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Bellechasse

2008 Results

BELLECHASSE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		149/149 polls
LIB	Dominique Vien	10,530	47.79	Elected
ADQ	Jean Domingue	7,553	34.28
PQ	Jerry Beaudoin	3,435	15.59
QS	Jean-Nicolas Denis	518	2.35

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

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Riding profile: Bellechasse is located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, just east of Quebec City and stretching southeast to the U.S. border. This rural riding contains the following municipalities: Armagh, Beaumont, Honfleur, Etchemin Lake, La Durantaye, Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, St-Anselme, St-Camille-de-Lellis, St-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Ste-Claire, St-Cyprien, St-Damien-de-Buckland, St-Gervais, St-Henri, Ste-Justine, St-Lazare-de-Bellechasse, St-Léon-de-Standon, St-Louis-de-Gonzague, St-Luc-de-Bellechasse, St-Magloire, St-Malachie, St-Michel-de-Bellechasse, St-Nazaire-de-Dorchester, Ste-Nérée, St-Philémon, St-Raphaël, Ste-Rose-de-Watford, Ste-Sabine and St-Vallier.

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

Riding history: Riding has existed since the 1830 election.

Only a small change in redistribution before 1989 election.

In 2001 redistribution: Kept existing riding and added seven per cent of Lévis. Gained in northwest from southeast part of Lévis-Saint-Henri (2,947 electors).

Political history:

1973 - LIB 1976 - Union Nationale 1981 - PQ 1985, 1989 - LIB 1994, 1998 - PQ 2003 - LIB 2007 - ADQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: No - 52.85 per cent; Yes - 47.15 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 0.8 per cent French: 99.2 per cent Other: 0.1 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1973	Liberal Pierre Mercier defeated Union Nationale's Gabriel Loubier by 1,044 votes.
1976	Union Nationale's Bertrand Goulet defeated Liberal Mercier by 798 votes.
1981	Parti Québécois's Claude Lachance defeated Liberal Mercier by 364 votes. Union Nationale's Goulet was third.
1985 and 1989	Liberal Louise Bégin defeated Parti Québécois's Lachance in 1985 and 1989.
1994	Parti Québécois's Lachance defeated Liberal Gilles Guillemette.
1998	Parti Québécois's Lachance defeated Liberal Roger McCaughry.
2003	Liberal Dominique Vien defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Serge Carbonneau. Parti Québécois's Lachance came third.
2007	Action Démocratique du Québec's Jean Domingue defeated Liberal Vien.

BELLECHASSE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	142/142 polls
ADQ	Jean Domingue	12,714	48.52	Elected
LIB	Dominique Vien	9,005	34.37
PQ	Sylvie Vallières	3,511	13.40
GRN	Ghislain Gaulin	512	1.95
QS	Colin Perreault	460	1.76

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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