CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: BROME-MISSISQUOI

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Pierre Paradis

Liberal Party of Que

18453

55.61%

Lina Le Blanc

Parti Québécois

8029

24.19%

Pierre Plante

Action démocratique

6030

18.17%

Simon Gnocchini

Union des Forces

508

1.53%

Lionel Albert

Equality Party

165

0.5%

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

187 of 187 polls reporting

BROME-MISSISQUOI

Candidates:

PQ          Lina LeBlanc
LIB       x Pierre Paradis
ADQ        Pierre Plante
PE          Lionel Albert
UFP        Simon Gnocchini

Riding History:
New riding in 1973 election.

1973 - LIB
1976 - UN
SINCE 1980 byelection - LIB

1995 REF:  NO - 60.73%    YES - 39.27%

Riding Profile:
Eastern Townships ridings.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: 21%
Franco: 76.9%
Allo:  2.1%

Brome-Missisquoi contains the following municipalities: Abercorn, Austin, Bedford, Bedford, Bolton-Est, Bolton-Ouest, Bonsecours, Brigham, Brome, Bromont, Cowansville, Dunham, East Farnham, Eastman, Farnham, Frelighsburg, Lac-Brome, Lawrenceville, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Potton, Saint-Alphonse, Sainte-Anne-de- la-Rochelle, Saint-Armand, Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton, Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge,Saint-Pierre-de-Véronne-à-Pike-River, Sainte-Sabine, Stanbridge East, Stanbridge Station, Stukely-Sud and Sutton.

Redistribution:
Riding created from Brome and Missisquoi ridings.
No change in redistribution before 1994 election.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 100% of riding; added 9% of Iberville.

gained, from Iberville, in NW corner - Farnham (5680 electors)

Political History:

BROME-MISSISQUOI

In 1973, LIB GLENDON BROWN, incumbent from Brome, defeated PC GEORGES BINETTE by 9,687 votes.

In 1976, UN ARMAND RUSSELL defeated LIB BROWN by 5,930 votes. Russell was elected in Shefford in 1956-1970 inclusive. Defeated in 1973. Between 1966-70, he was Minister of Public Works and VP of Treasury Board. He resigned on Jan. 11, 1980 to run federally.

In byelection on Nov.17, 1980, LIB PIERRE PARADIS defeated PQ GERARD COMPTOIS. LIB PARADIS was re-elected in 1981, 1985 and 1989. Appointed Minister of Manpower and Income Security and Minister of Labour, Dec. 1985; Minister of Municipal Affairs, June 23, 1988. Appointed Minister of Environment, Oct. 11, 1989; Government House Leader, Nov. 12, 1992; Minister of Environment & Wildlife and Government House Leader, Jan. 11 - Sept. 1994. In 1994, LIB PARADIS defeated MARIE-PAUL BOURASSA-MAROIS by 9,430 votes. In 1998, LIB PARADIS defeated PQ RAOUL DUGUAY by 8,338 votes.