CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: CHARLEVOIX

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Rosaire Bertrand

Parti Québécois

10131

43.63%

Denis Lavoie

Liberal Party of Que

8758

37.71%

Daniel Bouchard

Action démocratique

3998

17.22%

Éric Tremblay

Union des Forces

168

0.72%

Gabriel Tremblay

Independent

105

0.45%

Philippe Thivierge

Christian Democratic

0.27%

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

128 of 128 polls reporting

CHARLEVOIX

Candidates:

PQ      x Rosaire Bertrand
LIB         Denis Lavoie
ADQ       Daniel Bouchard
IND         Gabriel Tremblay
UFP        Éric Tremblay
PDCQ     Philippe Thivierge

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1858 election. Eliminated before 1912 election. Re-established in 1945.

1962-1989 incl - LIB
1994, 1998 - PQ

1995 REF:  YES - 56.58%  NO - 43.42%

Riding Profile:
Riding on North Shore of St-Lawrence; north Quebec City.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:    0.5%
Franco:   99.4%
Allo:    0.2%

Charlevoix contains the following municipalities: Baie-Sainte-Catherine, Baie-Saint-Paul, Beaupré, Clermont, La Malbaie, Les Éboulements, L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Notre-Dame-des-Monts, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Saint-Hilarion, Saint-Irénée, Saint-Joachim, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente, Saint-Siméon, Saint-Tite-des-Caps and Saint-Urbain as well as the hamlet of Sagard.

Redistribution:
Only minor change in redistribution before 1994 election.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept all existing riding;

added, in north, from Dubuc riding - Saagard (164 electors)

Political History:

[2003 = 99.5% CHARLEVOIX; .5% DUBUC]

LIB RAYMOND MAILLOUX won in 1962, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1976 and 1981. Was Minister of State, Roads, 1970-73; Minister of Public Works, 1970-72. Minister of Transport, 1973-76; Minister of Public Works & Supply, Nov/73-75.

In 1985, LIB DANIEL BRADET defeated PQ PAUL-HENRI JEAN by 6,039 votes. In 1989, LIB BRADET defeated PQ ROSAIRE BERTRAND by 1,804 votes.

In 1994, PQ ROSAIRE BERTRAND defeated LIB BRADET by 3,105 votes. In 1998, PQ BERTRAND defeated LIB CLAIRE GAGNON by 5,326 votes. Appointed Minister responsible for the National Capital region, June 21, 2001. Took over as chief political organizer after Gilles Baril's resignation in Feb. 2002.