Quebec.

This report from The Canadian Press was first published on October 29, 2022.

The Canadian Press