Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois wants leadership role with Qubec Solidaire

After months of speculation, Gabriel Nadeau-Duboisconfirmed Thursday he wants to takea leadership role with the small, left-wing party QubecSolidaire.

The 26 year old saidhe will seek the party nomination in Gouin, the former riding ofFranoiseDavid, as well as therole of party spokesperson.

"It's the only party where I feel at home," he said at a news conference.

The party has made no secret of trying to recruit the charismatic figure.

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David, one of the party's founders,suggested he would be a good fit for the party when she quit politics in January for health reasons.

Nadeau-Duboissaid he wants to make the party younger, more diverse and expand beyond its base in the Montreal area.

"We have to do it together. Come work with us to change Quebec," he said.

ManonMass, the MNA for Sainte-MarieSaint-Jacques, is also seeking a position as party co-spokesperson.

Since leaving student politics,Nadeau-Duboishaspublished a book,Tenir tte, which won the 2014Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction.

Last fall, Nadeau-Duboiswas among several other prominent progressives who held discussion forums across the province about changes they wanted to see in Quebec society.

Nadeau-Duboishas plenty of work ahead with QubecSolidaire.

The party holds only two seats at the National Assembly and finishedfourth in the 2014 provincial election, with only eight per cent of the popular vote. No date has yet been set for the byelection in Gouin.