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RIDING: CREMAZIE
Candidate Party Vote Count Pop. Vote X
Michèle Lamquin-Éthier Liberal Party of Que 15462 44.03% X
Hugues Cormier Parti Québécois 13923 39.65%
Manon St-Louis Action démocratique 4053 11.54%
Jocelyne Desautels Union des Forces 687 1.96%
Philippe Beauvais Bloc-pot 411 1.17%
Claude Trudel Green Party 401 1.14%
Marsha Fine Marxiste-léninste 176 0.5%
Last Updated Tue Apr 15 12:00:00 EDT 2003 175 of 175 polls reporting
CRÉMAZIE

Candidates:

PQ      y Hugues Cormier
LIB         Michèle Lamquin-Ethier
ADQ       Manon St-Louis
CPCML   Marsha Fine
PVQ       Claude Trudel
BP          Philippe Beauvais
UFP        Jocelyne Desautels

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1973 election.

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

1995 REF:  NO - 52.73%   YES - 47.27%

Riding Profile:
North Montreal riding.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  2.8%
Franco: 75%
Allo: 22.2% (6.85% Italian; 3.62% Arabic)

Crémazie contains that part of Montréal bounded by: the rivière des Prairies including the île de la Visitation and the île du Cheval-de-Terre, Pie-IX boulevard, Henri-Bourassa boulevard, Saint-Michel boulevard, the railway line of the Canadian National Railway Company, Papineau avenue, the Metropolitan autoroute (40), and the extension of Saint-Laurent boulevard.

Redistribution:
Riding created from parts of Ahuntsic and Bourassa ridings.
Only small change in redistribution before 1989 election.
No change in redistribution before 1994 election.

In 2001 redistribution:

  • kept 88% of riding; 12% moved to Acadie; added 43% of Bourassa;

  • lost to Acadie, area south of Saint-Laurent boulevard (4434 electors);

  • gained, from Bourassa riding, the part of Montréal and Montréal-Nord, bounded by: rivière des Prairies including île de la Visitation and île du Cheval-de-Terre, Pie-IX, Henri-Bourassa, Saint-Michel, CNR railway line, De Lorimier avenue, Étienne-Brûlé and du Pont street (13,929 electors),

    Political History:

  • In 1973, LIB JEAN BIENVENUE defeated, by 1,396 votes, PQ JACQUES PARIZEAU, who had been defeated in Ahuntsic in 1970. (Bienvenue won in Matane in 1966,1970. Minister without portfolio, 1971. Appointed Minister of Immigration, Feb. 1972; Minister of Education, Jan. - Nov. 1976.

  • In 1976, PQ GUY TARDIF defeated LIB BIENVENUE by 4,612 votes. Minister of Municipal Affairs, Nov.1976; Minister responsible for Housing, 1980-81. In 1981, PQ TARDIF defeated LIB GILLES PERRON by 1,583 votes. Appointed Minister responsible for Housing and Consumer Protection, April 30, 1981; appointed Minister of Transport, Nov. 27, 1984.

  • In 1985, LIB ANDRE VALLERAND defeated PQ TARDIF by 1,555 votes. Minister responsible for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Dec. 1985; Minister for International Affairs, June - Dec. 1988 and Minister of Supply and Services, 1988. In 1989, LIB VALLERAND defeated PQ LISE DAGENAIS by 2,364 votes. Appointed Minister of Tourism, Oct. 1989 and Minister of Revenue, Jan. 11, 1994.

  • In 1994, PQ JEAN CAMPEAU defeated LIB MICHEL DECARY by 429 votes. Minister of Finance and Minister of Revenue, Sept. 26, 1994 to Nov. 3, 1995; Minister of Transport, Nov. 3, 1995 to Jan. 29, 1996. On Jan. 25, 1996, Campeau's office said Campeau had written to Bouchard asking not to be included in Bouchard's Cabinet.

  • In 1998, PQ MANON BLANCHET defeated LIB ROCH CARRIER by 309 votes.



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