Results, Ridings & Candidates

Mont-Royal

2008 Results

MONT-ROYAL
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		178/178 polls
LIB	Pierre Arcand	12,205	76.30	Elected
PQ	Simon-Robert Chartrand	1,854	11.59
GRN	Mario Bonenfant	736	4.60
QS	Robbie Mahood	577	3.61
ADQ	Caroline Morgan	555	3.47
ML	Diane Johnston	69	0.43

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

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Candidate	Party
Arcand, Pierre	Quebec Liberal Party
Bonenfant, Mario	Green Party of Québec
Chartrand, Simon-Robert	Parti Québécois
Johnston, Diane	Parti Marxiste-Léniniste du Québec
Mahood, Robbie	Québec Solidaire
Morgan, Caroline	Action Démocratique du Québec

Riding profile: This central Montreal riding is bounded by: Acadie Boulevard, the Mont-Royal and Outrement borough boundary, Côte-Sainte-Catherine Street, Décarie Highway (15), CP railway lines, Côte-de-Liesse Street, and the Métropolitaine Highway.

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

Riding history: Riding created in 1972 redistribution from parts of D'Arcy-McGee, Outremont and Dorion.

In 1992 redistribution, kept all existing riding and gained small part from D'Arcy-McGee and part of Outremont.

Political history: Since 1973 - LIB.

1995 sovereignty referendum: No - 86.54 per cent Yes - 13.46 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 22.0 per cent French: 29.1 per cent Other: 48.8 per cent (4.8 per cent Arabic; 3.4 per cent Vietnamese; 3.2 per cent Spanish; 2.8 per cent Chinese) Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1973–1985	Liberal John Ciaccia won in 1973, 1976, 1981 and 1985. Appointed minister of energy and resources, Dec. 12, 1985.
1989	Ciaccia defeated Equality Party Nat Bernstein by 5,165 votes. Appointed minister of international affairs and minister responsible for native affairs, October 1989. Served as minister of immigration and cultural communities, January to September 1994.
1994	Ciaccia defeated Parti Québécois's Magda Greiss by 19,100 votes.
1998	Liberal André Tranchemontagne defeated Parti Québécois's André Normandeau by 20,498 votes.
2003	Liberal Phillip Couillard defeated Parti Québécois's Vincent Gagnon by 17,434 votes.
2007	Liberal Pierre Arcand defeated Parti Québécois's Zhao Xin Wu.

MONT-ROYAL
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	180/180 polls
LIB	Pierre Arcand	16,066	70.54	Elected
PQ	Zhao Xin Wu	2,197	9.65
ADQ	Alexandre Tremblay-Michaud	1,893	8.31
GRN	Boris-Antoine Legault	1,710	7.51
QS	Antonio Artuso	801	3.52
ML	Diane Johnston	108	0.47

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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