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Châteauguay

2008 Results

CHÂTEAUGUAY
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		226/226 polls
LIB	Pierre Moreau	13,583	41.41	Elected
PQ	Michel Pinard	13,132	40.03
ADQ	Geneviève Tousignant	4,115	12.54
GRN	Johanne Côté	967	2.95
QS	Véronique Pronovost	677	2.06
PI	Nicole Caron	215	0.66
ML	Hélène Héroux	115	0.35

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

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Riding profile: Châteauguay, located south-west of Montreal, contains the following municipalities: Châteauguay, Léry, Mercier, Sainte-Catherine and Saint-Isidore. The Kahnawake aboriginal reserve is also in the riding.

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

Riding history: Riding created in 1853. In redistribution before 1989 election, 64.55 per cent of Châteauguay remained and took on 7.83 per cent Beauharnois and 5.28 per cent of Huntingdon.

In 2001 redistribution, kept 95 per cent of riding, with the other five per cent (the town of Maple Grove) going to Beauharnois. In the northeast corner 18 per cent of La Prairie was added in the town of Sainte-Catherine.

Political history: 1962-1973 inclusive - LIB 1976, 1981 - PQ Since 1985 - LIB

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 47.48 per cent; No - 52.52 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 17.9 per cent French: 78.2 per cent Other: 3.9 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1962–1973 inclusive	Liberal George Kennedy won in 1962, 1966, 1970 and 1973.
1976	Parti Québécois's Roland Dussault defeated Liberal Kennedy.
1981	Parti Québécois's Dussault defeated Liberal Yves Fleurent by 1,778 votes.
1985	Liberal Pierrette Cardinal defeated Parti Québécois's Dussault.
1989	Liberal Cardinal defeated Parti Québécois's Luc Trottier.
1994	Liberal Jean-Marc Fournier defeated Parti Québécois's Guy Gibeault.
1998	Liberal Fournier defeated Parti Québécois's Carole Freeman.
2003	Liberal Fournier defeated Parti Québécois's Éric Cardinal.
2007	Liberal Fournier defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Chantal Marin. Appointed minister of revenue and parliamentary reform, as well as government house leader.

CHÂTEAUGUAY
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	240/240 polls
LIB	Jean-Marc Fournier	15,261	37.60	Elected
ADQ	Chantal Marin	12,103	29.82
PQ	Michel Pinard	11,126	27.41
GRN	Khalil Saade	1,143	2.82
QS	Véronique Pronovost	960	2.36

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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