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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
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| 281/281 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| CON | Maxime Bernier | 26,806 | 50.73 |
Elected |
| NDP | Serge Bergeron | 15,849 | 29.99 |
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| LIB | Claude Morin | 5,796 | 10.97 |
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| BQ | Sylvio Morin | 3,536 | 6.69 |
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| GRN | Etienne Doyon Lessard | 852 | 1.61 |
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All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Canada. CBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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Riding Info
This riding is in southern Quebec along the Quebec-U.S. border. The riding contains the regional county municipalities of Beauce-Sartigan and Robert-Cliche and part of Les Etchemins, La Nouvelle-Beauce and Le Granit. The municipalities of Ste-Aurélie, St-Benjamin, St-Prosper and St-Zacharie, St-Ludger and St-Robert-Bellarmin are in the riding.
In 2004, a small area was added from Frontenac-Mégantic. The riding was established in 1867. The 1996 redistribution kept 97.6 per cent of the riding.
Population: 103,617 (2006 census; an increase of 1.5% since 2001)
Political History
Conservative candidate Maxime Bernier was returned to office for a second term in 2008, garnering 62 per cent of the vote. In 2006, Bernier captured the riding from the Liberals, who had held it for three terms. In 2004, Liberal Claude Drouin defeated Bloc Québécois candidate Jean-François Barbe by 2,424 votes.
This riding voted Liberal from 1887 to 1945. In the 1950s and 1960s, there was support for Social Credit and its 1963 offshoot, the Ralliement des Créditistes. Liberal Yves Caron was elected in 1972 and 1974, but was defeated in 1979. Social Credit's Fabien Roy won in 1979, but was defeated in 1980. Liberal Normand Lapointe was elected for a single term in 1980.
Then the riding voted Conservative, for the first time since a byelection in 1884, electing PC Gilles Bernier in 1984 and 1988. Bernier faced fraud and breach of trust charges and then-prime minister Kim Campbell said she would not authorize him as 1993 PC candidate. He ran as an Independent in 1993, but didn't run in 1997.
- 1867, 1872, 1874 - LIB
- 1876 byelection to 1884 byelection inclusive - CONS
- 1887-1945 inclusive - LIB
- 1949, 1953, 1957 - IND
- 1958 - LIB
- 1962, 1963 - SC
- 1965 - LIB
- 1968 - R des C
- 1972, 1974 - LIB
- 1979 - SC
- 1980 - LIB
- 1984, 1988 - PC
- 1993 - IND
- 1997, 2000, 2004 - LIB
- 2006, 2008 - CON
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 7.02% (6,925) |
| French | 34.45% (33,985) |
| Aboriginal | 2.68% (2,640) |
| American | 0.27% (270) |
| Canadian | 70.35% (69,410) |
| Caribbean | 0.21% (210) |
| Latin, Central, South | 0.79% (780) |
| Western European | 1.63% (1,610) |
| Northern European | 0.12% (115) |
| Eastern European | 0.41% (405) |
| S European | 2.62% (2,585) |
| Other European | 0.10% (95) |
| Scandinavian | 0.11% (105) |
| Baltic | 0.00% (0) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.03% (30) |
| African | 0.88% (865) |
| Arab | 1.01% (1,000) |
| Maghrebi | 0.76% (750) |
| West Asia | 0.19% (190) |
| South Asia | 0.07% (70) |
| East/SE Asia | 0.56% (555) |
| Oceania | 0.00% (0) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.00% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 98,660 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 1% (845) |
| French | 96% (93,980) |
| Algonquin | 0% (0) |
| Atikamekw | 0% (0) |
| Blackfoot | 0% (0) |
| Carrier | 0% (0) |
| Chilcotin | 0% (0) |
| Chipewyan | 0% (0) |
| Cree | 0% (0) |
| Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) | 0% (0) |
| Dene | 0% (0) |
| Dogrib | 0% (0) |
| Gitksan | 0% (0) |
| Inuinnaqtun | 0% (0) |
| Inuktitut, n.i.e. | 0% (0) |
| Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) | 0% (0) |
| Malecite | 0% (0) |
| Mi'kmaq | 0% (0) |
| Mohawk | 0% (0) |
