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Berthier

2008 Results

BERTHIER
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		223/223 polls
PQ	André Villeneuve	13,650	42.50	Elected
LIB	Norman Blackburn	8,393	26.13
ADQ	François Benjamin	8,239	25.65
QS	Jocelyne Dupuis	931	2.90
GRN	Yan Beaudry	903	2.81

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

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Riding profile: Berthier, a rural riding on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, is located between Montreal and Trois Rivières. It comprises the following municipalities: Berthierville, Lanoraie, Lavaltrie, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Mandeville, St-Alphonse-Rodriguez, St-Barthélemy, Ste-Béatrix, St-Cléophas-de-Brandon, St-Côme, St-Cuthbert, St-Damien, St-Didace, Ste-Élisabeth, Ste-Émélie-de-l'Énergie, St-Félix-de-Valois, St-Gabriel, St-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Ste-Geneviève-de-Berthier, St-Ignace-de-Loyola, St-Jean-de-Matha, Ste-Mélanie, St-Michel-des-Saints, St-Norbert and St-Zénon.

It also contains the First Nations reserve of Manawan.

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

Riding history: Riding first existed in 1830 election.

No change in redistribution before 1989 election.

In 1992 redistribution, kept existing riding; added 599 electors from Laviolette riding and added Manawan reserve.

Political history: 1973 - LIB 1976 - PQ 1981, 1985, 1989 - LIB 1994, 1998- PQ 2002 byelection - ADQ 2003 - PQ 2007 - ADQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 63.02 per cent; No - 36.98 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 1.3 per cent French: 95.4 per cent Other: 3.3 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1973	Liberal Michel Denis defeated Parti Québécois's Pierre Gagnon.
1976	Parti Québécois's Jean-Guy Mercier defeated Liberal Denis by 402 votes.
1981	Liberal Albert Houde defeated Parti Québécois's Alain Genereux. Union Nationale's Roch Lasalle was third.
1985 and 1989	Liberal Houde was re-elected in 1985 and 1989.
1994	Parti Québécois's Gilles Baril defeated Liberal Michel Giroux.
1998		Parti Québécois's Baril defeated Liberal Sylvie Thouin by 8,364 votes. Dec. 15, 1998 to March 8, 2001 - minister for health, social services and youth protection; Nov. 10, 1999 to March 8, 2001 - minister responsible for recreation, sport and outdoor activities; March 8, 2001 to Feb. 12, 2002 - minister of industry and trade; minister of state for regions; minister of regions; minister responsible for recreation and sport; minister responsible for the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. Jan. 30 to Feb. 12, 2002 - minister of natural resources; minister of state for natural resources and regions, minister responsible for the development of Northern Québec; minister responsible for the Lanaudière region. Feb. 12, 2002 - resigned from cabinet citing family reasons. In a tearful news conference, he said he could no longer put up with the pressure from reporters about a vacation he took with lobbyist Andre Desroches over Christmas. He said he would remain as MNA until the next election. On May 15, 2002, Baril resigned as MNA, creating a vacancy for un-elected cabinet minister David Levine.
June 17, 2002 byelection	Action Démocratique du Québec's Marie Grégoire defeated Parti Québécois's David Levine.
2003	Parti Québécois's Alexandre Bourdeau defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Grégoire.
2007	Action Démocratique du Québec's François Benjamin defeated Parti Québécois's Bourdeau.

BERTHIER
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	224/224 polls
ADQ	François Benjamin	16,219	42.15	Elected
PQ	Alexandre Bourdeau	13,382	34.78
LIB	Carole Majeau	6,699	17.41
GRN	André Chauvette	1,092	2.84
QS	Jocelyne Dupuis	1,089	2.83

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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