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Frontenac

2008 Results

FRONTENAC
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		152/152 polls
LIB	Laurent Lessard	11,785	56.71	Elected
PQ	Juliette Jalbert	4,852	23.35
ADQ	Paul-André Proulx	3,539	17.03
QS	Claudette Lambert	423	2.04
PI	Martin Duranleau	183	0.88

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

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Riding profile: Frontenac is located between the Eastern Townships and heartland of Quebec. This rural riding contains the following municipalities: Adstock, Disraeli parish, East Broughton, Irlande, Kinnear's Mills, Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus parish, Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande, Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown parish, Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Saint-Julien, Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Sainte-Praxède parish and Thetford Mines.

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

Riding history: Riding created in 1912 from the former riding of Compton. In 1992 redistribution, kept all existing riding and added St-Jean-de-Brebéuf polls from Lotbinière riding.

In 2001 redistribution 97 per cent of riding remained; three per cent was moved to Lotbinière. Saint-Ferdinand and Sainte-Sophie-de Halifax (2,164 electors) were lost to Lotbinière from the southwest corner of Frontenac.

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

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 53.02 per cent; No - 46.98 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 1.1 per cent French: 98.6 per cent Other: 0.3 per cent Source: 2001 Statistics Canada census

1973	Liberal Henri Lecours defeated Parti Québécois's Jean-Marc Labbe.
1976, 1981	Parti Québécois's Gilles Gregoire won in 1976 and 1981 (Gregoire had been elected a Ralliement Créditiste MP in 1962 and was defeated as Parti Québécois MNA candidate in Jonquière in 1970). Gregoire was arrested on March 1983 for sexual offences with teenage girls. Found guilty on June 18, 1983; sentenced to two years less a day on July 16, 1983; released from prison March 28, 1984. He did not resign his seat but sat as Independent after June 20, 1983. Did not seek re-election in 1989.
1989	Liberal Roger Lefebvre won in 1985 and 1989. Lefebvre was appointed deputy speaker, Oct. 16, 1990; minister of Justice, Attorney General and minister responsible for Electoral Reform, Jan. 11, 1994.
1994	Liberal Lefebvre defeated Parti Québécois's Pierre Turcotte.
1998	Parti Québécois's Marc Boulianne defeated Parti Québécois's Luc Berthold by 903 votes.
2003	Liberal Laurent Lessard defeated Parti Québécois's Boulianne.
2007	Liberal Lessard defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Alain Gariépy. Appointed minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Past Results

FRONTENAC
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT		151/151 polls
LIB	Laurent Lessard	10,440	41.07	Elected
ADQ	Alain Gariépy	8,831	34.74
PQ	Juliette Jalbert	5,264	20.71
GRN	Pierre Richard	496	1.95
QS	Dominique Bernier	391	1.54

Frontenac is located between the Eastern Townships and heartland of Quebec. This rural riding contains the following municipalities: Adstock, Disraeli parish, East Broughton, Irlande, Kinnear's Mills, Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus parish, Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande, Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown parish, Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Saint-Julien, Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Sainte-Praxède parish and Thetford Mines.

Riding map: From Elections Quebec: Frontenac (PDF)

Riding history: Riding created in 1912 from the former riding of Compton. In 1992 redistribution, kept all existing riding and added St-Jean-de-Brebéuf polls from Lotbinière riding.

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

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 53.02 per cent; No - 46.98 per cent

1973	Liberal Henri Lecours defeated Parti Québécois's Jean-Marc Labbe.
1976, 1981	Parti Québécois's Gilles Gregoire won in 1976 and 1981 (Gregoire had been elected a Ralliement Créditiste MP in 1962 and was defeated as Parti Québécois MNA candidate in Jonquière in 1970). Gregoire was arrested on March 1983 for sexual offences with teenage girls. Found guilty on June 18, 1983; sentenced to two years less a day on July 16, 1983; released from prison March 28, 1984. He did not resign his seat but sat as Independent after June 20, 1983. Did not seek re-election in 1989.
1989	Liberal Roger Lefebvre won in 1985 and 1989. Lefebvre was appointed deputy speaker, Oct. 16, 1990; minister of Justice, Attorney General and minister responsible for Electoral Reform, Jan. 11, 1994.
1994	Liberal Lefebvre defeated Parti Québécois's Pierre Turcotte.
1998	Parti Québécois's Marc Boulianne defeated Parti Québécois's Luc Berthold by 903 votes.
2003	Liberal Laurent Lessard defeated Parti Québécois's Boulianne.
2007	Liberal Lessard defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Alain Gariépy. Appointed minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Language breakdown: English: 1.1 per cent, French: 98.6 per cent, Other: 0.3 per cent. Source: 2001 Statistics Canada census

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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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