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Maskinongé

2008 Results

MASKINONGÉ
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		223/223 polls
LIB	Jean-Paul Diamond	13,277	42.18	Elected
PQ	Rémy Désilets	10,841	34.44
ADQ	Jean Damphousse	6,252	19.86
QS	Mariannick Mercure	709	2.25
IND	Michel Thibeault	395	1.26

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

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Riding profile: Maskinongé is located in the Mauricie region and contains the following municipalities: Charrette, Louiseville, Maskinongé, Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Sainte-Angèle-de-Prémont, Saint-Barnabé, Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé, Saint-Élie, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Saint-Justin, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Saint-Paulin, Saint-Sévère, Sainte-Ursule and Yamachiche. It also contains part of the city of Trois-Rivières (Trois-Rivières West and Pointe-du-Lac).

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

Riding history: The riding has existed since the1854 election. Minor change in redistribution before the 1994 election.

In the 2001 redistribution, it lost 0.03 per cent of riding to Saint-Maurice, in the part of the municipality of Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc that was in Maskinongé (15 electors).

Political history: 1973-1989 inclusive - LIB 1994, 1998 - PQ 2003 - LIB 2007 - ADQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 57.07 per cent; No - 42.93 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 0.8 per cent French: 98.6 per cent Other: 0.5 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1973, 1976, 1981 and 1985	Liberal Yvon Picotte defeated Union Nationale's Rémi Paul by 5,276 votes in 1973. Picotte was re-elected in 1976, 1981, 1985. He was appointed minister of recreation, fish and game and minister of tourism, December 1985; minister responsible for fisheries, 1987.
1989	Liberal Picotte defeated Parti Québécois's Luc Lambert by 7,795 votes. Appointed minister of municipal affairs responsible for housing, October 1989; minister of agriculture, fisheries and food and minister responsible for regional affairs, Oct. 5, 1990.
1994	Parti Québécois's Rémy Désilets defeated Liberal Jean-Paul Diamond by 2,919 votes.
1998	Désilets defeated Liberal Marc Renaud by 4,193 votes.
2003	Liberal Francine Gaudet defeated Désilets by 895 votes.
2007		Action Démocratique du Québec's Jean Damphousse defeated Liberal Gaudet.

MASKINONGÉ
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	213/213 polls
ADQ	Jean Damphousse	14,851	40.02	Elected
LIB	Francine Gaudet	10,767	29.02
PQ	Rémy Désilets	10,008	26.97
GRN	Frédéric Demouy	781	2.10
QS	Mario Landry	699	1.88

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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