Results, Ridings & Candidates

Gouin

2008 Results

GOUIN
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		188/188 polls
PQ	Nicolas Girard	10,276	41.11	Elected
QS	Françoise David	7,987	31.95
LIB	Edith Keays	4,974	19.90
ADQ	Carole Giroux	895	3.58
GRN	Stephen Marchant	753	3.01
PI	Jonathan Godin	110	0.44

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

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Riding profile: Gouin, in Montreal, is bounded by Sixth Avenue, Masson Street and Canadian Pacific Railway lines, the boundary between Montreal and Outremont, Jean-Talon Street E., Jean-Talon Street W., Papineau Avenue and Bélanger Street.

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

Riding history: Created in 1965 from parts of Jeanne-Mance and Montreal-Laurier ridings. In 1992 redistribution, added areas from Dorion and Laurier.

In 2001 redistribution kept 100 per cent of riding and gained from Viau the area bounded by Jean-Talon Street E., Papineau Avenue, Bélanger Street and Chambord Street (1,439 electors).

Political history: 1970 - PQ 1973 - LIB Since 1976 - PQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 57.77 per cent; No - 42.23 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 3 per cent French: 78.6 per cent Other: 18.3 (4.76 per cent Spanish; 3.36 per cent Italian) Source: 2001 Statistics Canada census

1966	Liberal Yves Michaud defeated Union Nationale's Gérard Gosselin. From Oct. 31, 1969, sat as Independent Liberal after disagreeing with his party over Bill 63, the Act to Promote the French Language in Quebec.
1970	Parti Québécois's Guy Joron defeated Liberal Michaud by 12 votes. (One of the original seats won by the PQ in 1970.)
1973	Liberal Jean M. Beauregard defeated Parti Québécois's Joron by 636 votes.
1976	Parti Québécois's Rodrigue Tremblay defeated Liberal Beauregard. Minister of industry and commerce, November 1976 to September 1979. Hearing he would be dropped from cabinet, he resigned from caucus to sit as an Independent on Sept. 21, 1979.
1981, 1985	Parti Québécois's Jacques Rochefort won in 1981 and 1985. Appointed minister of housing and consumer protection, December 1984. Left caucus to sit as an Independent on Nov. 18, 1987.
1989	Parti Québécois's André Boisclair defeated Liberal Normand Hamel.
1994	Parti Québécois's Boisclair defeated Liberal Athena Efraim. Minister for relations with citizens, January 1996; minister for relations with citizens and immigration, September 1996; minister of immigration, December 1996.
1998	Parti Québécois's Boisclair defeated Liberal Michelle Daines. Minister of social solidarity, December 1998 to March 2001. Appointed minister responsible for the Olympic Installations Board, November 1999. Minister of environment, March to November 2001. Minister of state for the environment and water, November 2001 to January 2002. Appointed minister of municipal affairs and Greater Montreal; minister of environment; government house leader; minister responsible for the Montreal region, January 2002.
2003	Parti Québécois's Boisclair defeated Liberal William Aguilar. Boisclair resigned his seat on Aug. 17, 2004.
Sept. 20, 2004, byelection	Parti Québécois's Nicolas Girard defeated Liberal Edith Keays.
2007	Parti Québécois's Girard defeated Québec Solidaire's Françoise David.

Past Results

GOUIN
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT		184/184 polls
PQ	Nicolas Girard	11,318	37.24	Elected
QS	Françoise David	7,913	26.04
LIB	Nathalie Rivard	5,612	18.46
ADQ	Jean-Philip Ruel	3,540	11.65
GRN	Yohan Tremblay	1,744	5.74
BP	Hugô St-Onge	157	0.52
IND	Jocelyne Leduc	109	0.36

Riding map: From Elections Quebec: Gouin (PDF)

Riding history: Created in 1965 from parts of Jeanne-Mance and Montreal-Laurier ridings. In 1992 redistribution, added areas from Dorion and Laurier.

In 2001 redistribution kept 100 per cent of riding and gained from Viau the area bounded by Jean-Talon Street E., Papineau Avenue, Bélanger Street and Chambord Street (1,439 electors).

Political history: 1970 - PQ 1973 - LIB Since 1976 - PQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 57.77 per cent; No - 42.23 per cent

1966	Liberal Yves Michaud defeated Union Nationale's Gérard Gosselin. From Oct. 31, 1969, sat as Independent Liberal after disagreeing with his party over Bill 63, the Act to Promote the French Language in Quebec.
1970	Parti Québécois's Guy Joron defeated Liberal Michaud by 12 votes. (One of the original seats won by the PQ in 1970.)
1973	Liberal Jean M. Beauregard defeated Parti Québécois's Joron by 636 votes.
1976	Parti Québécois's Rodrigue Tremblay defeated Liberal Beauregard. Minister of industry and commerce, November 1976 to September 1979. Hearing he would be dropped from cabinet, he resigned from caucus to sit as an Independent on Sept. 21, 1979.
1981, 1985	Parti Québécois's Jacques Rochefort won in 1981 and 1985. Appointed minister of housing and consumer protection, December 1984. Left caucus to sit as an Independent on Nov. 18, 1987.
1989	Parti Québécois's André Boisclair defeated Liberal Normand Hamel.
1994	Parti Québécois's Boisclair defeated Liberal Athena Efraim. Minister for relations with citizens, January 1996; minister for relations with citizens and immigration, September 1996; minister of immigration, December 1996.
1998	Parti Québécois's Boisclair defeated Liberal Michelle Daines. Minister of social solidarity, December 1998 to March 2001. Appointed minister responsible for the Olympic Installations Board, November 1999. Minister of environment, March to November 2001. Minister of state for the environment and water, November 2001 to January 2002. Appointed minister of municipal affairs and Greater Montreal; minister of environment; government house leader; minister responsible for the Montreal region, January 2002.
2003	Parti Québécois's Boisclair defeated Liberal William Aguilar. Boisclair resigned his seat on Aug. 17, 2004.
Sept. 20, 2004, byelection	Parti Québécois's Nicolas Girard defeated Liberal Edith Keays.
2007	Parti Québécois's Girard defeated Québec Solidaire's Françoise David.

Language breakdown: English: 3 per cent French: 78.6 per cent Other: 18.3 (4.76 per cent Spanish; 3.36 per cent Italian) 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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