CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: DEUX-MONTAGNES

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Hélène Robert

Parti Québécois

12432

39.04%

Marc Lauzon

Liberal Party of Que

12099

37.99%

Éric Duhaime

Action démocratique

6907

21.69%

Julien Demers

Union des Forces

408

1.28%

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

167 of 167 polls reporting

DEUX-MONTAGNES

Candidates:

PQ        x Hélène Robert
LIB          Marc Lauzon
ADQ        Éric Duhaime
UFP        Julien Demers

Riding History:
Riding created in 1853.

1960-1973 incl - LIB
1976, 1981 - PQ
1985, 1989 - LIB
1994, 1998 - PQ

1995 REF:  YES - 57.32%   NO - 42.68%

Riding Profile:
Kanesatake is in this riding.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  8.3%
Franco: 89.7%
Allo:  2%

Deux-Montagnes contains the towns of Deux-Montagnes and Saint-Eustache.

Redistribution:
No change in redistributions before 1989 and 1994 elections.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 71% of riding; 29% moved to new Mirabel riding

kept Deux-Montagnes and Saint-Eustache.

Political History:

LIB JEAN PAUL L'ALLIER won in 1970 and 1973. Appointed Minister of Communications, 1970; Minister of Civil Service, 1970-72;1970-76 - Responsible for Office of Franco-québécois pour la Jeunesse. Minister of Communications, 1973; Minister of Cultural Affairs, 1975-76.

In 1976, PQ PIERRE DE BELLEFEUILLE defeated LIB L'ALLIER by 2,466 votes. In 1981, PQ DE BELLEFEUILLE defeated LIB YVON BELAIR by 2,830 votes. Left PQ caucus to sit as Independent, Nov 20/84, one of several to leave after Levesque stated that sovereignty should not be an issue in the next campaign (Article 1 of PQ Constitution).

In 1985, LIB YOLANDE LEGAULT defeated PQ YVES LAUZON by 4,455 votes. PIERRE DE BELLEFEUILLE, running for PI, was third with 2,274 votes.

In 1989, LIB JEAN-GUY BERGERON defeated PQ HELENE ROBERT by 515 votes. Bergeron had been UN candidate here in 1966, 1970.

In 1994, PQ HELENE ROBERT defeated LIB FRANCINE LABELLE by 5,689 votes.
In 1998, PQ ROBERT defeated LIB ROBERT FRAGASSO by 7,453 votes.