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Lac-Saint-Jean

2008 Results

LAC-SAINT-JEAN
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		191/191 polls
PQ	Alexandre Cloutier	14,539	55.62	Elected
LIB	Pierre Simard	7,825	29.94
ADQ	Sylvain Carbonneau	2,764	10.57
QS	Samuel Thivierge	527	2.02
GRN	France Bergeron	483	1.85

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

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Riding profile: Lac-Saint-Jean contains the following municipalities: Alma, Desbiens, Hébertville, Hébertville-Station, Labrecque, Lamarche, Larouche, L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur, Métabetchouan Lac-à-la-Croix, St-André-du-Lac-St-Jean, St-Bruno, St-Gédéon, St-Henri-de-Taillon, St-Ludger-de-Milot, Sainte-Monique and Saint-Nazaire.

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

Riding history: The riding has existed since1890. It underwent minor changes in redistribution before the 1994 election.

Political history: 1970, 1973 - LIB Since 1976 - PQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 73.06 per cent; No - 26.94 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 0.4 per cent French: 99.4 per cent Other: 0.2 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1970, 1973	Liberal Roger Pilote defeated Parti Québécois's Georges-Henri Fortin in 1970 and 1973.
1976, 1981 and 1985	Parti Québécois's Jacques Brassard defeated Liberal Pilote. Parti Québécois's Brassard was re-elected in 1981 and 1985. He was minister of recreation, fish and game from November 1984 to December 1985. Whip from 1985.
1989	Parti Québécois's Brassard defeated Liberal Pierre Gimaïel. (Gimaïel had been elected federally in Lac-Saint-Jean in 1980 but defeated in 1984 and 1988).
1994	Brassard defeated Liberal Denis Simard. He was appointed minister of environment and wildlife on Sept. 26, 1994; vice-president of the Treasury Board, Nov. 3, 1995; minister of transport and minister responsible for Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region, Jan. 29, 1996; minister responsible for intergovernmental affairs, Jan. 29, 1996 - Sept. 23, 1998; government house leader, minister responsible for parliamentary reform, Sept. 23, 1998.
1998	Parti Québécois's Brassard defeated Liberal Noël Girard. He was government house leader and minister responsible for parliamentary reform to Jan. 29, 2002. Minister of natural resources, Dec. 15, 1998 - Jan. 29, 2002. On Jan. 29, 2002, after meeting with then Premier Bernard Landry, Brassard and Joliette MNA Guy Chevrette resigned from cabinet and their seats in the national assembly, saying they would have had their roles diminished in the next day's cabinet shuffle. They said they felt the party had pushed them out the door.
June 17, 2002 byelection	Parti Québécois's Stéphan Tremblay defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Jocelyn Fradette by 651 votes.
2003	Tremblay defeated Liberal Benoît Harvey.
2007	Parti Québécois's Alexandre Cloutier defeated Liberal Yves Boldoc.

LAC-SAINT-JEAN
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	183/183 polls
PQ	Alexandre Cloutier	14,754	46.43	Elected
LIB	Yves Bolduc	9,175	28.87
ADQ	Éric Girard	6,835	21.51
QS	Denis Plamondon	536	1.69
GRN	Vital Tremblay	475	1.49

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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