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Jean-Lesage

2008 Results

JEAN-LESAGE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		219/219 polls
LIB	André Drolet	11,682	41.68	Elected
PQ	Hélène Guillemette	7,497	26.75
ADQ	Jean-François Gosselin	7,302	26.05
QS	Jean-Yves Desgagnés	1,236	4.41
IND	José Breton	314	1.12

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

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Riding profile: Jean-Lesage contains that part of Quebec City bounded by: the boundary of the towns of Beauport and Charlesbourg, the extension of St-David Avenue, Félix-Leclerc Highway (40), the St. Lawrence River, the St-Charles River, CN railway line, 18th Avenue, Lamontagne Avenue, Wilfrid-Hamel Boulevard, Laurentian Highway (175) and the boundary of Quebec City and Charlesbourg.

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

Riding history: Limoilou riding was created in 1965 from part of Québec-Est riding. The redistribution before the 1989 election preserved all of the former riding and added 8.58 per cent of Montmorency. In 1992 redistribution, lost small area to Montmorency and gained area from Vanier riding.

In the 2001 redistribution, the riding named changed to Jean-Lesage. The riding kept 88 per cent of Limoilou, with the other 12 per cent going to Taschereau. Fifteen per cent was added from Montmorency. The southern part of the riding bounded by 18th Avenue, CN railway line, St-Charles River and 3rd Avenue (38,904 electors) went to Taschereau. In the north, the part of Beauport north of Signeuriale Street to Félix-Leclerc Highway (8,554 electors) was gained from Montmorency.

Political history: 1970, 1973 - LIB 1976, 1981 - PQ 1985, 1989 - LIB 1994 - PQ 1998, 2003 - LIB 2007 - ADQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 51.17 per cent No - 48.83 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 0.9 per cent French: 96.5 per cent Other: 2.5 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1973	Liberal Fernand Houde defeated Parti Québécois's Jean Taillon.
1976	Parti Québécois's Raymond Gravel defeated Liberal Houde.
1981	Parti Québécois's Gravel defeated Liberal Yvan Turcotte.
1985	Liberal Michel Després defeated Léopold Fournier of the Parti Québécois.
1989	Liberal Després defeated Parti Québécois's Gilles Grenier.
1994	Parti Québécois's Michel Rivard defeated Liberal Yvan Cloutier.
1998	Liberal Després defeated Parti Québécois's Rivard.
2003	Liberal Després defeated Parti Québécois's Robert Caron.
2007	Action Démocratique du Québec's Jean-François Gosselin defeated Liberal Després.

JEAN-LESAGE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	224/224 polls
ADQ	Jean-François Gosselin	13,865	39.85	Elected
LIB	Michel Després	10,185	29.27
PQ	Christian Simard	7,990	22.97
QS	Jean-Yves Desgagnés	1,236	3.55
GRN	Lucien Rodrigue	1,159	3.33
IND	José Breton	141	0.41
CDP	Danielle Benny	116	0.33
ML	Jean Bédard	100	0.29

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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