Paul St-Pierre Plamondon to announce Parti Québécois leadership bid

Plamondon will be 5th candidate to run in hopes of replacing Pierre Karl Péladeau

Image | Paul St-Pierre Plamondon

Caption: Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is a 39-year-old lawyer and author. (Radio-Canada)

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is set to publicly announce he's joining the Parti Québécois leadership race.
The 39-year old lawyer and author will be the fifth candidate to run in hopes of replacing Pierre Karl Péladeau, who stepped down in early May.
Martine Ouellet, Jean-François Lisée, Véronique Hivron and Alexandre Cloutier are also in the running.
Radio-Canada is reporting that Plamondon will make the announcement at Montreal's Place Émilie-Gamelin.