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Crémazie

2008 Results

CRÉMAZIE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		204/204 polls
PQ	Lisette Lapointe	12,947	44.62	Elected
LIB	Martin Cossette	11,757	40.52
ADQ	Diane Charbonneau	1,897	6.54
QS	André Frappier	1,639	5.65
GRN	Daniel Hémond	778	2.68

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

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Riding profile: Crémazie contains the part of northern Montreal bounded by Prairies River, including the Île de la Visitation and the Île du Cheval-de-Terre, Pie-IX Boulevard, Henri-Bourassa Boulevard, Saint-Michel Boulevard, the CN railway, Papineau Avenue, the Metropolitan Highway (40) and the extension of Saint-Laurent Boulevard.

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

Riding history: Riding first existed in 1973 election, created from parts of Ahuntsic and Bourassa ridings. Only small change in redistribution before 1989 election.

In 2001 redistribution: Kept 88 per cent of riding; 12 per cent moved to Acadie; added 43 per cent of Bourassa. Lost to Acadie the area south of Saint-Laurent Boulevard (4,434 electors); Gained from Bourassa riding the part of Montreal and Montreal-Nord bounded by Prairies River including Île de la Visitation and Île du Cheval-de-Terre, Pie-IX Boulevard, Henri-Bourassa Boulevard East, Saint-Michel Boulevard, CN railway line, De Lorimier Avenue, Étienne-Brûlé Avenue and du Pont Street (13,929 electors).

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

1995 sovereignty referendum: No - 51.45 per cent; Yes - 48.55 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 2.8 per cent French: 75 per cent Other: 22.2 per cent (6.85 per cent Italian; 3.62 per cent Arabic) Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1973	Liberal Jean Bienvenue defeated, Parti Québécois's Jacques Parizeau, who had been defeated in Ahuntsic in 1970. Bienvenue won in Matane in 1966, 1970. Minister without portfolio, 1971. Appointed minister of Immigration, February. 1972; minister of Education, January - November 1976.
1976	Parti Québécois's Guy Tardif defeated Liberal Bienvenue. Minister of Municipal Affairs, November 1976; minister responsible for Housing, 1980-81.
1981	Parti Québécois's Tardif defeated Liberal Gilles Perron. Appointed minister responsible for Housing and Consumer Protection April 30, 1981; appointed minister of Transport, Nov. 27, 1984.
1985	Liberal André Vallerand defeated Parti Québécois's Tardif. Minister responsible for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, December 1985; minister for International Affairs, June - December 1988 and minister of Supply and Services, 1988.
1989	Liberal Vallerand defeated Parti Québécois's Lise Dagenais. Appointed minister of Tourism, October 1989 and minister of Revenue, Jan. 11, 1994.
1994	Parti Québécois's Jean Campeau defeated Liberal Michel Decary by 429 votes. Minister of Finance and minister of Revenue, Sept. 26, 1994 to Nov. 3, 1995; minister of Transport, Nov. 3, 1995 to Jan. 29, 1996.
1998	Parti Québécois's Manon Blanchet defeated Liberal Roch Carrier by 309 votes.
2003	Liberal Michèle Lamquin-Éthier defeated Parti Québécois's Hugues Cormier.
2007	Parti Québécois's Lisette Lapointe defeated Liberal Lamquin- Éthier.

CRÉMAZIE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	203/203 polls
PQ	Lisette Lapointe	12,282	36.22	Elected
LIB	Michèle Lamquin-Éthier	11,919	35.15
ADQ	Geneviève Tousignant	5,475	16.15
QS	André Frappier	2,184	6.44
GRN	Nathalie Gingras	1,941	5.72
ML	Marsha Fine	109	0.32

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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