CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: CHAUVEAU

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Sarah Perreault

Liberal Party of Que

14774

40.1%

Hélène Napert

Action démocratique

12555

34.07%

Nathalie Samson

Parti Québécois

8506

23.09%

Christian Légaré

Non-affiliated

624

1.69%

Marie-Noëlle Béland

Union des Forces

387

1.05%

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

188 of 188 polls reporting

CHAUVEAU

Candidates :

PQ        y Nathalie Samson
LIB          Sarah Perreault
ADQ        Hélène Napert
OTH        Christian Legare
UFP        Marie-Noëlle Béland

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1966 election.

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

1995 REF:  YES - 53.87%  NO - 46.13%

Riding Profile:
Riding north-east of Quebec City.
Valcartier base and Wendake reserve are in the riding.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  2.5%
Franco: 96.6%
Allo:  0.9%

The electoral division of Chauveau comprises the following municipalities: Lac-Beauport, Lac-Delage, Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Shannon and the united townships of Stoneham and Tewkesbury.

It also contains that part of Québec City bounded by: the boundary of Québec City with the municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, the united townships of Stoneham and Tewkesbury, the Ville de Lac-Delage, and the municipality of Lac-Beauport, the boundary of the towns of Charlesbourg and Beauport, the rivière des Roches, the extension of the rue Saint-Aubert, Notre-Dame avenue, the avenue du Zoo, the rue de la Faune, the boundary of Charlesbourg and Saint-Émile with Québec City, the boundary of Loretteville with Québec and Val-Bélair and finally the boundary of the towns of Québec and Val-Bélair.

Also in the riding are: the First Nation reserve of Wendake and the hamlet of Étape.

Redistribution:
Riding created in 1965 from part of riding of Québec County.

In 1992 redistribution, lost small areas to Charlesbourg and Vanier
and lost 3,116 electors to Portneuf.

Gained small areas from Charlesbourg, Lac-Saint-Jean and Vanier.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 76% of riding; 24% moved to La Peltrie;

lost to La Peltrie, from SW corner - the part of Ville de Val-Bélair in the riding and two lots belonging to the Ville de Québec and situated near the rue du Jade (14,858 electors)

Political History:

In 1973, LIB BERNARD LACHAPELLE defeated PQ CECILIEN PELCHAT by 8,555.
Appointed Minister of State responsible for Planning & Development Bureau, Nov. 1973; Minister of State for Education, Sept. 1975.

In 1976, PQ LOUIS O'NEILL defeated LIB LACHAPELLE by 5,054 votes.
(O'Neill had been defeated by Bourassa in Mercier in 1973) Minister of Cultural Affairs, 1976-78; Minister of Communications, 1976-79. O'Neill, who had been dropped from Cabinet, did not run in 1981.

In 1981, PQ RAYMOND BROUILLET defeated LIB RENE DUSSAULT by 4,918 votes.

In 1985, LIB REMY POULIN defeated PQ BROUILLET by 8,513 votes. In 1989, LIB POULIN again defeated PQ BROUILLET, this time by 5,622 votes.

In 1994, PQ RAYMOND BROUILLET defeated LIB POULIN by 6,319 votes.

In 1998, PQ BROUILLET defeated LIB HÉLENE McLEAN by 2,830 votes.