Ottawa's neighbours in the Outaouais have chosen their members of the National Assembly, and the Quebec Liberals took four of the region's five seats in Monday's provincial election, according to Radio-Canada's Outaouais results page.
The Liberal sweep
Three of the Liberal wins were gains. Michel Langevin of the Quebec Liberals (PLQ) won Chapleau. Sacha Cannon won Hull. David Logue won Gatineau. Radio-Canada marks all three results as gains for the party.
The fourth Liberal seat is Pontiac, where André Fortin was re-elected. Radio-Canada's results page lists him as re-elected rather than as a gain.
The Parti Québécois breaks through
The fifth seat went elsewhere. Isabelle Millette of the Parti Québécois (PQ) won Papineau, also marked as a gain. Radio-Canada reports that the PQ won a seat in the Outaouais for the first time in more than four decades.
A tough night for the CAQ
The CAQ lost its Outaouais seat in Chapleau, where Mathieu Lévesque was the incumbent. The Liberals' Michel Langevin took the riding. According to Radio-Canada, Lévesque said the CAQ had not managed to elect a single MNA in Quebec.
That statement is Lévesque's own account, and this report does not include a province-wide seat count. For the wider picture, readers can follow the live results page that Radio-Canada is running for the Outaouais and Gatineau.
What it means for people in the Ottawa area
Decisions at the National Assembly in Quebec City still matter to them.
The source material does not say which parties will form government or what any of the new MNAs plan to do first. Those details have not been reported in the facts available to us, so we are not guessing at them.
Earlier coverage
On election day, ottown set out the basics for voters in the region. ottown's earlier report noted that polling stations were open from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and that voters needed one of five accepted pieces of ID.
Before the vote, a CBC News review of more than three decades of data suggested that a Quebec government is more likely to break or walk back a pledge than keep it. ottown's earlier report has the details on that analysis, which will be a useful yardstick as the new members settle in.
What to watch
The Outaouais results are now in. The region's five seats split four to one between the Liberals and the Parti Québécois, and the PQ's Papineau win ends a drought of more than four decades. We will update this story as more reporting on the new MNAs and the province-wide outcome becomes available.
Sources: Radio-Canada
