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Hull

2008 Results

HULL
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		220/220 polls
LIB	Maryse Gaudreault	11,924	51.64	Elected
PQ	Gilles Aubé	7,602	32.92
QS	Bill Clennett	2,006	8.69
ADQ	Renée Gagné	1,319	5.71
PI	Jean-Roch Villemaire	139	0.60
ML	Gabriel Girard-Bernier	101	0.44

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

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Riding profile: Part of the National Capital Region, this urban riding has many federal civil servants. Hull contains the part of the city of Gatineau corresponding to the city of Hull as it existed prior to its 2002 amalgamation. Hull is bordered on the south by the Ottawa River and on the east by the Gatineau River.

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

Riding history: Riding was created in 1919. In 2001 redistribution, it kept 100 per cent of existing riding and gained 0.2 per cent of Gatineau, adding one poll in the northwest (167 electors).

Political history: 1956-1973 inclusive - LIB 1976 - PQ Since 1981 - LIB

1995 sovereignty referendum: No - 69.73 per cent; Yes - 30.27 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 8.6 per cent French: 80.9 per cent Other: 10.5 per cent (2.1 per cent Portuguese) Source: 2001 Statistics Canada census

1956–1973	Liberal Oswald Parent won in 1956, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1970 and 1973. Minister of state, 1970-72; appointed minister of state for intergovernmental affairs, Feb. 1971; minister of state for the civil service, 1972-73; minister of state for finance, 1971-75.
1976	Parti Québécois's Jocelyne Ouellette defeated Liberal Parent by two votes. Appointed minister of public works and supply, July 1977.
1981	Liberal Gilles Rocheleau defeated Parti Québécois's Ouellette by 456 votes. (Rocheleau had been defeated as a Union Nationale candidate in Gatineau in 1970.)
1985	Liberal Rocheleau defeated Parti Québécois's Gilles Morais. Minister responsible for supply and services, 1985. Rocheleau resigned in 1988 to run federally as Liberal. He switched to the Bloc Québécois and was defeated in 1993 election.
May 29, 1989 by-election	Liberal Robert Lesage defeated Parti Québécois's Paul Lemaire.
1989	Libearl Lesage defeated Parti Québécois's Marcel Villeneuve.
1994	Liberal Lesage defeated Parti Québécois's Michel Légère.
1998	Liberal Roch Cholette defeated Parti Québécois's Jacques Dupont.
2003	Liberal Cholette defeated Parti Québécois's Raphaël J. Déry.
2007	Liberal Cholette defeated Parti Québécois's Marcel Painchaud. Cholette resigned on April 9, 2008.
May 12, 2008 by-election	Liberal Maryse Gaudreault defeated Parti Québécois's Gilles Aubé.

HULL
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	215/215 polls
LIB	Roch Cholette	12,661	42.51	Elected
PQ	Marcel Painchaud	7,130	23.94
ADQ	François Lizotte	5,067	17.01
GRN	Mélanie Perreault	2,485	8.34
QS	Bill Clennett	2,370	7.96
ML	Gabriel Girard-Bernier	68	0.23

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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