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Anjou

2008 Results

ANJOU
Party Candidate Votes Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST 184/184 polls
LIB Lise Thériault 13,082 Elected
PQ Sébastien Richard 8,927
ADQ Jacques Lachapelle 2,242
QS Francine Gagné 944
GRN Sylvie Morneau 727

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

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Riding profile: Anjou contains the part of eastern Montreal bounded by the boroughs of Montreal North, Montreal and Montreal East, the Trans-Canada Highway, Sherbrooke Street East, Dickson Street, Lacordaire Street and the boundary of Saint-Léonard with Montreal and Anjou.

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

Riding history: Riding created in 1972 redistribution.

In 2001 redistribution: Kept 84 per cent of riding; 16 per cent to Bourget riding; added 22 per cent of Bourget and 22 per cent of Viger riding. Lost to Bourget: from northwest corner of riding, the area bounded by the border of Montreal with Anjou and Montreal East, Sherbrooke Street East and Saint-Donat (5,480 electors). Gained from northwest of Bourget: the area bounded by Rosemont Boulevard, the border between Montreal and Anjou, the Trans-Canada Highway, Sherbrooke Street East, Dickson Street and Lacordaire Street (7,663 electors). Gained from the north of Viger, which was eliminated, the area bounded by the border of the borough of Montreal with Saint-Léonard and Anjou, Rosemount and Lacordaire Street (8,054 electors). Gained area from La Fontaine (no electors).

Political history:

1973 - LIB 1976, 1981, 1985 - PQ 1988 byelection, 1989 - LIB 1992 byelection, 1994 - PQ 1998, 2002 byelection, 2003, 2007 - LIB

1995 sovereignty referendum: No - 52.21 per cent; Yes - 47.79 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 4.3 per cent French: 74.3 per cent Other: 21.4 per cent (Italian = 6.1 per cent) Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1973

Liberal Yves Tardif defeated Parti Québécois's Gilles Proulx by 828 votes.

1976

Parti Québécois's Pierre-Marc Johnson defeated Liberal Tardif. Minister of labour and manpower, 1977-80; minister of consumers, co-operatives and financial institutions, November 1980 to April 30, 1981.

1981

Parti Québécois's Johnson defeated Liberal Pierre Brien. Appointed minister of social affairs, 1981; minister of justice and intergovernmental affairs, March 1984. Johnson elected PQ leader on Sept. 29, 1985. Premier Oct. 3 - Dec. 12, 1985.

1985

Parti Québécois's Johnson defeated Liberal Denis Ricard by 354 votes. Johnson resigned as PQ leader on Nov. 10, 1987.

June 20, 1988 byelection

Liberal René Serge Larouche defeated Parti Québécois's Pauline Marois. (Marois had been elected in La Peltrie in 1981, defeated there in 1986.)

1989

Liberal Larouche defeated Parti Québécois's Louise Laurin. Larouche resigned from Liberal caucus on Aug. 29, 1990. Sat as an Independent until he resigned his seat on June 19, 1991. Parti Québécois's Pierre Belanger won byelection held on Jan 20, 1992.

1994

Parti Québécois's Belanger defeated Liberal Richard Quirion by 756 votes. Appointed minister responsible for electoral and parliamentary reform and government house leader, Jan. 29, 1996; minister of public security, Aug. 25, 1997.

1998

Liberal Jean-Sébastien Lamoureux defeated Parti Québécois's Belanger by 143 votes. He resigned Sept. 25, 2001, after a campaign organizer was convicted of getting supporters to vote more than once in the 1998 election.

April 15, 2002 byelection

Liberal Lise Théreault defeated Parti Québécois's Aude Vézina.

2003

Liberal Théreault defeated Parti Québécois's France Bachand.

2007

Liberal Théreault defeated Parti Québécois's Sébastien Richard. Appointed chair of the legislative committee on institutions.