Results, Ridings & Candidates

Rousseau

2008 Results

ROUSSEAU
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		222/222 polls
PQ	François Legault	16,521	56.74	Elected
LIB	Michel Fafard	6,512	22.36
ADQ	Jean-Pierre Parrot	4,776	16.40
QS	François Lépine	710	2.44
GRN	J. Michel Popik	598	2.05

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

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Candidates:

NAME	PARTY
Michel Fafard	Quebec Liberal Party
François Legault	Parti Québécois
François Lépine	Québec Solidaire
Jean-Pierre Parrot	Action Démocratique du Québec
J.Michel Popik	Green Party of Québec

Riding profile: Rousseau electoral district is located in the lower Laurentians and contains the following municipalities: L'Épiphanie, Rawdon, Saint-Alexis, Saint-Calixte, Saint-Esprit, Sainte-Julienne, Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Saint-Roch-Ouest and Sainte-Sophie. It also contains Saint-Gérard-Majella parish in the city of L'Assomption.

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

Riding history: Riding created in 1980 from parts of L'Assomption, Joliette-Montcalm and Prévost ridings.

In 1988 redistribution, moved parts of riding to Terrebonne and Prévost ridings, keeping 88.14 per cent of old riding.

In 1992 redistribution, lost 14,764 electors to Bertrand. Gained parts of Joliette, L'Assomption and Masson.

In 2001 redistribution lost to Bertrand, from the north, the part of Chertsey that was once in the riding (309 electors).

Political history: 1981 - PQ 1985, 1989 - LIB 1994, 1998, 2003 - PQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 63.92 per cent; No - 36.08 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 3.4 per cent French: 95.3 per cent Other: 1.3 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1981	Parti Québécois's René Blouin defeated Liberal Gérard Martin.
1985, 1989	Liberal Robert Thérien defeated Blouin and was re-elected in 1989.
1994	Parti Québécois's Lévis Brien defeated Liberal Roger Beausoleil by 6,699 votes.
1998	Parti Québécois's François Legault defeated Liberal John Redmond by 8,543 votes. Minister of industry, trade, science and technology, Sept. 23 to Dec. 15, 1998; minister of state for youth, Dec. 15, 1998 to Nov. 13, 2001. Minister of state for education, minister of education, Dec. 15, 1998 to Jan. 30, 2002. Minister responsible for Laurentians region, March 8 to Nov. 28, 2001. Minister of state for education and employment; minister responsible for employment, Nov. 13, 2001 to Jan. 30, 2002. Appointed minister of health and social services, Jan. 30, 2002. Appointed minister responsible for Laurentians region, Feb. 20, 2002.
2003	Legault defeated Liberal Michel F. Brunet by 4,920 votes.
2007	Legault defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Jean-Pierre Parrot.

ROUSSEAU
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	233/233 polls
PQ	François Legault	14,670	41.77	Elected
ADQ	Jean-Pierre Parrot	13,264	37.77
LIB	Yves Prud'Homme	5,405	15.39
GRN	Richard Chatagneau	992	2.82
QS	Alex Boisdequin-Lefort	789	2.25

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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