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Acadie

2008 Results

ACADIE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		222/222 polls
LIB	Christine St-Pierre	15,240	67.29	Elected
PQ	Marc-André Nolet	4,717	20.83
ADQ	Ahamed Badawy	980	4.33
QS	André Parizeau	956	4.22
GRN	Nicolas Rémillard-Tessier	755	3.33

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

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Riding profile: Acadie is located in northern Montreal and is bounded by Rivière des Prairies and includes Île Perry, St-Laurent Boulevard, the Metropolitan Highway (40), Ste-Croix Avenue, Côte-Vertu Boulevard, O'Brien Avenue, the limit of the boroughs of St-Laurent and Montreal, and the Laurentian Highway (15).

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

Riding history: L'Acadie was created in 1972 from 60 per cent of St-Laurent and 40 per cent Ahuntsic.

Small part of Crémazie was added in the 1988 redistribution and riding was renamed Acadie.

No change in redistribution before the 1994 election.

In 2001 redistribution, kept all of the existing riding and added 12 per cent of Crémazie. Added from southern part of Crémazie the area bounded by the Prairies River, Saint-Laurent Boulevard, Metropolitan Highway (40), de l'Esplanade Avenue and its extension and Sauvé Ouest Street (4,434 electors).

Political history:

Since 1973 - LIB

1995 sovereignty referendum: No - 77.06 per cent; Yes - 21.94 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 7.8 per cent French: 40.2 per cent Other: 52.1 per cent (16.13 per cent Arabic; 6.2 per cent Greek) Source: Statistics Canada 2001 Census

1970	In Ahuntsic, Liberal François Cloutier defeated Parti Québécois's Jacques Parizeau by 972 votes.
1973	Liberal Cloutier defeated Parti Québécois's François Desrosiers. Appointed minister of cultural affairs in 1970, minister of immigration, 1970-72; minister of education, February 1972; minister of intergovernmental affairs, July 1975 to October 1976. Resigned and named consul-general of Quebec in Paris on Oct. 4, 1976.
1976, 1981 and 1985	Liberal Thérèse Lavoie-Rioux won in 1976, 1981 and 1985. Appointed minister of health and social services, December 1985, and minister responsible for family policies, December 1988. Did not run in 1989. Appointed senator on Sept. 27, 1990.
1994 and 1989	Liberal Yvan Bordeleau won.
1998	Liberal Bordeleau defeated Parti Québécois's Diane Boudreault.
2003	Liberal Bordeleau defeated Parti Québécois's Maria Mourani.
2007	Liberal Christine St-Pierre defeated Parti Québécois's Frédéric Lapointe. Appointed minister for the status of women and for culture and communications.

ACADIE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	219/219 polls
LIB	Christine St-Pierre	18,090	60.13	Elected
PQ	Frédéric Lapointe	4,994	16.60
ADQ	Charles Ghorayeb	4,352	14.47
GRN	Nicolas Rémillard-Tessier	1,511	5.02
QS	André Parizeau	1,137	3.78

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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