CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: BELLECHASSE

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Dominique Vien

Liberal Party of Que

9657

37.58%

Serge Carbonneau

Action démocratique

8506

33.1%

Claude Lachance

Parti Québécois

7084

27.57%

Sylvain Castonguay

Green Party

316

1.23%

Mario Ouellette

Union des Forces

134

0.52%

Last Updated Tue Apr 15 12:00:00 EDT 2003

130 of 130 polls reporting

BELLECHASSE

Candidates:

PQ        x Claude Lachance
LIB           Dominique Vien
ADQ         Serge Carbonneau
PVQ         Sylvain Castonguay
UFP         Mario Ouellette

Riding History:
Riding has existed since 1830 election.

1973 - LIB
1976 - UN
1981 - PQ
1985, 1989 - LIB
1994, 1998 - PQ

1995 REF:  NO - 52.17%;  YES - 47.83%

Riding Profile:

Riding is on south shore of St. Lawrence River, just east of Quebec City. Rural riding - stretches to U.S. border.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:   .8
Franco: 99.2%
Allo:   .1%

Bellechasse contains the following municipalities: Armagh, Beaumont, Honfleur, Lac-Etchemin, La Durantaye, Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, St-Anselme, St-Camille-de-Lellis, St-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Ste-Claire, St-Cyprien, St-Damien-de-Buckland, St-Gervais, St-Henri, Ste- Justine, St-Lazare-de-Bellechasse, St-Léon-de-Standon, St-Louis-de-Gonzague, St-Luc-de-Bellechasse, St-Magloire, St-Malachie, St-Michel-de-Bellechasse, St-Nazaire-de-Dorchester, Ste-Nérée, St-Philémon, St-Raphaël, Ste-Rose-de-Watford, Ste-Sabine and St-Vallier.

Redistribution:

Only small change in redistribution before 1989 election.

No change in 1992 redistribution.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept existing riding and added 7 percent of Lévis;

gained, in NW, from SE part of Lévis - Saint-Henri (2,947 electors)

Political History:

In 1973, LIB PIERRE MERCIER defeated UN LOUBIER by 1,044 votes.

In 1976, UN BERTRAND GOULET defeated LIB MERCIER by 798 votes.

In 1981, PQ CLAUDE LACHANCE defeated LIB PIERRE MERCIER, who ran again, by 364 votes. UN BERTRAND GOULET was third.

LIB LOUISE BEGIN defeated PQ LACHANCE in 1985 and 1989.

In 1994, PQ CLAUDE LACHANCE defeated LIB GILLES GUILLEMETTE by 2,312 votes.

In 1998, PQ LACHANCE defeated LIB ROGER McCAUGHRY by 2,179 votes.