Legislature member Frédéric Beauchemin to announce run for Quebec Liberal leadership

QUEBEC CITY — Quebec Liberal Frédéric Beauchemin has decided to enter the race for his party’s leadership.

Beauchemin has an announcement planned for Friday in Trois-Rivières, Que. The Canadian Press has confirmed Beauchemin intends to run, after the news was first reported by Radio-Canada.

He will become the fourth contender vying to succeed Dominique Anglade, joining ex-Montreal mayor Denis Coderre, lawyer Marc Bélanger and Charles Milliard, the former president of the federation of Quebec chambers of commerce.

Federal Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez is mulling a run but has not confirmed whether he will seek the leadership of the provincial party.