A by-election will be held to elect a member of Parliament (MP) to represent Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton, Quebec, in the House of Commons for the remainder of the 45th Parliament following the resignation of Independent MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay.
Background Bloc Québécois MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay was first elected to the House of Commons for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton in the 2019 Canadian federal election and was re-elected in 2021 and 2025.
On May 28, 2026, Savard-Tremblay left the Bloc Québécois caucus and sat as an independent MP after announcing that he would seek the Parti Québécois nomination in the provincial riding of Saint-Hyacinthe for the 2026 Quebec general election. He resigned from the House of Commons on June 19, 2026.
Constituency
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton is a semi-rural federal riding in the Montérégie region of Quebec, centred on the regional county municipalities of Acton and Les Maskoutains. It includes the communities of Saint-Hyacinthe, Acton Vale, Saint-Pie, Sainte-Madeleine, and Saint-Dominique, along with surrounding smaller municipalities and rural areas.
Timing On June 22, 2026, Elections Canada announced that the Chief Electoral Officer had received official notice from the Speaker of the House of Commons that the seat was vacant. The date of the by-election must be announced between July 3 and December 19, 2026. The latest date the by-election could be held is February 1, 2027.
Candidates On July 16, 2026, the Bloc Québécois selected Caroline Émond to be its candidate. She is the former Quebec delegate-general to the European institutions in Brussels and former executive director of the International Dairy Federation. Julie Vignola, director of Savard-Tremblay's constituency office and former MP for Beauport—Limoilou had previously been reported to be seeking the nomination.
On August 21, 2026, it was announced that former Montreal Alouettes player and coach Luc Brodeur-Jourdain will be the candidate for the Conservatives.
Result
Previous result
See also By-elections to the 45th Canadian Parliament Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton
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