CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: CHUTES-DE-LA-CHAUDIERE

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Marc Picard

Action démocratique

14761

38.79%

Pauline Houde-Landry

Liberal Party of Que

12600

33.11%

Antoine Dubé

Parti Québécois

10048

26.4%

Jean Bernatchez

Union des Forces

649

1.71%

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

180 of 180 polls reporting

CHUTES-DE-LA-CHAUDIÈRE

Candidates:

PQ       Antoine Dubé
LIB       Pauline Houde-Landry
ADQ     Marc Pinard
UFP     Jean Bernatchez

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1989 election.

1989, 1994, 1998 - PQ

1995 REF:  YES - 61.19%   NO - 38.81%

Riding Profile:
Riding on south shore of the St. Lawrence River - across from Quebec City.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  1%
Franco: 98.6%
Allo:  0.4%

Chutes-de-la-Chaudière contains that part of the city of Lévis corresponding to the following municipalities as they existed up until Dec. 31, 2001: Charny, Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Nicolas and Saint-Rédempteur.

Redistribution:
Riding created from 28.08% BEAUCE-NORD; 45.85% LEVIS.
No change in redistribution prior to 1994 election except for name change.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 79% of riding; 15% moved to Lévis; 6% to Beauce-Nord;

lost to Lévis, from NE - Ville de Saint-Romuald (8,552 electors)

lost to Beauce-Nord, from south, Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon parish (3,501 electors)

Political History:

BEAUCE-NORD

LIB DENIS SYLVAIN won in 1973; PQ ADRIEN OUELLETTE defeated LIB DENIS
SYLVAIN in 1976. PQ OUELLETTE was re-elected in 1981 and became Minister of Environment.

LIB JEAN AUDET defeated PQ OUELLETTE in 1985.

LEVIS

In 1976, PQ JEAN GARON defeated LIB CHAGNON by 5,887 votes. Appointed Minister of Agriculture in 1976; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Sept. 1979.

PQ GARON was re-elected in 1981 and 1985. Appointed Minister of Agriculture,Fisheries & Food, April 3, 1981.

CHUTES-DE-LA-CHAUDIERE

[2003 = 100% CHUTES-DE-LA-CHAUDIERE]

In 1989, PQ DENISE CARRIER-PERREAULT defeated LIB DENIS THERRIEN by 1,084.
In 1994, PQ CARRIER-PERREAULT defeated LIB SHIRLEY BARIL by 11,871 votes. Appointed Minister responsible for Mines, Lands and Forests and Minister responsible for Chaudière-Appalaches region, Jan. 29, 1996; Minister for Mines and Forests and Minister responsible for Chaudière-Appalaches region. In 1998, PQ CARRIER-PERREAULT defeated LIB CHRISTIAN JOBIN by 8,781 votes.