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Chomedey

2008 Results

CHOMEDEY
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		221/221 polls
LIB	Guy Ouellette	16,482	65.85	Elected
PQ	Jonathan Cyr	5,218	20.85
ADQ	Josée Granger	1,932	7.72
GRN	Christian Picard	618	2.47
QS	Francine Bellerose	547	2.19
ML	Polyvios Tsakanikas	234	0.93

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

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Riding profile: The electoral division of Chomedey is a multicultural, urban riding and contains the part of Laval bordered by the Laval Highway (440), the Laurentian Highway (15), the Rivière des Prairies and the Chomedey Highway (13).

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

Riding history: Riding created in 1981 from parts of Fabre and Laval ridings.

Political history: Since 1981 - LIB

1995 sovereignty referendum: No - 72.62 per cent, Yes - 27.38 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 12.5 per cent French: 46.9 per cent Other: 40.6 per cent (14.65 per cent Greek; 5.8 per cent Armenian) Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1981, 1985 and 1989	Liberal Lise Bacon defeated Parti Québécois's Judy Ann Scott. Bacon was elected in Bourassa in 1973; defeated there in 1976. Bacon had been minister of state for social affairs; minister of consumers, co-operatives and financial institutions; minister of immigration. She was re-elected in 1985 and 1989. Appointed deputy premier, 1985; minister of cultural affairs, December 1985 - October 1989; minister responsible for application of the French Language Charter, 1985, and minister responsible for human resources and minister of environment, Dec. 21, 1988. Appointed deputy premier, minister of energy and resources and minister responsible for regional development, Oct. 11, 1989. Bacon announced her resignation on Jan 11, 1994, the same day Daniel Johnson was sworn in as premier. The by-election that was called for Aug. 29 was cancelled with the election call. On Sept. 14, 1994, she was appointed to the Canadian Senate.
1994	Liberal Thomas Mulcair defeated Parti Québécois's Lidi Costache.
1998	Liberal Mulcair defeated Parti Québécois's Monia Prévost.
2003	Liberal Mulcair defeated Parti Québécois's Coline Chhay. Announced he would not run again on Feb. 20, 2007, in order to run federally for the New Democratic Party.
2007	Liberal Guy Oulette defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Phani Papachristou.

CHOMEDEY
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	234/234 polls
LIB	Guy Ouellette	18,625	54.67	Elected
ADQ	Phani Papachristou	7,915	23.23
PQ	Joëlle Quérin	5,186	15.22
GRN	Jean Martin	1,241	3.64
QS	Francine Bellerose	691	2.03
NA	Noemia Onofre de Lima	307	0.90
ML	Polyvios Tsakanikas	102	0.30

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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