Beauharnois

Riding profile

Located in the province's southwest corner, near the borders with Ontario and Quebec, Beauharnois contains the municipalities of Beauharnois, Grande-Île, St-Étienne-de-Beauharnois, St-Louis-de-Gonzague, St-Stanislas-de-Kostka, St-Timothée and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.

The riding was re-created for the 2003 election, and before that its territory comprised part of the ridings of Salaberry–Soulanges and Beauharnois–Huntingdon. In the 2011 redistribution, it was one of the 39 electoral districts that did not change boundaries.

Political history

The Parti Québécois has three-peated in the riding since it was re-formed in 2003. Before that, its predecessor districts were held by a mix of PQ and Liberal candidates.

2008 provincial election results:

Party	Candidate	Total votes	%
PQ	Guy Leclair	12,349	47.2
Liberal	Louis-Charles Roy	8,811	33.6
ADQ	Michael Betts	3,311	12.6
QS	Maxime Larue Bourdages	681	2.6

More results:

• 2007: PQ's Serge Deslières defeats Action Démocratique du Québec's Michael Betts by 3,705 votes.
• 2003: PQ's Deslières defeats Liberal Mario Faubert by 639 votes.

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes: 46.3%; No: 53.7%

Candidates

Green Party	Bruno	Auclair
Independent	Matthieu	Bonin
Coalition Avenir Québec	Michel	Drouin
Independent	Sylvain	Larocque
Parti Québécois	Guy	Leclair
Liberal	Lyse	Lemieux
Quebec Conservative Party	Lynne	Mimeault
Option Nationale	Jérémie	Poupart Montpetit
Québec Solidaire	Pierre-Paul	St-Onge