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Borduas

2008 Results

BORDUAS
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		177/177 polls
PQ	Pierre Curzi	13,329	47.63	Elected
LIB	Jacques Charbonneau	9,125	32.61
ADQ	Jean Dion	3,430	12.26
QS	Eric Noël	966	3.45
GRN	Marco Caron	914	3.27
PI	Michel Lepage	219	0.78

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

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Riding profile: Located near the south shore of the Montérégie region, Borduas includes the municipalities of: Beloeil, McMasterville, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Otterburn Park, Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil.

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

Riding history: Borduas was created in the 1992 redistribution from a large part of Verchères riding and small area from Iberville. There was no change in 2001 redistribution.

Political history: 1994, 1998, 2003, 2007 - PQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 58.34 per cent; No - 41.66 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 3.6 per cent French: 96.3per cent Other: 0.1 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

Verchères

1976	Parti Québécois's Jean-Pierre Charbonneau defeated Liberal Marcel Ostiguy.
1981, 1985	Parti Québécois's Charbonneau was re-elected in 1981 and 1985 before stepping down to go to Africa on a humanitarian mission.
1989	Parti Québécois's Luce Dupuis defeated Liberal Jean-Pierre Beauchesne by 699 votes

Borduas

1994	Parti Québécois's Charbonneau, former MNA in Verchères, returned to politics and defeated Liberal Laurier Thibault. Became Speaker of the national assembly on March 12, 1996.
1998	Parti Québécois's Charbonneau defeated Liberal Yves Hennekens. Served as speaker until Jan. 30, 2002. Minister responsible for parliamentary reform and minister responsible for electoral reform, Jan. 30 - March 12, 2002; appointed minister for Canadian intergovernmental affairs, minister responsible for relations with French-speaking and Acadian communities, Jan. 30, 2002; appointed minister responsible for reform of democratic institutions, March 13, 2002.
2003	Parti Québécois's Charbonneau defeated Liberal Daniel Doucet.
2007	Parti Québécois's Pierre Curzi defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Claude Gauthier.

BORDUAS
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	170/170 polls
PQ	Pierre Curzi	12,624	38.78	Elected
ADQ	Claude Gauthier	10,106	31.05
LIB	Jacques Charbonneau	6,978	21.44
GRN	Olivier Adam	1,453	4.46
QS	Julie Raby	1,110	3.41
IND	Super Cauchon	281	0.86

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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