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RIDING: BLAINVILLE |
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Candidate |
Party |
Vote Count |
Pop. Vote |
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Richard Legendre |
Parti Québécois |
15282 |
42.72%
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Jocelyne Roch |
Liberal Party of Que |
12689 |
35.47%
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Diane Bellemare |
Action démocratique |
7407 |
20.71%
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Thérèse Hamel |
Union des Forces |
394 |
1.1%
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BLAINVILLE
Candidates:
PQ Richard Legendre
LIB Jocelyne Roch
ADQ Diane Bellemarre
UFP Therese Hamel
Riding History:
New riding in 1994 election.
1994, 1998, 2001 byelection - PQ
1995 REF: YES - 63.01%; NO - 36.99%
Riding Profile:
Riding in lower Laurentians - bedroom suburbs
Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: 3%
Franco: 93.7%
Allo: 3.3%
Blainville contains the towns of: Blainville, Bois-des-Filion, Lorraine and Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines.
Redistribution:
Riding created in 1992 redistribution from parts of Groulx and Terrebonne ridings.
No change in 2001 redistribution.
Political History:
GROULX
New riding in 1981 (created from Terrebonne)
In 1981, PQ ELIE FALLU, incumbent from Terrebonne, ran here and defeated LIB NOLAN FILIATRAULT by 6,074 votes. Appointed Minister of Citizens Relations, responsible for Handicapped, Dec/84.
In 1985, LIB MADELEINE BLEAU defeated PQ FALLU by 621 votes.
In 1989, LIB BLEAU defeated PQ ROBERT DEAN by 1,305 votes.
TERREBONNE
LIB DENIS HARDY won in 1970 (by 12,467) and 1973 (by 3,984 votes). Hardy appointed Minister of Cultural Affairs in Nov. 1973.
In 1976, PQ ELIE FALLU defeated LIB HARDY by 7,899 votes.
In 1981, PQ YVES BLAIS won by 8981; won in 1985 by 5,678 votes.
In 1989, PQ JOCELYNE CARON defeated LIB MARCEL LORRAIN by 2,940 votes.
BLAINVILLE:
(1992 - 53.86% TERREBONNE; 46.14% GROULX)
In 1994, PQ CELINE SIGNORI defeated LIB MARIO MASSIE by 5,813 votes.
In 1998, PQ SIGNORI defeated LIB PIERRE SAUCIER by 7,973 votes. Signori resigned on July 8, 2001 to create a vacancy for Richard Legendre who was appointed to Cabinet without being elected.
In Oct. 1, 2001 byelection, PQ RICHARD LEGENDRE defeated LIB JOCELYNE ROCH by 1,333 votes. Appointed Minister for Tourism, Recreation and Sport, March 8 - Nov. 13, 2001; appointed Minister responsible for Youth, Tourism, Recreation and Sport, Nov. 13, 2001; appointed Minister responsible for Laurentides region, Nov. 28, 2001; Appointed Minister responsible for Wildlife and Parks, Jan. 30, 2002.
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