Results, Ridings & Candidates

LaFontaine

2008 Results

LAFONTAINE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		168/168 polls
LIB	Tony Tomassi	14,031	69.76	Elected
PQ	Luigi De Benedictis	3,838	19.08
ADQ	Gaetano Giumento	1,306	6.49
GRN	Gaëtan Berard	549	2.73
QS	Natacha Larocque	389	1.93

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

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Riding profile: Montreal riding - eastern tip of the island. LaFontaine is located on the eastern tip of Montreal Island and is bounded by: the Prairies River, including Boutin Island, Rochon Island, Lapierre Island and Gagné Island, Félix-Leclerc Highway (40), Henri-Bourassa Boulevard East and the boundary of Montreal with the towns of Montreal East, Anjou and Montreal North.

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

Riding history: The riding was created in 1965 from part of Bourget. In the redistribution before 1989 election, it kept 59.85 per cent of the original riding; the remainder of the riding (20,768 electors) moved to Pointe-aux-Trembles.

In the 2001 redistribution, it kept 68 per cent of the riding; 32 per cent moved to Pointe-aux-Trembles. Lost to Pointe-aux-Trembles from eastern side of riding: south of power line - area between Henri-Bourassa East and the Metropolitan Highway (40); north of power line - area east of Félix-Leclerc Highway to the St. Lawrence River, including Bonfoin Island and Haynes Island (16,066 electors). The area to northwest of Henri-Bourassa East was moved to Anjou (no electors), and in the east, small areas with no electors from Anjou and Pointe-aux-Trembles were gained.

Political history: 1966 - Union Nationale 1970, 1973, 1976, 1981 - PQ Since 1985 - LIB

1995 sovereignty referendum: No - 71.07 per cent; Yes - 28.93 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 7.7 per cent French: 49.1 per cent Other: 43.2 per cent (30.1 per cent Italian; six per cent Creole) Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1966	Union Nationale's Jean-Paul Beaudry won by 785 votes.
1970	Parti Québécois's Marcel Léger defeated Liberal Roger Marchand. Union Nationale's Beaudry was third. (One of original PQ-won seats in 1970). Served as whip, 1970-76.
1973, 1976 and 1981	Léger was re-elected in 1973, 1976 and 1981. He served as the minister responsible for the environment November 1976 to September 1982. Resigned from cabinet, Sept. 8, 1982, the day before a cabinet shuffle. Founder of the federal sovereigntist party Parti Nationaliste, Sept. 14, 1983. Interim leader until May 17, 1984. Minister responsible for tourism, September-December 1984; minister of tourism, December 1984.
1985	Liberal Jean-Claude Gobé defeated Parti Québécois's Leger.
1989, 1994	Liberal Gobé defeated Parti Québécois's Anna-Laura Javicoli.
1998	Liberal Gobé defeated Parti Québécois's Pierre Séwa Adjété. On Feb. 20, 2005, Gobé quit the Quebec Liberal party after Leader Jean Charest requested he step aside for another candidate.
2003	Liberal Tony Tomassi defeated Parti Québécois's Line Pelletier.
2007	Liberal Tomassi defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Marie-Ève Campéano.

LAFONTAINE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	163/163 polls
LIB	Tony Tomassi	16,281	62.46	Elected
ADQ	Marie-Eve Campéano	4,752	18.23
PQ	Guido Renzi	3,715	14.25
GRN	Jean-Christophe Mortreux	765	2.93
QS	Victorien Pilote	552	2.12

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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