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Gaspé

2008 Results

GASPÉ
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		117/117 polls
LIB	Georges Mamelonet	8,886	56.08	Elected
PQ	Annie Chouinard	6,285	39.67
ADQ	Marcelle Guay	499	3.15
QS	Simon Tremblay-Pepin	175	1.10

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

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Riding profile: This Gaspé Peninsula riding contains the municipalities of Cloridorme, Gaspé, Grande-Rivière, Grande-Vallée, Murdochville, Pabos, Percé, Petite-Vallée and Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé.

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

Riding history: Riding re-established from parts of Gaspé North and Gaspé South in 1972.

In 1992 redistribution, lost seven Newport polls to Bonaventure riding (1,683 electors).

In 2001 redistribution, kept 94 per cent of riding; lost six per cent to Matane, gained five per cent from Bonaventure. Lost Mont-Saint-Pierre, Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis and Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine to Matane from northeast corner (1,527 electors). Gained Pabos polls from Bonaventure (1,527 electors).

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

1995 sovereignty referendum: No - 58.5 per cent; Yes - 41.5 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 8.4 per cent French: 91.3 per cent Other: 0.2 per cent Source: 2001 Statistics Canada census

1973	Liberal Guy Fortier, who was elected in Gaspé-Sud in 1962, 1966 and 1970, ran here and defeated Parti Québécois's Claude Allard by 6,949 votes.
1976	Union Nationale's Michel Le Moignan defeated Liberal Fortier by 420 votes. Interim leader of UN, March 1980 to January 1981.
1981	Parti Québécois's Henri Lemay defeated Liberal Robert Pidgeon. Minister responsible for development and regional highways, responsible for planning and regional development, and regional highway funds, December 1984.
1985	Liberal André Beaudin defeated Parti Québécois's Lemay.
1989	Liberal Beaudin defeated Parti Québécois's Danielle Doyer.
1994	Parti Québécois's Guy Lelièvre defeated Liberal John Carbery.
1998	Parti Québécois's Lelièvre defeated Liberal Claude Cyr.
2003	Parti Québécois's Lelièvre defeated Liberal Johnny Gérard.
2007	Parti Québécois's Lelièvre defeated Liberal Georges Mamelonet by 640 votes.

GASPÉ
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	117/117 polls
PQ	Guy Lelièvre	7,662	40.96	Elected
LIB	Georges Mamelonet	7,022	37.54
ADQ	Bruno Cloutier	3,162	16.91
QS	Annie Chouinard	858	4.59

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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