Results, Ridings & Candidates

Richelieu

2008 Results

RICHELIEU
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		178/178 polls
PQ	Sylvain Simard	11,607	47.04	Elected
LIB	Christian Cournoyer	8,546	34.63
ADQ	Patrick Fournier	3,127	12.67
QS	Paul Martin	704	2.85
GRN	Patrick Lamothe	691	2.80

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

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CANDIDATE	PARTY
Cournoyer, Christian	Quebec Liberal Party
Fournier, Patrick	Action Démocratique du Québec
Lamothe, Patrick	Green Party of Québec
Martin, Paul	Québec Solidaire
Simard, Sylvain	Parti Québécois

Riding profile: Richelieu riding is located northeast of Montreal and contains the following municipalities: Massueville, Saint-Aimé, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Saint-Jude, Saint-Louis, Saint-Ours, Saint-Robert, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Sorel-Tracy and Yamaska.

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

Riding history: The riding began with the 1867 election. From 1939 to 1942 it was called Richelieu-Verchères, then re-established as Richelieu for the 1944 election. There was only a minor change in the 2001 redistribution. A small area with no electors was gained from Nicolet-Yamaska.

Political history: 1970, 1973 - LIB 1976, 1981 - PQ 1985, 1989 - LIB 1994, 1998, 2003, 2007 - PQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 62.32 per cent; No - 37.68 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 0.7 per cent French: 98.7 per cent Other: 0.6 per centSource: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1970, 1973	Liberal Claude Simard won in 1970 and 1973. Minister of state for industry and commerce, 1970-72; minister of state for tourism, fish and game, February-October 1972; minister of tourism, fish and game, October 1972-1976.
1976, 1981	Parti Québécois's Maurice Martel won in 1976 and 1981. Appointed minister of revenue in December 1984.
1985	Liberal Albert Khelfa defeated Parti Québécois's Martel by 3,047 votes.
1989	Khelfa defeated Parti Québécois's Guy Savard by 3,288 votes.
1994	Parti Québécois's Sylvain Simard defeated Liberal incumbent Khelfa by 4,745 votes. Minister of international relations, minister responsible for relations with French-speaking communities and minister responsible for Outaouais region, Jan. 29, 1996 to Dec. 15, 1998; minister responsible for humanitarian action, Jan. 22, 1997 to Dec. 15, 1998.
1998	Simard defeated Liberal Gilles Ferlatte by 9,027 votes. Minister of citizenship and immigration, Oct. 6, 2000 to March 8, 2001; minister of state for administration and the public service; chair of the Treasury Board, March 8, 2001 to Jan. 30, 2002. Appointed minister responsible for Outaouais region, March 8, 2001. Appointed minister of state for education and employment, minister of education, minister responsible for employment, Jan. 30, 2002.
2003	Simard defeated Liberal Benoît Lefebvre by 2,359 votes.
2007	Simard defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Philippe Rochat.

RICHELIEU
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	167/167 polls
PQ	Sylvain Simard	11,461	37.95	Elected
ADQ	Philippe Rochat	9,436	31.24
LIB	Gilles Salvas	7,353	24.35
GRN	François Desmarais	1,024	3.39
QS	Éric Noël	781	2.59
IND	Normand Philibert	146	0.48

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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