An elected Quebec NDP candidate who infamously took a Vegas vacation near the end of the campaign is now being accused of filing falsified nomination papers.
A couple from the riding of Berthier-Maskinongé have told the media that their names were improperly listed on Ruth Ellen Brosseau's election papers.
René Young told The Globe and Mail the signatures on a document shown to him by Elections Canada were valid, but the only thing he remembers signing was a petition he was told was for heart-disease research.
The Conservative candidate in the riding is calling for Elections Canada to set a date for a byelection.
"My lawyers are presently analyzing the list of signatures to see if other citizens of the Berthier-Maskinongé are on the list without their consent," Marie-Claude Godue said in a statement.
Elections Canada requires candidates to acquire 100 signatures from riding residents in order to run for office.
The NDP says the allegations aren't true and they had no problems with Brosseau's nomination papers. The list of names would also have been approved by Elections Canada.
Brosseau has become the poster child for the NDP's lesser known candidates in Quebec, after the party won a historic 58 ridings in the province, crushing the Bloc Quebecois.
It has been revealed she speaks little French and worked at a pub in Ottawa, several hours away from her riding.
She has not spoken to the media since her win.
On Tuesday, her father said he was surprised as anyone else by her win.
"This is maybe a whole new stage of life that is going to put her in a different sphere," Marc Brosseau told CTV News.
