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Bourget

2008 Results

BOURGET
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		205/205 polls
PQ	Maka Kotto	13,046	50.27	Elected
LIB	Pierre MacNicoll	7,984	30.77
ADQ	Guy Boutin	2,677	10.32
QS	Gaétan Legault	1,177	4.54
GRN	Gilbert Caron	939	3.62
PI	Antonis Labbé	127	0.49

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

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Riding profile: Bourget is an east-end Montreal riding bounded by Sherbrooke Street East, the Trans-Canada Highway (25), the boundary of Montreal with Anjou and Montreal-East, the St. Lawrence River and the extension of the CN railway line.

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

Riding history: Riding first existed in the 1960 election, created from part of Laval riding.

In redistribution before 1989 election, kept 87.66 per cent of Bourget and added 20.80 per cent of Maisonneuve. No change in 1992 redistribution.

In 2001 redistribution: Lost to Anjou, from southwest corner, area bounded by Rosemont Boulevard, Montreal/Anjou border, Trans-Canada Highway (40), Sherbrooke Street East, Dickson and Lacordaire Boulevard. (7,663 electors).

Lost to Rosemont, from southwest corner, area bounded by Rosemont Boulevard, Lacordaire Street, Dickson Street, Sherbrooke Street East, L'Assomption Boulevard (1,250 electors). Gained from Pointe-aux-Trembles in the north, area bounded by Sherbrooke Street East, Montreal/Montreal-East border, St. Lawrence River, Mercier Avenue, CN railway line and Saint-Émile Street (14,929 electors).

Gained from Anjou in the north, area bounded by border of Montreal with Anjou and Montreal-East, Sherbrooke Street East and Saint-Donat (5480 electors).

Political history: 1973 - LIB 1976, 1981 - PQ 1985 by-election, 1985, 1989 - LIB 1994, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2008 by-election - PQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 53.74 per cent; No - 46.26 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 2.8 per cent French: 86.0 per cent Other: 11.2 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1981	Parti Québécois's Camille Laurin defeated Liberal Jean Rivard. Laurin resigned Nov. 26, 1984 because of disagreements with party leader René Lévesque over the direction of the sovereignty movement.
1985 byelection	Liberal Claude Trudel defeated Parti Québécois's Réal Lafontaine by 7,090 votes.
1985	Liberal Claude Trudel defeated Parti Québécois's Yolande L'Écuyer.
1989	Liberal Bacon defeated Parti Québécois's Gilles Baril by 159 votes.
1994	Parti Québécois's Camille Laurin defeated Liberal Bacon.
1998	Parti Québécois's Lemieux defeated Liberal Huguette Bacon. Appointed minister of Labour, 1998; minister of Culture and Communications, 2001.
2003	Parti Québécois's Lemieux defeated Liberal Claude Paquette. Served as opposition house leader, 2004–07.
2007	Parti Québécois's Diane Lemieux defeated Liberal Pierre Carrier. Resigned from the post Oct. 17, 2007.
2008 byelection	Parti Québécois's Maka Kotto defeated Liberal Lyn Lyn Thériault.

BOURGET
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	200/200 polls
PQ	Diane Lemieux	13,359	40.90	Elected
LIB	Pierre Carrier	7,566	23.16
ADQ	Clairmont De La Croizetière	7,467	22.86
GRN	Scott McKay	2,680	8.21
QS	Lynda Gadoury	1,363	4.17
CDP	Claudette Deschamps	227	0.69

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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