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Groulx

2008 Results

GROULX
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		214/214 polls
PQ	René Gauvreau	11,226	37.62	Elected
LIB	Monique Laurin	10,823	36.27
ADQ	Linda Lapointe	6,036	20.23
GRN	Carmen Brisebois	955	3.20
QS	Adam Veilleux	701	2.35
PI	Sébastien Hotte	102	0.34

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

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Riding profile: Groulx is located in the lower Laurentians and contains the towns of Boisbriand, Rosemère and Sainte-Thérèse.

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

Riding history: Riding created in 1980 from part of Terrebonne. In 1992 redistribution, lost Blainville polls to new Blainville riding.

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

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 56.73 per cent; No - 43.27 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 5.8 per cent French: 87.2 per cent Other: 7.0 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1981	Parti Québécois's Elie Fallu, incumbent from Terrebonne, ran here and defeated Liberal Nolan Filiatrault by 6,074 votes. Appointed minister responsible for citizen relations and for handicapped in December 1984; minister of cultural communities and immigration, October to December 1985.
1985	Liberal Madeleine Bleau defeated Parti Québécois's Fallu by 621 votes.
1989	Liberal's Bleau defeated Parti Québécois's Robert Dean. (Dean had been elected in Prevost in 1981; defeated there in 1985)
1994	Parti Québécois's Robert Kieffer defeated Liberal Monique Richer.
1998	Parti Québécois's Kieffer defeated Liberal Michel Binette.
2003	Liberal Pierre Descouteaux defeated Parti Québécois's Kieffer by 323 votes.
2007	Action Démocratique du Québec's Linda Lapointe defeated Parti Québécois's Rachel Gagnon.

GROULX
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	206/206 polls
ADQ	Linda Lapointe	13,605	37.48	Elected
PQ	Rachel Gagnon	10,486	28.89
LIB	Pierre Descoteaux	9,853	27.15
GRN	Robert Harenclak	1,504	4.14
QS	Adam Veilleux	849	2.34

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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