"The members have decided to write a new chapter in our history," St-Pierre Plamondon said in his victory speech, reaching out to his opponents.

There is open talk among major names in the sovereigntist movement that the PQ should simply dissolve.

Frédéric Bastien, Sylvain Gaudreault, Guy Nantel and Paul St-Pierre Plamondon had filed their paperwork in accordance with party rules on Friday at the end of the nomination period.

The Parti Quebecois says that for the first time, non-members will be able to cast a ballot for its leader.

Frédéric Bastien will officially launch his campaign on Feb. 9 in Montreal, but he is not the only one who wants to succeed Jean-François Lisée at the head of the PQ.

Quebec's Chief Justice Nicole Duval Hesler will not give her lecture next week on "How to avoid conflicts of interest in the Court of Appeal."

A formal complaint has been lodged against a Quebec Court of Appeal's chief justice over her handling of a challenge to the province's secularism law.