The Quebec by-elections of September 20, 2004 were held in the Quebec provincial electoral districts

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 of Gouin

Gouin (electoral district)

Gouin is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Montreal between the Canadian Pacific Railway and Jean-Talon Street and west of 6th Avenue...

, Laurier-Dorion

Laurier-Dorion

Laurier-Dorion is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Montreal and includes the neighbourhoods of Villeray and Parc-Extension...

, Nelligan

Nelligan (electoral district)

Nelligan is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 1980 from parts of Pointe-Claire and Robert-Baldwin. It includes portions of the Montreal Island including Île Bizard, Kirkland and Senneville...

 and Vanier

Vanier (electoral district)

Vanier is a provincial electoral district located in the province of Quebec, Canada. A riding in the Capitale-Nationale region, it was formed in 1972. It includes mostly western and central portions of Quebec City west of Quebec Autoroute 73...

 in Canada

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. They resulted in the election

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 of two PQ

Parti Québécois

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, one Liberal and one ADQ

Action démocratique du Québec

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 Member to the National Assembly of Quebec

National Assembly of Quebec

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.

Liberal Yolande James

Yolande James

Yolande James is a Quebec provincial politician. She is the first black female MNA and the youngest, as well as the first black cabinet minister in Quebec history...

 won an easy victory on the Montreal

Montreal

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-based Nelligan district, while PQ candidate Nicolas Girard

Nicolas Girard

Nicolas Girard is a politician in Quebec, Canada, and member of the National Assembly of Quebec. He was elected to the National Assembly in a by-election as a Parti Québécois member on September 20, 2004 in riding of Gouin in the Montreal region.- Student activism:Girard was involved in politics...

 handily succeeded Andre Boisclair

André Boisclair

André Boisclair is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the leader of the Parti Québécois, a social democratic and separatist party in Quebec....

 in Gouin.

Elsie Lefebvre

Elsie Lefebvre

Elsie Lefebvre is a Quebec politician. She was the Member of the National Assembly for the Laurier-Dorion riding from 2004 to 2007, and currently serves on Montreal City Council. She is trilingual, speaking French, Spanish and English.-Background:Lefebvre has been involved in politics, with the...

 of the Parti Québécois won a narrow victory in Laurier-Dorion, a traditionally Liberal district.

Benefiting from anger over the CRTC's decision to revoke CHOI-FM

CHOI-FM

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's broadcasting license, Sylvain Légaré

Sylvain Légaré

Sylvain Légaré is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the Vanier riding from 2004 to 2008....

was elected in Vanier, under the ADQ label.