Quebec Conservative Party courts anglophones with new candidate in D'Arcy-McGee

Que. Conservatives taking aim at Liberal riding The Conservative Party of Quebec is taking aim at one of the safest Liberal ridings on the Island of Montreal with its new candidate.

Quebec Conservative Party (QCP) leader Éric Duhaime was in an affluent Hampstead neighbourhood Thursday to introduce his new candidate, a strong opponent of Bill 96 who says funding for the Dawson College expansion is a priority.

Bonnie Feigenbaum will be the candidate in the D'Arcy-McGee riding for the Oct. 3 election.

The predominantly English-speaking Liberal stronghold includes parts of Outremont, Westmount, Côte-Saint-Luc and Hampstead, a city that is landlocked in the City of Montreal.

The 53-year-old, who teaches marketing at McGill and Concordia universities, was a city councillor from 2005 to 2015 and was, until recently, a member of the D'Arcy McGee Liberal Association.

-- This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on Aug. 11, 2022.