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Montmagny-L'Islet

2008 Results

MONTMAGNY-L'ISLET
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		138/138 polls
LIB	Norbert Morin	10,027	51.90	Elected
ADQ	Claude Roy	5,596	28.96
PQ	Guy Bélanger	3,048	15.78
GRN	Richard Piper	356	1.84
QS	Bernard Beaulieu	294	1.52

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

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Candidates	Party
Beaulieu, Bernard	Québec Solidaire
Bélanger, Guy	Parti Québécois
Morin, Norbert	Quebec Liberal Party
Piper, Richard	Green Party of Québec
Roy, Claude	Action Démocratique du Québec

Riding profile: Montmagny-L'Islet riding is bordered on the west by the St. Lawrence River and on the east by the state of Maine. It contains the following municipalities: Berthier-sur-Mer, Cap-Saint-Ignace, Lac-Frontière, L'Islet, Montmagny, Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Adalbert, Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues, Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton, Saint-Aubert, Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard, Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet, Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud, Saint-Fabien-de-Panet, Sainte-Félicité, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Saint-Just-de-Bretenières, Sainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard, Saint-Marcel, Saint-Omer, Saint-Pamphile, Saint-Paul-de-Montminy, Sainte-Perpétue, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and Tourville.

Riding map: From Elections Quebec: Montmagny-L'Islet (PDF) (Acrobat Reader required - download free Acrobat Reader.)

Riding history: Created in the 1972 redistribution from Montmagny and L'Islet ridings. No changes in makeup since its creation.

Political history: 1973, 1976 - LIB 1981 - PQ 1985-2003 inclusive - LIB 2007 - ADQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: No - 55.11 per cent; Yes - 44.89 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 0.2 per cent French: 99.8 per cent Other: 0.1 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1973	Liberal Julien Giasson, incumbent from L'Islet, defeated Union Nationale's Jean-Paul Cloutier, who had won in Montmagny in 1962, 1966 and 1970. Giasson was appointed minister of state for social affairs, July 1975.
1976	Giasson defeated Union Nationale's André Rousseau by 2,370 votes.
1981	Parti Québécois's Jacques Leblanc defeated Giasson by 231 votes.
1985	Libearl Réal Gauvin defeated Parti Québécois's Leblanc by 6,349 votes.
1989	Gauvin defeated Parti Québécois's Daniel Blanchet by 4,814 votes.
1994	Gauvin again defeated Parti Québécois's Blanchet, this time by 855 votes.
1998	Gauvin defeated Parti Québécois's Mario Cantin by 1,805 votes.
2003	Liberal Norbert Morin defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Mario Dolan by 965 votes.
2007	Action Démocratique du Québec's Claude Roy defeated Liberal Morin.

MONTMAGNY-L'ISLET
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	139/139 polls
ADQ	Claude Roy	10,028	43.36	Elected
LIB	Norbert Morin	8,831	38.19
PQ	Réjean Boulet	3,512	15.19
GRN	Richard Piper	445	1.92
QS	Yvon Léveillé	310	1.34

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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