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Argenteuil - Papineau - Mirabel

2008 Results

Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel
Party Candidate Votes Status
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST 279/279 polls
BQ Mario Laframboise 26,546 Elected
LIB André Robert 9,983
CON Scott Pearce 9,589
NDP Alain Senécal 6,807
GRN Pierre Audette 2,145
ML Christian-Simon Ferlatte 98

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This is a mainly rural riding in southwest Quebec that runs along the Ottawa River. The riding contains the City of Mirabel, the regional county municipalities of Argenteuil and Papineau and part of Deux-Montagnes and Les Pays-d'en-Haut. The communities of Oka, Pointe-Calumet, St-Joseph-du-Lac and St-Placide, Lac-des-Seize-Iles, Morin Heights, St-Adolphe-d'Howard and Wentworth-Nord and the Kanesatake Indian Lands fall in the riding.

Manufacturing and retail trade are the major industries, with other employment in the service sector, agriculture and tourism. The average family income is $65,359 and unemployment is 5.2 per cent.

More than 89 per cent of the population cited French as their mother tongue, while almost seven per cent cited English. The total immigrant population is under three per cent. About 10 per cent of the population over age 25 has a university certificate or diploma.

In 2004, the riding was named Argenteuil-Mirabel. The riding of Argenteuil existed from 1867 to 1947 and was re-established in 1976 from 71 per cent of Argenteuil-Deux Montagnes and 20 per cent of Gatineau. The name changed to Argenteuil-Papineau in 1981. The 1996 redistribution added a part of Gatineau-La-Lièvre.

Population: 111,534 (2006 census; an increase of 13.3% since 2001)

Political History

Bloc Québécois candidate Mario Laframboise made another strong showing in 2006, winning the riding with more than 50 per cent of the vote. In 2004, Laframboise he defeated the next closest candidate, Liberal Yves Sabourin, by a margin of more than 2 to 1. 2006 marked the fifth win for the BQ in this riding, the third for Laframboise.

In 2000, Laframboise squeaked by Progressive Conservative Lise Bourgault by just 542 votes. In 1993, the BQ's Maurice Dumas defeated Liberal Jacques Desforges and in 1997, he won a second term, defeating Stephane Hébert. Bourgault had held this riding for two terms for the PCs, winning in 1984 and 1988.

Argenteuil-Deux Montagnes voted Liberal from 1949-1980 except for PC wins in 1958 and 1965. Liberal Robert Major was elected in 1968 in Argenteuil. Liberal Francis Fox was elected in this riding in 1972 and 1974 and later went on to win two terms in Blainville-Deux-Montagnes. He was solicitor general, minister of communications and minister for international trade. Liberal Robert Gourd won in 1979 and 1980, but was defeated in 1984.

  • 1979, 1980 - LIB
  • 1984, 1988 - PC
  • 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006 - BQ