Results, Ridings & Candidates

Champlain

2008 Results

CHAMPLAIN
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		205/205 polls
PQ	Noëlla Champagne	12,317	40.91	Elected
LIB	Pierre Michel Auger	10,286	34.16
ADQ	Luc Arvisais	6,582	21.86
QS	Myriam Fauteux	714	2.37
IND	Jean-Pierre Grenier	211	0.70

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

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Riding profile: Located in the Mauricie region on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, Champlain contains the following municipalities: Batiscan, Champlain, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes, Saint-Maurice, Saint-Narcisse, Saint-Prosper and Saint-Stanislas.

It also contains the part of Trois-Rivières corresponding to the towns of Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Saint-Louis-de-France and Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap as they existed up until Dec. 31, 2001.

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

Riding history: Riding first existed in 1830 election.

No change in redistribution before 1994 election or in 2001 redistribution

Political history: 1970, 1973 - LIB 1976, 1981 - PQ 1985, 1989 - LIB 1994, 1998, 2003 - PQ 2007 - ADQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 60.58 per cent; No - 39.42 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 0.9 per cent French: 98.8 per cent Other: 0.4 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1976	Parti Québécois's Marcel Gagnon defeated Liberal Normand Toupin.
1981	Parti Québécois's Gagnon defeated Liberal Blaise Soucy.
1985	Liberal Pierre Brouillette defeated Parti Québécois's Gagnon.
1989	Liberal Brouillette defeated Parti Québécois's Yves Beaumier. (Beaumier was elected in Nicolet in 1981; defeated there in 1985.)
1994	Parti Québécois's Beaumier defeated Liberal Brouillette.
1998	Parti Québécois's Beaumier defeated Liberal Alain Croteau.
2003	Parti Québécois's Noëlla Champagne defeated Liberal Brouillette by eight votes.
2007	Action Démocratique du Québec's Pierre-Michel Auger defeated Parti Québécois's Champagne.

CHAMPLAIN
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	192/192 polls
ADQ	Pierre-Michel Auger	15,872	44.82	Elected
PQ	Noëlla Champagne	10,871	30.70
LIB	Christian Fortin	7,628	21.54
QS	Alex Noël	1,038	2.93

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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