CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: CHICOUTIMI

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Stéphane Bédard

Parti Québécois

14408

43.58%

Jean-Guy Maltais

Liberal Party of Que

11822

35.76%

Carl Savard

Action démocratique

5841

17.67%

Pierre Dostie

Union des Forces

670

2.03%

Dominic Tremblay

Bloc-pot

322

0.97%

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

171 of 171 polls reporting

CHICOUTIMI

Candidates:

PQ     x Stéphane Bédard
LIB        Jean-Guy Maltais
ADQ      Carl Savard
BP        Dominic Tremblay
UFP       Pierre Dostie

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1912 election.

SINCE 1973 - PQ

1995 REF:  YES - 68.87%   NO - 31.13%

Riding Profile:
Riding, in Saguenay region, is composed of city of Chicoutimi.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  0.7%
Franco: 98.8%
Allo:   .5%

Chicoutimi contains the part of the Saguenay region corresponding to the city of Chicoutimi as it existed up until February 17, 2002.

Redistribution:
Minor change in 1985 redistribution.
No change in redistribution before 1994 election or in 2001 redistribution.

Political History:

In 1973, PQ MARC-ANDRE BEDARD defeated LIB MARCEL CLAVEAU by 1,031 votes. PQ BEDARD was re-elected in 1976 and 1981. Appointed Minister of Justice, Nov. 26, 1976; Appointed Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Electoral and Parliamentary Reform, Sept. 1979. Appointed Minister of Justice & Minister of State for Electoral Reform, April 30, 1981; Deputy Premier, Government House Leader, Minister responsible for Electoral Reform, March 5, 1984; Solicitor General, Oct. to Dec. 1985.

PQ JEANNE BLACKBURN won in 1985, 1989 and 1994. Appointed Minister of Income Security and Minister responsible for Status of Women from Sept. 26, 1994 to Jan. 29, 1996.

In 1998, PQ STÉPHANE BÉDARD defeated LIB MARINA LAROUCHE by 10,025 votes.