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Chutes-de-la-Chaudière

2008 Results

CHUTES-DE-LA-CHAUDIÈRE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		212/212 polls
ADQ	Marc Picard	15,366	44.51	Elected
LIB	Réal St-Laurent	10,657	30.87
PQ	Marie Deraîche	7,428	21.52
QS	Marie-Hélène Côté-Brochu	1,069	3.10

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

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Riding profile: Riding on south shore of the St. Lawrence River, across from Quebec City. Chutes-de-la-Chaudière contains part of the city of Lévis corresponding to the following municipalities as they existed up until Dec. 31, 2001: Charny, Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Nicolas and Saint-Rédempteur.

Riding map: From Elections Quebec: Chutes-de-la-Chaudière (PDF) (Acrobat Reader required - download free Acrobat Reader.)

Riding history: Riding first existed in 1989 election, created from Beauce-Nord and Lévis. No change in redistribution prior to 1994 election except for name change.

In 2001 redistribution, kept 79 per cent of riding; 15 per cent moved to Lévis; six per cent to Beauce-Nord. In the northeast, lost Saint-Romuald to Lévis (8,552 electors). From the south, lost Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon parish to Beauce-Nord (3,501 electors).

Political history: 1989, 1994, 1998 - PQ 2003, 2007 - ADQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 60.06 per cent; No - 39.94 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 1 per cent French: 98.6 per cent Other: 0.4 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

Lévis

1976	In 1976, Parti Québécois's Jean Garon defeated Liberal Vincent F. Chagnon. Appointed minister of Agriculture in 1976; minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, September 1979.
1981	Parti Québécois's Garon was re-elected in 1981 and 1985. Appointed minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, April 3, 1981.

Beauce-Nord

1976 and 1981	Parti Québécois's Adrien Ouellette defeated Liberal Denys Sylvain. Ouellette was re-elected in 1981 and became minister of Environment.
1985	Liberal Jean Audet defeated Parti Québécois's Ouellette in 1985.

Chutes-de-la-Chaudière

1989	Parti Québécois's Denise Carrier-Perreault defeated Liberal Denis Therrien.
1994	Parti Québécois's Carrier-Pearreault defeated Liberal Shirley Baril. Appointed minister responsible for Mines, Lands and Forests and minister responsible for Chaudière-Appalaches region, Jan. 29, 1996; minister for Mines and Forests and minister responsible for Chaudière-Appalaches region.
1998	Parti Québécois's Carrier-Perreault defeated Liberal Christian Jobin.
2003	Action Démocratique du Québec's Marc Picard defeated Liberal Pauline Houde-Landry.
2007	Action Démocratique du Québec Picard defeated Parti Québécois's Yvan Loubier.

CHUTES-DE-LA-CHAUDIÈRE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	206/206 polls
ADQ	Marc Picard	24,378	58.99	Elected
PQ	Yvan Loubier	7,618	18.43
LIB	France Proulx	7,292	17.65
GRN	Jean-Luc Bugnon	1,183	2.86
QS	Éveline Gueppe	854	2.07

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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