Results, Ridings & Candidates

Portneuf

2008 Results

PORTNEUF
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		186/186 polls
LIB	Michel Matte	11,055	39.58	Elected
ADQ	Raymond Francoeur	9,388	33.61
PQ	René Perreault	6,553	23.46
QS	André Lavoie	934	3.34

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

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CANDIDATE:	PARTY:
Francoeur, Raymond	Action Démocratique du Québec
Lavoie, André	Québec Solidaire
Matte, Michel	Quebec Liberal Party
Perreault, René	Parti Québécois

Riding profile: Portneuf is located north of Quebec City and contains the following municipalities: Cap-Santé, Deschambault, Donnacona, Fossambault-sur-le-Lac, Grondines, Lac-aux-Sables, Lac-Saint-Joseph, Lac-Sergent, Neuville, Notre-Dame-de-Montauban, Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf, Pont-Rouge, Portneuf, Rivière-à-Pierre, Saint-Alban, Saint-Basile, Saint Casimir, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Saint-Gilbert, Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf, Saint-Marc-des-Carrières, Saint-Raymond, Saint-Thuribe and Saint-Ubalde.

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

Riding history: Riding first existed in 1830. In 1992 redistribution, Portneuf gained part of Chauveau riding.

Political history: 1973-1989 inclusive - LIB 1993 byelection, 1994, 1998 - PQ 2003 - LIB 2007 - ADQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 54.32 per cent; No - 45.68 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 0.9 per cent French: 98.7 per cent Other: 0.2 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1973–1989	Liberal Michel Pagé defeated Parti Créditiste's Antoine Drolet by 6,555 votes in 1973. Pagé was re-elected in 1976, 1981, 1985 and 1989. Appointed minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Dec. 12, 1985; appointed government house leader responsible for parliamentary reform, 1989; appointed minister of Education, Oct. 5, 1990. Quit cabinet Oct. 29, 1992 and as MNA on Nov. 16, 1992.
Byelection on July 5, 1993	Parti Québécois's Roger Bertrand defeated Liberal Gilles Portelance.
1994	Bertrand defeated Liberal Josée Noreau by 3,776 votes. Elected speaker or president of National Assembly, 1994. Minister of Revenue, Jan. 29, 1996 to Aug. 25, 1997; minister of state for Industry and Trade, Aug. 25, 1997 to Sept. 23, 1998; minister responsible for Government Services, Sept. 23 to Dec. 15, 1998.
1998	Parti Québécois's Bertrand defeated Liberal Russel Gilbert by 3,273 votes. Appointed minister of Health, Social Services, Youth Protection and Prevention, Jan. 30, 2002.
2003	Liberal Jean-Pierre Soucy defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Deny Lépine by 1,899 votes.
2007	Action Démocratique du Québec's Raymond Francoeur defeated Liberal Soucy.

PORTNEUF
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	191/191 polls
ADQ	Raymond Francoeur	15,496	45.92	Elected
LIB	Jean-Pierre Soucy	10,859	32.18
PQ	Martin Courval	5,667	16.79
GRN	Simon Sauvageau	1,145	3.39
QS	André Lavoie	580	1.72

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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