CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: BERTRAND

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Claude Cousineau

Parti Québécois

14714

43.37%

Michelle Montpetit

Liberal Party of Que

13509

39.82%

Danielle Tremblay

Action démocratique

4810

14.18%

Richard Savignac

Green Party

663

1.95%

Serge Haroun

Christian Democratic

189

0.56%

David Rovins

Non-affiliated

0.12%

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

190 of 190 polls reporting

BERTRAND

Candidates:

PQ      x Claude Cousineau
LIB         Michelle Montpetit
ADQ       Danielle Tremblay
PVQ       Richard Savignac
PDCQ     Serge Haroun
OTHER    David Rovins

Riding History:
1994, 1997 by-el - LIB
1998 - PQ

1995 REF:   YES - 53.86%;   NO - 46.14%

After the 1992 redistribution, none of the old riding remains. No comparisons should be made between old Bertrand and new Bertrand. It is no longer a South Shore riding. Majority of Bertrand is now in the new riding called Marguerite-D'Youville.

Riding Profile:
Laurentians riding.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  5.9%
Franco: 92.1%
Allo:  2%

Bertrand contains the following municipalities: Chertsey, Entrelacs, Ivry-sur-le-Lac, Lantier, Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci, Piedmond, Sainte-Adèle, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Sainte-Agathe-Nord, Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, Saint-Donat, Saint-Hippolyte, Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides, Sainte-Marguerite Estérel, Saint-Sauveur, Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Val-David, Val-des-Lacs and Val-Morin.

It also contains the First Nation reserve of Doncaster.

Redistribution:

Although a Bertrand riding previously existed, this Bertrand was a new South Shore riding in 1994 election. It was created from: Parts of Rousseau, Prevost and Labelle ridings.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept all existing riding and added .7% of Rousseau and .3% Prévost;

gained from Prévost, in SW corner, the part of the Paroisse de Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs in Prévost (164 electors);

gained from Rousseau, in south, Municipalité de Chertsey from northern part of Rousseau (309 electors)

Political History:

ROUSSEAU

PQ RENE BLOUIN won in 1981; defeated by LIB ROBERT THEREIN in 1985.

In 1989, LIB THEREIN defeated PQ MURIELLE ANGERS-TURPIN by 5,882.

LABELLE

In 1981, PQ JACQUES LEONARD defeated LIB DAMIEN HETU by 5,774 votes.

In 1985, LIB DAMIEN HETU defeated PQ YVON CORMIER by 2,507 votes.

In 1989, PQ JACQUES LEONARD ran again and defeated LIB HETU by 2,959.

PREVOST

PQ JEAN-GUY CARDINAL won in 1976. After his death, LIB SOLANGE CHAPUT-ROLLAND was elected in byelection on Nov. 14, 1979.

PQ ROBERT DEAN defeated CHAPUT-ROLLAND in 1981. LIB PAUL-ANDRE

FORGET defeated PQ DEAN in 1985. FORGET won again in 1989.

NEW BERTRAND

[1992 - 46.39% ROUSSEAU; 35.06% LABELLE; 18.55% PREVOST]
[2003 = 99% BERTRAND; .7% ROUSSEAU; .3% PRÉVOST]

In 1994, LIB ROBERT THERIEN defeated PQ MONIQUE SIMARD by 146 votes. The results in this riding were contested. Simard said Liberals with primary residences in Montreal voted here because their votes were needed more than in Montreal. Therein tried unsuccessfully to get the case stopped and he appealed each decision against him. On Feb. 21, 1996, he was found guilty of having voted illegally and inciting others to do so -- the election was declared void. The decision was upheld on appeal.

In byelection on Oct. 6, 1997, LIB DENIS CHALIFOUX defeated PQ BERNARD GRENIER
by 2,753 votes.

In 1998, PQ CLAUDE COUSINEAU defeated LIB CHALIFOUX by 743 votes.