Quebec election: PQ candidate Guy Leclair resigns amid DUI charges

The Parti Québécois candidate in Beauharnois pulled out of the election late Wednesday after he was charged with impaired driving.
Guy Leclair resigned his candidacy only hours after PQ Leader Jean-François Lisée vowed to back him until the Oct. 1 election. Although Leclair had a prior drunk driving conviction, Lisée said he deserved the presumption of innocence.
But around 10 p.m. Wednesday, he accepted the candidate’s resignation.
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