Our investigative agency specializes in the art of fact finding. Throughout the election campaign, our researchers will present their results to you in order to uncover surprising, dubious or outright false statements by the candidates and make them more visible to you.
THE STATEMENT
On Friday morning’s Twitter, the Quebec Conservative Party (PCQ) hinted that one of its candidates is the youngest of the elections. “At just 19, Eloïse Coulombe is the youngest candidate to stand in the October 3 elections. She defends the colors of the Quebec Conservative Party in Soulanges. #PCQ #LibresChezNous,” we can read in the publication.
The party shares a link to an article mentioning that the candidate is the youngest to run in Soulanges, a distinction the PCQ does not make in its publication.
FACTS
The Quebec Conservative Party’s tweet can be confusing. Éloïse Colombe is in fact the youngest candidate to stand in Soulanges among the five parties represented in the National Assembly. The other candidates are between 21 and 40 years old.
However, according to data compiled by our research team, six other candidates are younger than Éloïse Coulombe, who is running in Soulanges. Rather, the youngest candidate is Elizabeth Stavrakakis, who is campaigning for the Les Plaines election under the banner of the Liberal Party of Quebec (PLQ). The young woman recently celebrated her 18th birthday.
Émile Bellerose-Simard, who is running for Québec solidaire in Masson, is also 18 years old.
Jérémie Poirier and Yastene Adda of the Parti Québécois and Lina Yunes and Isabella Giosi of the PLQ are all 19 years old but a few days or weeks younger.
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