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Bonaventure

2008 Results

BONAVENTURE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		124/124 polls
LIB	Nathalie Normandeau	10,707	64.29	Elected
PQ	Marcel Landry	4,829	28.99
ADQ	Denise Porlier	586	3.52
QS	Patricia Chartier	533	3.20

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

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Riding profile: Riding is on south shore of Gaspé Peninsula. Covers string of small towns separated from New Brunswick by Chaleur Bay. Bonaventure contains the following municipalities: Bonaventure, Caplan, Carleton-sur-Mer, Cascapédia Saint-Jules, Escuminac, Hope, Hope Town, L'Ascension-de-Patapédia, Maria, Matapédia, New Carlisle, New Richmond, Nouvelle, Paspébiac, Pointe-à-la-Croix, Port-Daniel Gascons, Ristigouche-Partie-Sud-Est, Saint-Alexis- de-Matapédia, Saint-Alphonse, Saint-André-de-Restigouche, Saint-Elzéar, Saint-François-d'Assise, Saint-Godefroi, Saint-Siméon and Shigawake It also contains the First Nation reserves of Gesgapegiag and Listuguj.

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

Riding history: Riding first existed in 1829 election. In 1992 redistribution, kept all of the existing riding and added 1,683 electors from Gaspé.

In 2001, redistribution kept 95 per cent of riding. The city of Pabos, then located in the southeast corner of Bonaventure, was moved to Gaspé (1,628 electors).

Political history: 1956-1989 inclusive - LIB 1994 by-election, 1994 - PQ 1998, 2003, 2007 - LIB

1995 sovereignty referendum: No - 51.58 per cent; Yes - 48.42 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 14.7 per cent French: 83.4 per cent Other: 1.9 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1956-89	Liberal Gerard D. Levesque won in this riding in 1956, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1985 and 1989. Served as minister of fisheries and game, 1960-62; minister of industry, trade and commerce, 1962-66, 1970-72; minister of intergovernmental affairs, 1970-71 and 1972-75; government house leader, 1970-76; deputy premier and minister responsible for Quebec Planning and Development Office, 1972-76; minister of justice, 1975-76; leader of the opposition, 1976-79, 1982-85; opposition house leader, 1979-82 and on Dec. 12 1985; appointed minister of finance. Following his death on Nov. 17, 1993, a byelection was held in 1994.
1994 by-election	Parti Québécois's Marcel Landry defeated Liberal Nicole Arbour.
1994	Parti Québécois's Marcel Landry defeated Liberal Mario Morin. Appointed minister of agriculture, fish and food, Sept. 26, 1994-Jan. 29, 1996.
1998	Liberal Nathalie Normandeau defeated Parti Québécois's Landry by 160 votes.
2003	Liberal Normandeau defeated Parti Québécois's Marc Tétreault.
2007	Liberal Normandeau defeated Parti Québécois's Doris Chapados.

BONAVENTURE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	128/128 polls
LIB	Nathalie Normandeau	10,221	52.88	Elected
PQ	Doris Chapados	5,711	29.55
ADQ	Karine Delarosbil	2,357	12.19
QS	Hélène Morin	1,039	5.38

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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