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Abitibi-Ouest

2008 Results

ABITIBI-OUEST
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		153/153 polls
PQ	François Gendron	10,570	57.35	Elected
LIB	Claude Nelson Morin	5,309	28.80
ADQ	Sébastien D'Astous	2,182	11.84
PI	Grégory Vézeau	370	2.01

All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Quebec.

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Riding profile: Abitibi-Ouest is located in Northwest Quebec, bordering Ontario. It contains the following municipalities: Amos, Authier, Authier-Nord, Berry, Champneuf, Chazel, Clermont, Clerval, Duparquet, Dupuy, Gallichan, La Corne, La Morandière, La Motte, La Reine, La Sarre, Landrienne, Launay, Macamic, Normétal, Palmarolle, Poularies, Preissac, Rapide-Danseur, Rochebaucourt, Roquemaure, Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire, Sainte-Germaine-Boulé, Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville, Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg, Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier, Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana, Taschereau, Trécesson and Val-Saint-Gilles.

Also in the riding are the First Nation reserve of Pikogan, the localities and hamlets of Despinassy, Guyenne, Languedoc and St-Eugène-de-Chazel, and the parishes of Saint-Lambert and Saint-Marc-de-Figuery.

Riding map: From Elections Quebec: Abitibi-Ouest (PDF) (Acrobat Reader required - download free Acrobat Reader.)

Riding history: Riding created in 1944.

In 2001 redistribution, lost in the northwest the James Bay portion of the riding to the Ungava riding. Kept 98 per cent of riding; two per cent moved to Ungava.

Political history:

1970 - Ralliement Créditiste 1973 - LIB Since 1976 - PQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 61.63 per cent; No - 38.37 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 0.6 per cent French: 98.4 per cent Other: 1 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 Census

1973	Liberal Jean-Hugues Boutin defeated Parti Créditiste's Aurèle Audet.
1976	Parti Québécois's François Gendron defeated Ralliement Créditiste's Roger Bureau. Liberal Boutin came in third. Gendron was appointed minister of public service in September 1979.
1981	Parti Québécois's Gendron defeated Liberal Claire Labreche. Appointed minister of state for planning in April 198l; minister of planning and regional development and chair of planning committee in September 1982; appointed minister of education, December 1984 to December 1985. Gendron was re-elected in 1985, 1989 and 1994. Served as minister of natural resources from Sept. 26, 1994, to Jan. 29, 1996.
1998	Parti Québécois's Gendron defeated Liberal Martin Veilleux. Appointed minister of natural resources, Feb. 13, 2002 (after the resignation of Gilles Baril).
2003	Parti Québécois's Gendron defeated Liberal Jean-Louis Carignan.
2007	Parti Québécois's Gendron defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Éric Mathieu.

ABITIBI-OUEST
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	152/152 polls
PQ	François Gendron	10,934	47.93	Elected
ADQ	Éric Mathieu	5,555	24.35
LIB	Jean-Louis Carignan	5,471	23.98
QS	Caroline Sigouin	854	3.74

Overall Results

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share (%)
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008, 1:11 AM EST
LIB	66	0	66	42.06
PQ	51	0	51	35.15
ADQ	7	0	7	16.35
QS	1	0	1	3.80
GRN	0	0	0	2.19
OTH	0	0	0	0.45

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