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Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

2008 Results

HOCHELAGA-MAISONNEUVE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		176/176 polls
PQ	Carole Poirier	10,529	54.32	Elected
LIB	Julie Tremblay	4,115	21.23
QS	Serge Mongeau	2,502	12.91
ADQ	Jean-Levy Champagne	1,303	6.72
GRN	Sylvie Woods	816	4.21
ML	Christine Dandenault	117	0.60

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

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Riding profile: Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is an east-end riding that contains the part of Montreal bounded by Rachel Street East and Sherbrooke Street East, the extension of the CN railway line, the St. Lawrence River excluding Île Sainte-Hélène and Île Notre-Dame, and the extension of Frontenac Street.

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

Riding history: Riding created in 1988 from 79.2 per cent of Maisonneuve and 33.40 per cent of Ste-Marie ridings.

In 2001 redistribution, added 11 per cent of Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques from area south of CP rail line. New southern boundary is Frontenac Street (adding 5,130 electors).

Political history: Maisonneuve: 1970, 1973, 1976 - PQ 1979 by-election- LIB 1981, 1985 - PQ

Hochelaga-Maisonneuve: Since 1989 - PQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 65.49 per cent; No - 34.41 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 2.6 per cent French: 86.5 per cent Other: 11.1 per cent (2.61 per cent Spanish) Source: 2001 Statistics Canada census

Maisonneuve

1970, 1973 and 1976	Parti Québécois's Robert Burns won in 1970, 1973 and 1976. House leader, 1970-73; minister of state for parliamentary reform and house leader, Nov. 26, 1977, to Aug. 8, 1979. Had heart attack in May 1978. Replaced first on interim basis and then permanently as house leader. He resigned on Aug. 8, 1979.
1979 by-election	Liberal Georges Lalande defeated Jacques Desmarais.
1981	Parti Québécois's Louise Harel defeated Liberal Lalande. Minister of cultural communities and immigration, Sept. 25 to Nov. 27, 1984. Harel was one of the seven PQ legislators who resigned from cabinet on Nov. 27, 1984, after René Lévesque stated that sovereignty should not be an issue during the next election.
1985	Parti Québécois's Harel defeated Liberal Monelle Saindon.

Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

1989	Parti Québécois's Louise Harel defeated Liberal Yvon Lewis.
1994	Parti Québécois's Harel defeated Liberal Eric Taillefer. Appointed minister of employment and minister of state for planning, Sept. 26, 1994; added minister responsible for immigration and cultural communities, Nov. 3, 1995; minister of state for employment and solidarity, minister of income security and minister responsible for status of women, Jan. 29, 1996; added: minister responsible for Centre-du-Quebec region, March 4, 1998.
1998	Parti Québécois's Harel defeated Liberal Andrée Trudel. Minister responsible for the Lower St-Laurent region, Dec.15, 1998 to Feb. 10, 1999. Minister responsible for seniors, Dec. 15, 1998 to March 8, 2001. Minister of state for municipal affairs and Greater Montreal, Dec. 15, 1998, to Jan. 30, 2002. From March 12, 2002, to 2003, was Speaker of the provincial legislature.
2003	Parti Québécois's Harel defeated Liberal Richer Dompierre.
2007	Parti Québécois's Harel defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Marie-Chantal Pelletier.

HOCHELAGA-MAISONNEUVE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	170/170 polls
PQ	Louise Harel	13,043	52.69	Elected
ADQ	Marie-Chantal Pelletier	3,837	15.50
LIB	Vahid Vidah-Fortin	3,378	13.65
QS	Gabriel Chevrefils	2,384	9.63
GRN	Geneviève Guérin	1,756	7.09
BP	Starbuck Leroidurock	195	0.79
IND	Daniel Laforest	96	0.39
ML	Christine Dandenault	64	0.26

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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