| Montagnais-Naskapi | 0% (105) |
| Nisga'a | 0% (0) |
| North Slave (Hare) | 0% (0) |
| Ojibway | 0% (0) |
| Oji-Cree | 0% (0) |
| Shuswap | 0% (0) |
| South Slave | 0% (0) |
| Tlingit | 0% (0) |
| Italian | 0% (40) |
| Portuguese | 0% (165) |
| Romanian | 0% (205) |
| Spanish | 1% (690) |
| Danish | 0% (0) |
| Dutch | 0% (10) |
| Flemish | 0% (0) |
| Frisian | 0% (0) |
| German | 0% (45) |
| Norwegian | 0% (0) |
| Swedish | 0% (0) |
| Yiddish | 0% (0) |
| Bosnian | 0% (335) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (20) |
| Croatian | 0% (0) |
| Czech | 0% (10) |
| Macedonian | 0% (0) |
| Polish | 0% (30) |
| Russian | 0% (10) |
| Serbian | 0% (20) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (95) |
| Slovak | 0% (0) |
| Slovenian | 0% (0) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (0) |
| Latvian | 0% (0) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (0) |
| Estonian | 0% (0) |
| Finnish | 0% (0) |
| Hungarian | 0% (15) |
| Greek | 0% (15) |
| Armenian | 0% (55) |
| Turkish | 0% (15) |
| Amharic | 0% (0) |
| Arabic | 1% (565) |
| Hebrew | 0% (0) |
| Maltese | 0% (0) |
| Somali | 0% (10) |
| Tigrigna | 0% (0) |
| Bengali | 0% (10) |
| Gujarati | 0% (0) |
| Hindi | 0% (0) |
| Kurdish | 0% (60) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 0% (0) |
| Pashto | 0% (0) |
| Persian (Farsi) | 0% (10) |
| Sindhi | 0% (0) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (0) |
| Urdu | 0% (0) |
| Malayalam | 0% (0) |
| Tamil | 0% (0) |
| Telugu | 0% (0) |
| Japanese | 0% (20) |
| Korean | 0% (0) |
| Cantonese | 0% (10) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 0% (85) |
| Mandarin | 0% (15) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (0) |
| Lao | 0% (0) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0% (30) |
| Vietnamese | 0% (100) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (0) |
| Ilocano | 0% (0) |
| Malay | 0% (0) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0% (0) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (0) |
| Swahili | 0% (250) |
| Creoles | 0% (40) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 98,240 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 0.47 |
| Mining | 0.14 |
| Utilities | 0.89 |
| Construction | 5.64 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 3.74 |
| Retail | 12.90 |
| Transport | 4.29 |
| Info Culture | 2.01 |
| Finance Insurance | 4.81 |
| Real Estate | 1.22 |
| ProSciTech | 5.89 |
| Management | 0.07 |
| Waste/Remediation | 3.97 |
| Education | 5.56 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 12.82 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 1.80 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 5.24 |
| Public Admin | 13.48 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 52,300 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 5.3%
7% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 16.28%
14.32%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 20.11%
25.41%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $62,875
$71,838 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 1%
11% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 35.69%
34.70% National
33.35%
Candidate Info
We'll be updating these info pages as the campaign progresses. If you have any corrections, suggestions or new information to pass on, please email us.
NDP – Serge Bergeron Sylvio Morin | |
| Party: Bloc Québécois Contact Information: | |
| Profession: | Administrator |
| Education: | Bachelor degree in social communications, University of Ottawa (1981) |
Etienne Doyon Lessard | |
| Party: Green Party of Canada Contact Information: 514-999-6269 | |
Serge Bergeron | |
| Party: New Democratic Party of Canada Contact Information: | |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Profession: | Retired |
| Education: | Diploma in education from Laval University Also studied at Laurentian Univerisity and universities in Moncton, Windsor and Ottawa. |
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| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share (%) |
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