CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: BONAVENTURE

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Nathalie Normandeau

Liberal Party of Que

11975

60.08%

Marc Tétreault

Parti Québécois

6313

31.67%

Maurice Anglehart

Action démocratique

1101

5.52%

Michel Goudreau

Green Party

542

2.72%

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

121 of 121 polls reporting

BONAVENTURE

Candidates:

PQ        Marc Tétreault
LIB     x Nathalie Normandeau
ADQ      Maurice Anglehart
PVQ      Michel Goudreau

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1829 election.

1956-1989 incl - LIB
1994 byelection, 1994 - PQ
1998 - LIB

1995 REF:  NO - 52.71%;  YES - 47.29%

Riding Profile:
Riding is on south shore of Gaspé Peninsula.  Covers string of small towns across the Baie-des-Chaleurs from New Brunswick.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: 14.7%
Franco: 83.4%
Allo:  1.9%

Bonaventure contains following municipalities: Bonaventure, Caplan, Carleton Saint-Omer, Cascapédia Saint-Jules, Escuminac, Hope, Hope Town, L'Ascension-de-Patapédia, Maria, Matapédia, New Carlisle, New Richmond, Nouvelle, Paspébiac, Pointe-à-la-Croix, Port-Daniel Gascons, Ristigouche-Partie-Sud-Est, Saint-Alexis- de-Matapédia, Saint-Alphonse, Saint-André-de-Restigouche, Saint-Elzéar, Saint-François-d'Assise, Saint-Godefroi, Saint-Siméon and Shigawake.

It also contains the First Nation reserves of Gesgapegiag and Listuguj.

Redistribution:
In 1992 redistribution, kept all existing riding and added 1,683 electors from Gaspé - 7 Newport polls.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 95% of riding; 5% moved to Gaspé;

lost to Bonaventure - that part of the Ville de Pabos that was in the SE corner of the riding (1628 electors).

Political History:

[1994 - 94.14% BONAVENTURE; 5.86% GASPE] [2003 = 100% BONAVENTURE]

LIB GERARD D. LEVESQUE won in this riding in 1956, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1985 and 1989. Minister of Fisheries and Game from 1960-62; Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce, 1962-66, 1970-72; Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, 1970-71 and 1972-75; Government House Leader, 1970-76; Deputy Premier and Minister responsible for Quebec Planning and Development Office, 1972-76; Minister of Justice, 1975-76; Leader of the Opposition, 1976-79, 1982-85; Opposition House Leader, 1979-82 and in 1985; appointed Minister of Finance, Dec. 12, 1985. After Levesque's death, a byelection was held in 1994.

PQ MARCEL LANDRY won Feb. 21, 1994 byelection. In 1994, PQ MARCEL LANDRY defeated LIB MARIO MORIN by 2,306 votes. Minister of Agriculture, Fish and Food, Sept. 26, 1994 -Jan. 29, 1996.

In 1998, LIB NATHALIE NORMANDEAU defeated PQ LANDRY by 160 votes.