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Soulanges

2008 Results

SOULANGES
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		171/171 polls
LIB	Lucie Charlebois	11,564	46.29	Elected
PQ	Louisanne Chevrier	9,229	36.95
ADQ	Daniel Lavigne	2,992	11.98
GRN	Denis Eperjesy	736	2.95
QS	Jonathan Vallée-Payette	459	1.84

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

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Candidates:

NAME	PARTY
Charlebois, Lucie	Quebec Liberal Party
Chevrier, Louisanne	Parti Québécois
Eperjesy, Denis	Green Party of Québec
Lavigne, Daniel	Action Démocratique du Québec
Vallée-Payette, Jonathan	Québec Solidaire

Riding profile: Soulanges is a rural riding that borders Ontario. It contains the following municipalities: Coteau-du-Lac, Les Cèdres, Les Coteaux. Pointe-des-Cascades. Pointe-Fortune, Rigaud, Rivière-Beaudette, Saint-Clet, Sainte-Justine-de-Newton, Saint-Lazare, Sainte-Marthe, Saint-Polycarpe, Saint-Télesphore, Saint-Zotique and Très-Saint-Rédempteur.

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

Riding history: This riding was created in the 2001 redistribution from 33 per cent of Salaberry-Soulanges and 28 per cent of Vaudreuil. The part of Salaberry Soulanges riding west of the St. Lawrence River became part of Soulanges riding, including the municipalities of Coteau-du-Lac, Les Cèdres, Les Coteaux, Pointe-des-Cascades, Rivière-Beaudette, Saint-Clet, Saint-Polycarpe, Saint-Télesphore, Saint-Zotique (17,483 electors). Pointe-Fortune, Rigaud, Sainte-Justine-de-Newton, Sainte-Marthe, Saint-Lazare and Très-Saint-Rédempteur were added from the western part of Vaudreuil riding (15,862 electors).

Political history: Salaberry-Soulanges: 1989 - LIB 1994, 1998 - PQ

Vaudreuil 1989, 1994, 1998 - LIB

Soulanges 2003, 2007 - LIB

1995 sovereignty referendum (Salaberry-Soulanges): Yes - 57.06 per cent; No - 42.94 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 15.7 per cent French: 81.8 per cent Other: 2.6 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

Salaberry-Soulanges

1989	Liberal Serge Marcil, incumbent from Beauharnois, won in 1989. He was appointed minister of employment, Jan. 11, 1994.
1994	Parti Quebécois's Serge Deslières defeated Marcil.
1998	Deslières defeated Liberal Marie-Andrée McSween by 6,656 votes.

Vaudreuil

1989, 1994	Liberal Daniel Johnson won in 1989 and 1994. Johnson briefly served as premier, from Jan. 11, 1994, to Sept. 26, 1994, following the resignation of Robert Bourassa and prior to the 1994 election, which resulted in a Parti Québécois majority. Johnson announced his resignation on March 2, 1998.
1998	Liberal Yvon Marcoux defeated Parti Québécois Yvon Faille by 6,711 votes.

Soulanges

2003	Liberal Lucie Charlebois defeated Parti Québécois Gaëtane Legault by 4,680 votes.
2007	Charlebois defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Sylvain Brazeau.

SOULANGES
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	175/175 polls
LIB	Lucie Charlebois	10,689	36.03	Elected
ADQ	Sylvain Brazeau	9,212	31.05
PQ	Marc Laviolette	7,821	26.36
GRN	Alain Brazeau	1,389	4.68
QS	Marielle Rodrigue	442	1.49
IND	Gilles Paquette	113	0.38

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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