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RIDING: CHOMEDEY
Candidate Party Vote Count Pop. Vote X
Thomas Mulcair Liberal Party of Que 25381 71.05% X
Coline Chhay Parti Québécois 6588 18.44%
Vicken Darakdjian Action démocratique 3400 9.52%
Polyvios Tsakanikas Marxiste-léninste 210 0.59%
Robert Tamilia Equality Party 146 0.41%
Last Updated Tue Apr 15 12:00:00 EDT 2003 200 of 200 polls reporting
CHOMEDEY

Candidates:

PQ         Coline Chhay
LIB      x Thomas J.  Mulcair
ADQ       Vicken Darakdjian
PE          Robert Tamilia
PMLQ     Polyvios Tsakanikas

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1981 election.

SINCE 1981 - LIB

1995 REF:  NO - 72.62%  YES - 27.38%

Riding Profile:

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: 12.5%
Franco: 46.9%
Allo: 40.6% (14.65% Greek; 5.8% Armenian)
Multicultural riding in Laval.

Chomedey contains that part of the Ville de Laval bounded by: Laval autoroute(440), Laurentian autoroute (15), the boundary of the city of Laval in the rivière des Prairies and the Chomedey autoroute (13).

Redistribution:
Riding created from parts of Fabre and Laval ridings. No change in redistribution before 1989 and 1994 elections or in 2001 redistribution.

Political History:

  • In 1981, LIB LISE BACON defeated PQ JUDY ANN SCOTT by 10,808 votes.
    (Bacon had been elected in Bourassa in 1973; defeated there in 1976) Bacon had been Minister of State for Social Affairs; Minister of Consumers, Cooperatives and Financial Institutions, Minister of Immigration. LIB BACON was re-elected in 1985 and 1989. Appointed Deputy Premier, 1985; Minister of Cultural Affairs, Dec. 1985 - Oct. 1989; Minister responsible for Application of the French Language Charter, 1985 and Minister responsible for Human Resources and Ministr of Environment, Dec. 21, 1988. Appointed Deputy Premier, Minister of Energy and Resources and Minister responsible for Regional Development, Oct 11, 1989. Bacon announced resignation on Jan 11, 1994, same day as Johnson was sworn in as Premier. Byelection which was called for Aug. 29 was cancelled with the election call.

  • In 1994, LIB THOMAS MULCAIR defeated PQ LIDI COSTACHE by 16,646.

  • In 1998, LIB MULCAIR defeated PQ MONIA PRÉVOST by 19,424 votes.



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