Results, Ridings and Candidates
Saint-Maurice - Champlain
2008 Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST | 240/240 polls | |||
| BQ | Jean-Yves Laforest | 20,320 | 43.79 |
Elected |
| CON | Stéphane Roof | 11,083 | 23.88 |
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| LIB | Ronald St-Onge Lynch | 9,766 | 21.04 |
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| NDP | Anne Marie Aubert | 3,682 | 7.93 |
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| GRN | Martial Toupin | 1,557 | 3.36 |
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This riding is in southeastern Quebec, with the St. Lawrence River as part of its southwest boundary. It encompasses the city of Shawinigan, the regional county municipalities of Les Chenaux, Mékinac and Le Haut-St-Maurice. Communauté de Wemotaci Indian Reserve, Coucoucache Indian Reserve No. 24A and Obedjiwan Indian Reserve No. 28 fall in the riding.
The average family income is $57,498 and unemployment is 9.3 per cent. The economy is primarily based on manufacturing and the service sector.
According to the 2006 census, the immigrant population is less than one per cent. The riding is 95 per cent francophone and the aboriginal population is more than four per cent.
In 2004, the riding of St-Maurice-Champlain was created from 74 per cent of St-Maurice and 47 per cent of Champlain. The riding of St-Maurice existed from 1867 to 1892 and was recreated in 1966. In 1996, three per cent of Berthier-Montcalm was added.
Population: 96,968 (2006 census; a decrease of 0.9% since 2001)
Political History
The Bloc Québécois won the riding with a new candidate in 2006 as Jean-Yves Laforest defeated Conservative Martial Toupin. The Bloc scored a political victory here in 2004, when Marcel Gagnon defeated Liberal candidate Marie-Eve Bilodeau with 55 per cent of the vote. This riding was held by former prime minister Jean Chrétien for most of the past 40 years. Chrétien was first elected as MP in 1963 and won eight elections. He became prime minister in 1993 and racked up three majority governments before resigning as both MP and prime minister in 2003. Before becoming prime minister, Chrétien served as minister of national revenue and minister of Indian affairs and northern development in 1968; president of the Treasury Board in 1974; minister of industry, trade and commerce in 1976; and minister of finance from 1977 to 1979. He was named minister of justice, attorney general, minister of external affairs and deputy prime minister in 1984, just before the Liberals went under at the hands of Tory Brian Mulroney.
Chrétien resigned as MP in 1986 to resume a business and legal career. In the 1986 byelection, Liberal Gilles Grondin won. In 1988, Progressive Conservative Denis Pronovost was elected. He was found guilty in 1993 on two charges of sexually assaulting young men. He resigned from the PC caucus and said he wouldn't run again. In 1990, after winning the leadership of the Liberal party, Chrétien was elected for a single term in Beauséjour, N.B., before returning to win in this riding in 1993.
St-Maurice-Lafleche:
- 1935, 1940 - LIB
- 1945 - BLOC POPULAIRE CANADIEN
- 1949-58 inclusive - LIB
- 1962 - SC
- 1963, 1965 - LIB
St-Maurice:
- 1968-86 byelection inclusive - LIB
- 1988 - PC
- 1993, 1997, 2000 - LIB
St-Maurice-Champlain:
- 2004, 2006 - BQ
Overall Results
| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updated: Nov. 7, 2008, 5:00 PM EST | ||||
| CON | 143 | 0 | 143 | 37.63 |
| LIB | 77 | 0 | 77 | 26.24 |
| BQ | 49 | 0 | 49 | 9.97 |
| NDP | 37 | 0 | 37 | 18.20 |
| IND | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.65 |
| GRN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.80 |
| OTH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.51 |
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