Results, Ridings & Candidates

Laviolette

2008 Results

LAVIOLETTE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		152/152 polls
LIB	Julie Boulet	11,645	59.13	Elected
PQ	Claude Lessard	5,413	27.48
ADQ	Éric Tapps	2,121	10.77
QS	Rémi Francoeur	516	2.62

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

View these results in the interactive map »

Riding profile: Laviolette is located in the upper Mauricie region and contains the following municipalities: Grandes-Piles, Hérouxville, La Bostonnais, Lac-Édouard, La Croche, La Tuque, Parent, Saint-Adelphe, Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac, Saint-Séverin, Sainte-Thècle, Saint-Tite and Trois-Rives.

It also contains part of the city of Shawinigan corresponding to the city of Grand-Mère, the village of Saint-Georges, Saint-Jean-des-Piles parish and the unorganized territories of Lac-des-Cinq and Lac-Wapizagonke.

In addition, it contains the First Nation reserves of Coucoucache, Obedjiwan and Wemotaci and the hamlets of Casey, Clova, Hibbard, Oskélanéo, Sanmaur and Windigo.

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

Riding history: The riding has existed since 1930. In the 1992 redistribution, Manouane reserve (599 electors) moved to Berthier riding.

In the 2001 redistribution, the riding lost a small area with no electors (Saint-Gérard-des-Laurentides) to Saint-Maurice.

Political history: 1970, 1973 - LIB 1976-1998 inclusive - PQ 2001 byelection, 2003, 2007 - LIB

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 56.75 per cent; No - 43.25 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 1.0 per cent French: 92.3 per cent Other: 6.8 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1970, 1973	Liberal Prudent Carpentier won in 1970, 1973.
1976–1998	Parti Québécois's Jean-Pierre Jolivet defeated Union Nationale's Gaston Fortin. Jolivet was vice-president of the national assembly, 1980-84. Jolivet was re-elected in 1981, 1985 and 1989. He was appointed minister responsible for forests, Dec. 20, 1984; chief government whip, Sept. 26, 1994, to Aug. 23, 1997; minister of state for electoral parliamentary reform, government house leader, Aug. 25, 1997 to Oct. 28, 1998; minister for regional development and forests, Feb. 25, 1998 to Sept. 23, 1998; regions minister, Sept. 23, 1998. Remained as minister for regions until his resignation on March 7, 2001 (he resigned the day before then premier Lucien Bouchard).
Oct. 1, 2001 byelection	Liberal Julie Boulet defeated Parti Québécois's Yves Demers.
2003	Boulet defeated Parti Québécois's Patrick Lahaie.
2007	Boulet defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Stéphane Defoy.

LAVIOLETTE
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	150/150 polls
LIB	Julie Boulet	10,098	41.02	Elected
ADQ	Stéphane Defoy	6,798	27.61
PQ	Patrick Lahaie	6,685	27.15
GRN	Pierre Audette	504	2.05
QS	Pierrette Doucet	468	1.90
CDP	Josée Lafontaine	66	0.27

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

Choose a format to view results for all ridings and parties:

Launch interactive map Results tables

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

My Riding & Riding Talk

Have your say about what's important in your own riding. Read profiles about your candidates, get riding-related information and join the debate.

Find My Riding

List All Ridings

Back

Change My Riding List All Ridings

Quebec Votes Headlines

Separatist-bashing in Ottawa may have helped PQ: While Stephen Harper toasted a federalist victory in the Quebec election, some sovereigntists suggested Tuesday they might have him to thank for their higher-than-expected score.
Charest says he's here to stay after majority win: Quebec Premier Jean Charest had barely finished lunch the day after his third straight election win and he already found himself defending his appetite to see the term through.
Is Ottawa in the cards for Dumont?: Just one day after Mario Dumont announced his plan to quit Quebec politics, federal Conservatives were envisioning the prospect of luring the one-time right-wing wonderkid to Ottawa.
Charest wins 3rd mandate in Quebec: Jean Charest's political gamble has paid off: Quebecers handed his Liberal party a majority Monday night.
PQ gains help Marois rebuild party from disastrous 2007 election: Less than two years removed from being reduced to the province's third party, Parti Québécois Leader Pauline Marois guided her troops back to Official Opposition status Monday.
Dumont to step down after ADQ defeat: Action Démocratique du Québec Leader Mario Dumont is resigning as head of the party he founded after suffering a crushing defeat in Monday's election.
Almost half of Quebec voters shunned polls: Elections Quebec is calling Monday's historically low voter turnout a catastrophe.
In Montreal, plus ça change...: The status quo prevailed on the Island of Montreal on Monday night, with virtually no change in the city's provincial political alignments except for a breakthrough win by Québec Solidaire.
QS's Amir Khadir prevails over PQ in Montreal's Mercier riding: Community activist and physician Amir Khadir has been elected in Montreal's Mercier riding, beating Parti Québécois incumbent Daniel Turp.
Liberals gain in Abitibi-Témiscamingue region: The Liberals have dented the Parti Québécois's hold on the four ridings in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.

Quebec Votes Features