The Parti Québécois won a minority government with 59 seats on October 5. Québec premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondonnamed a new cabinet as of October 21 including minister of agriculture, fisheries and food, Bernard Sévigny. He is a former TV journalist and has served as mayor of Sherbrooke from 2009-2017. 

He is married to Marie-Claude Bibeau, who served the federal Liberal government as agriculture and agri-food minister from 2019-2023. She is now the mayor of Sherbrooke. 

With the British Columbia election concluding with a Conservative party majority, there will be another new provincial agriculture minister in the weeks to come.           

Source:  Radio-Canada October 21, 2026