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Huntingdon

2008 Results

HUNTINGDON
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		198/198 polls
LIB	Stéphane Billette	11,178	44.01	Elected
PQ	Joan Gosselin	6,988	27.51
ADQ	Albert De Martin	6,372	25.09
QS	Stéphane Thellen	863	3.40

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

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Riding profile: Located in the Chateauguay Valley, Huntingdon borders Ontario and the U.S. The Quebec portion of Akwesasne reserve is in the riding. Huntingdon also contains the following municipalities: Dundee, Elgin, Franklin, Godmanchester, Havelock. Hemmingford, Hinchinbrooke, Howick, Huntingdon, Lacolle, Napierville, Ormstown, St-Anicet, Ste-Barbe, St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, St-Chrysostome, Ste-Clotilde-de-Châteauguay, St-Cyprien-de- Napierville, St-Édouard, St-Jacques-le-Mineur, Ste-Martine, St-Michel, St-Patrice-de-Sherrington, St-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, St-Rémi, St-Urbain-Premier, St-Valentin and Très-Saint-Sacrement.

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

Riding history: Riding was first created in 1792. In 1988 it was changed to Beauharnois-Huntingdon but was re-established in 2001 from 87 per cent of Beauharnois-Huntingdon and eight per cent of Saint Jean. From Beauharnois-Huntingdon all of the riding, except for Beauharnois itself and St-Étienne-de-Beauharnois (35,675 electors) became a part of Huntingdon. From Saint-Jean, Lacolle and the parishes of St-Jacques-le-Mineur, St-Paul-de-l Île-aux-Noix and St-Valentin (4,726 electors) were moved.

Political history: Huntingdon: 1973 - LIB 1976, - Union Nationale 1981, 1985 - LIB 2003 - LIB 2007 - ADQ

Beauharnois-Huntingdon: 1989, 1994, 1998 - LIB

1995 sovereignty referendum (Beauharnois - Huntingdon riding): No - 53.72 per cent; Yes - 46.28 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 16.1 per cent French: 81.7 per cent Other: 2.3 per cent Source: 2001 Statistics Canada census

Beauharnois - Huntingdon

1989	Liberal André Chenail defeated Parti Québécois's Jean-Marie Latreille.
1994	Liberal Chenail again defeated Parti Québécois's Latreille.
1998	Liberal Chenial defeated Parti Québécois's François Boileau.

Huntingdon

1973	Liberal Kenneth Fraser, defeated in 1960, 1962; won in 1966, 1970 and 1973.
1976	Union Nationale Claude Dubois defeated Liberal Fraser by 2,728 votes. Dubois left UN and joined Liberals on Sept. 13, 1979.
1981	Now-Liberal Dubois defeated Parti Québécois's Yvon Faille.
1985	Liberal Dubois defeated Parti Québécois's Gabriel Gregoire.
2003	Liberal Chenial, incumbent from Beauharnois - Huntingdon, defeated Parti Québécois's Boileau.
2007	Action Démocratique du Québec's Albert De Martin defeated Liberal Chenial.

HUNTINGDON
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	190/190 polls
ADQ	Albert De Martin	13,480	42.90	Elected
LIB	André Chenail	9,883	31.45
PQ	Éric Pigeon	7,070	22.50
QS	Marc Pronovost	693	2.21
IND	Jean Siouville	295	0.94

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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