CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: CHAMPLAIN

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Noëlla Champagne

Parti Québécois

11867

34.96%

Pierre A. Brouillette

Liberal Party of Que

11859

34.94%

Rock Laviolette

Action démocratique

9871

29.08%

Martial Toupin

Independent

344

1.01%

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

171 of 171 polls reporting

CHAMPLAIN

Candidates:

PQ        y Noëlla Champagne
LIB           Pierre A. Brouillette
ADQ         Rock Laviolette
IND           Martial Toupin

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1830 election.

1970, 1973 - LIB
1976, 1981 - PQ
1985, 1989 - LIB
1994, 1998 - PQ

1995 REF:  YES - 60.58%  NO - 39.42%

Riding Profile:
Mauricie riding.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  0.9%
Franco: 98.8%
Allo:  0.4%

Champlain contains the following municipalities: Batiscan, Champlain, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes, Saint-Maurice, Saint-Narcisse, Saint-Prosper and Saint-Stanislas.

It also contains the part of Trois-Rivières corresponding to the towns of Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Saint-Louis-de-France and Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap as they existed up until December 31, 2001.

Redistribution:
No change in redistribution before 1994 election or in 2001
redistribution.

Political History:

In 1976, PQ MARCEL GAGNON defeated LIB TOUPIN by 4,428 votes.

In 1981, PQ GAGNON defeated LIB BLAISE SOUCY by 4,937 votes.

In 1985, LIB PIERRE BROUILLETTE defeated PQ GAGNON by 2,428 votes.

In 1989, LIB BROUILLETTE defeated PQ YVES BEAUMIER by 3,290.(PQ Beaumier was elected in Nicolet in 1981; defeated there in 1985)

In 1994, PQ YVES BEAUMIER defeated LIB BROUILLETTE by 3,986 votes. In 1998, PQ BEAUMIER defeated LIB ALAIN CROTEAU by 4,264 votes.