Results, Ridings & Candidates

Mirabel

2008 Results

MIRABEL
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		194/194 polls
PQ	Denise Beaudoin	13,700	47.41	Elected
LIB	Ritha Cossette	7,207	24.94
ADQ	François Desrochers	6,522	22.57
GRN	Simon Cadieux	847	2.93
QS	Kim Joly	621	2.15

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

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Riding profile: Mirabel riding consists of the following municipalities: Mirabel, Oka, Pointe-Calumet, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac and Saint-Placide.

Also in the riding is the First Nations settlement of Kanesatake.

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

Riding history: In the 2001 redistribution, the riding was created from 34 per cent of Argenteuil, consisting of the town of Mirabel in the eastern part of the riding (18,202 electors), and 29 per cent of Deux-Montages. Pointe-Calumet, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, Saint-Placide, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac and Kanesatake (17,373 electors) joined the riding from Deux-Montagnes-Oka.

Political history: Argenteuil 1966-1998 inclusive - LIB

Deux-Montagnes 1960-1973 inclusive - LIB 1976, 1981 - PQ 1985, 1989 - LIB 1994, 1998 - PQ

Mirabel 2003 - PQ 2007 - ADQ

Language breakdown: English: 2.7 per cent French: 96.0 per cent Other: 1.4 per centSource: Statistics Canada 2001 census

Argenteuil

1966–1976	Liberal Zoël Saindon elected in 1966, 1970, 1973 and 1976. Saindon resigned to create a vacancy for Claude Ryan, who was elected Liberal leader on April 15, 1978.
1979 byelection–1989	Ryan won Apr. 30, 1979, in 1981, 1985 and 1989. Ryan resigned as Liberal leader on Aug. 10, 1982. He served as minister of education, higher education and science; minister responsible for the administration of the French Language Charter; minister of municipal affairs; and minister of public security, October 1989 to 1994.
1994	Liberal Régent Beaudet defeated Parti Québécois's André Riendeau by 1,802 votes.
June 1, 1998 byelection	Liberal David Whissell defeated Parti Québécois's Denise Beaudoin by 4,661 votes in the byelection held after Beaudet resigned in December 1997.
1998	Whissell defeated Parti Québécois's Beaudoin by 148 votes.

Deux-Montagnes

1970, 1973	Liberal Jean-Paul L'Allier won in 1970 and 1973. Served as minister of communications, 1970 to 1975, and minister of cultural affairs, 1975 to 1976.
1976	Parti Québécois's Pierre de Bellefeuille defeated L'Allier.
1981	De Bellefeuille defeated Liberal Yvon Bélair.
1985	Liberal Yolande Legault defeated Parti Québécois's Yves Lauzon by 4,455 votes.
1989	Liberal Jean-Guy Bergeron defeated Parti Québécois's Hélène Robert by 515 votes.
1998	Robert won in 1994 and 1998.

Mirabel

2003	Parti Québécois's Denise Beaudoin defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Hubert Meilleur by 1,124 votes.
2007	Action Démocratique du Québec's François Desrochers defeated Parti Québécois's Beaudoin.

MIRABEL
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	185/185 polls
ADQ	François Desrochers	15,243	44.42	Elected
PQ	Denise Beaudoin	11,691	34.07
LIB	Ritha Cossette	5,520	16.09
GRN	Sylvain Castonguay	1,233	3.59
QS	Jocelyn Parent	630	1.84

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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