Dominique Anglade made history this week when she was named leader of the Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ), becoming the first woman to lead the party and the first Black woman to lead any provincial party in Quebec’s history.
The party’s leadership election came to a sudden conclusion when Anglade’s only opponent, former Drummondville mayor Alexandre Cusson, dropped out of the race, leaving Anglade to be named leader.
The Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne MNA told Global News Morning she’s found the experience “humbling.” “I feel a great sense of responsibility of representing all the people that see me as a model because I’m the daughter of immigrants, because I’m a female, but I’m really excited about what we have to accomplish,” she told Global’s Laura