Results, Ridings & Candidates

Joliette

2008 Results

JOLIETTE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		224/224 polls
PQ	Véronique Hivon	14,647	46.10	Elected
LIB	Christian Trudel	9,168	28.85
ADQ	Pascal Beaupré	6,171	19.42
QS	Flavie Trudel	1,544	4.86
IND	Pablo Lugo-Herrera	244	0.77

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

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Riding profile: Joliette is a lower Laurentians riding and contains the following municipalities: Crabtree, Joliette, Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, St-Charles-Borromée, St-Jacques, St-Liguori, Ste-Marcelline-de-Kildare, Ste-Marie-Salomé, St-Paul, St-Pierre and St-Thomas.

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

Riding history: Riding first existed in 1854 and was re-named Joliette-Montcalm during the 1973 and 1976 elections. In 1992 redistribution, five St-Alexis polls (872 electors) moved from this riding to Rousseau.

Political history: Joliette-Montcalm: 1973 - LIB. 1976 - PQ

Joliette: 1981-1998 - PQ 2002 by-election - ADQ 2003 - PQ 2007 - ADQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 63.88 per cent; No - 36.12 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 0.8 per cent French: 98.3 per cent Other: 1.0 per cent, Source: 2001 Statistics Canada census

Joliette-Montcalm

1973	Liberal Robert Quenneville, incumbent from the former riding of Joliet, defeated Parti Québécois's Bernard Landry. (Landry won in Fabre in 1976.) Minister responsible for perspectives jeunesse, new horizons and local initiatives, 1973-75; minister of revenue, 1975-76.
1976	Parti Québécois's Guy Chevrette defeated Liberal Quenneville. Chevrette was government whip 1979 to 1982.

Joliette

1981, 1985 and 1989	Parti Québécois's Chevrette defeated Liberal André Asselin. Minister of recreation, fish and game, September 1982; appointed to social affairs, Nov. 29, 1984. Minister of health and social services, June to December 1985. Chevrette was re-elected in 1985 and 1989. House leader, 1985 to 1987; leader of opposition, November 1987 to August 1989. House leader 1989-1994.
1994	Parti Québécois's Chevrette defeated Liberal Pierre Delangis. Appointed government house leader, minister of state for regional development, minister of municipal affairs and minister responsible for electoral reform, Sept. 26, 1994; minister of natural resources, minister responsible for regional development, minister responsible for electoral reform; minister responsible for native affairs; minister responsible for Lanaudière, Jan. 29, 1996 to December 1998. Minister responsible for parliamentary reform, Jan. 29, 1996 to Sept. 23, 1998; added: minister responsible for Northern Quebec region, April 1, 1998; minister of regions, April 1 to Sept. 23, 1998. Resigned as chief election organizer, June 5, 1998.
1998	Parti Québécois's Chevrette defeated Liberal Sylvie Lespérance. Reappointed minister responsible for native affairs until Jan. 29, 2002; minister of transport; minister responsible for wildlife and parks; minister responsible for electoral reform; minister responsible for the Lanaudière region; minister responsible for Northern Quebec region, Dec. 15, 1998 to Jan. 29, 2002. On Jan. 29, 2002, Chevrette, after meeting with Landry, resigned from cabinet and as an MNA, saying he would have had his role diminished in the next day's cabinet shuffle. He said he felt the party had pushed him out the door.
June 17, 2002 by-election	Action Démocratique du Québec's Sylvie Lespérance defeated Parti Québécois's Michel Bellehumeur.
2003	Parti Québécois's Jonathan Valois defeated Liberal Robert Groulx.
2007	Action Démocratique du Québec's Pascal Beaupré defeated Parti Québécois's Claude Duceppe.

JOLIETTE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	230/230 polls
ADQ	Pascal Beaupré	13,803	37.02	Elected
PQ	Claude Duceppe	13,056	35.02
LIB	Céline Beaulieu	7,555	20.26
QS	Flavie Trudel	1,703	4.57
GRN	Johanne Edsell	1,169	3.14

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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