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RIDING: CHARLESBOURG |
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Candidate |
Party |
Vote Count |
Pop. Vote |
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Éric R. Mercier |
Liberal Party of Que |
17159 |
44.46%
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Jonatan Julien |
Action démocratique |
10926 |
28.31%
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Sylvie Tremblay |
Parti Québécois |
9740 |
25.24%
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Yonnel Bonaventure |
Green Party |
438 |
1.14%
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Simon Carreau |
Union des Forces |
327 |
0.85%
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CHARLESBOURG
Candidates:
PQ Sylvie Tremblay
LIB Éric R. Mercier
ADQ Jonatan Julien
PVQ Yonnel Bonaventure
UFP Simon Carreau
Riding History
Riding first existed in 1973 election.
1973 - LIB
1976, 1981 - PQ
1983 byelection, 1985, 1989 - LIB
1994, 1998 - PQ
1995 REF: YES - 53.20% NO - 46.80%
Riding Profile:
Eastern part of Quebec City.
Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: 1%
Franco: 97.5%
Allo: 1.5%
Charlesbourg contains that part of Québec City bounded as follows: rue de la Faune, avenue du Zoo, avenue Notre-Dame, rue Saint-Aubert and its extension, rivière des Roches and the boundary of the Ville de Charlesbourg with the towns of Beauport and Québec.
Redistribution:
Riding created in 1972 from parts of Chauveau and Montmorency.
In 1992 redistribution, lost parts of 4 polls to Chauveau and gained parts of 3 polls from Chauveau.
No change in 2001 redistribution.
Political History:
[1994 = 99.97% CHARLESBOURG; .03% CHAUVEAU]
In 1973, LIB ANDRE HARVEY, who had won in Chauveau in 1970, won here.
In 1976, PQ DENIS DE BELLEVAL defeated LIB ANDRE HARVEY by 4,785 votes. Was VP of Treasury Board, 1976-78; appointed Minister of Public Service, Nov 16/76; Minister of Transport Sept. 1979 - 1981. In 1981, PQ DE BELLEVAL defeated LIB VERONIQUE GUIMONT-BARRY by 5,998 votes.
de Belleval did not return to Cabinet after election. He resigned on December 7, 1982 - became VP at Lavalin.
In June 20, 1983 by-el, LIB MARC-YVAN COTE defeated PQ ANDRE GINGRAS. (Côté had been elected in Matane in 1973; defeated there in 1976) LIB COTE was re-elected in 1985 and 1989.
Appointed Minister of Transport and Minister responsible for Regional Development, Dec 12/85. Appointed Minister of Health & Social Services and Minister responsible for Electoral Reform, Oct 1989; added Minister responsible for Elderly, Oct 5, 1990. Côté had resigned and by-el had been called for August 29.
In 1994, PQ JEAN ROCHON defeated LIB ROBERT GINGRAS by 7,495 votes. Appointed Minister of Health and Social Services, Sept 26/94; added Minister responsible for Quebec City region, Jan 29/96. In 1998, PQ ROCHON defeated LIB DENIS ROY by 33 votes. Dec 15/98-June 8/99 - Minister responsible for Research, Science and Technology; Minister of Research, Science and Technology, Jun 8/99 to Mar 8/01; Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity, Mar 8-Nov 13/01. Appointed Minister of Social Solidarity; Minister of Labour, Mar 8/01. Minister of State for Labour and Social Solidarity, Nov 13/01-Jan 30/02. Appointed Minister of State Human Resources and Labour, Jan 30/02. Rochon announced on Jan 26/03 that he wouldn't be running again.
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