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Rimouski

2008 Results

RIMOUSKI
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		195/195 polls
PQ	Irvin Pelletier	12,873	48.26	Elected
LIB	Raymond Giguère	9,424	35.33
ADQ	Frédéric Audet	3,410	12.78
QS	Alain Thibault	967	3.63

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

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CANDIDATE	PARTY
Audet, Frédéric	ADQ
Giguère, Raymond	Quebec Liberal Party
Pelletier, Irvin	Parti Québécois
Thibault, Alain	Québec Solidaire

Riding profile: Located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, Rimouski riding includes the following municipalities: Biencourt, Esprit-Saint, Lac-des-Aigles, La Trinité-des-Monts, Le Bic, Rimouski, Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière, Saint-Fabien, Saint-Marcellin, Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski and Saint-Valérien.

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

Riding history: The Rimouski electoral district was created in 1829. In the 1992 redistribution, 4,479 electors moved to Matapedia riding. This included the polls of: Luceville; Sainte-Luce; Pointe-au-Pere.

In 2001 redistribution Saint-Guy, Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux, Saint-Médard and Saint-Simon moved to Rivière-du-Loup (1,136 electors). Pointe-au-Père moved back to Rimouski from Matapédia (3,050).

Political history: 1956-1973 inclusive - LIB 1976, 1981 - PQ 1985, 1989 - LIB 1994, 1998, 2003 - PQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 63.73 per cent; No - 36.27 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 0.5 per cent French: 99.3 per cent Other: 0.2 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1970	Liberal Maurice Tessier won in 1966 and 1970. Appointed minister of municipal affairs, 1970; minister of public works, May to October 1970; February to April 1973; minister of public works and supply, April to September 1973.
1973	Liberal Claude St-Hilaire defeated Parti Québécois's René Daigneault by 4,518 votes.
1976	Parti Québécois's Alain Marcoux defeated Liberal St-Hilaire by 5,146 votes.
1981	Parti Québécois's Marcoux defeated Liberal Georges Fafard by 8,963 votes. Appointed minister of public works and supply, 1981; minister of revenue and minister of public works and supply, September 1982; minister of municipal affairs responsible for planning and chair of planning committee, March 1984 to December 1985.
1985	Liberal Michel Tremblay defeated Parti Québécois's Marcoux by 284 votes.
1989	Liberal Tremblay defeated Parti Québécois's Jean-Yves Roy by 3,578 votes.
1994	Parti Québécois's Solange Charest defeated Liberal Tremblay by 2,627 votes.
1998	Parti Québécois's Charest defeated Liberal Chantal Landry by 7,070 votes.
2003	Parti Québécois's Charest defeated Liberal Èric Forest by 3,360 votes.
2007	Parti Québécois's Irvin Pelletier defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Roger Picard.

RIMOUSKI
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	196/196 polls
PQ	Irvin Pelletier	12,925	40.58	Elected
ADQ	Roger Picard	9,394	29.49
LIB	Hélène Ménard	6,988	21.94
QS	Guylaine Bélanger	1,894	5.95
GRN	Stéphanie Théorêt	651	2.04

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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