CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: DUBUC

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Jacques Côté

Parti Québécois

9773

38.89%

Johnny Simard

Liberal Party of Que

9704

38.62%

Claude Gauthier

Action démocratique

5174

20.59%

Marie Francine Bienvenue

Union des Forces

476

1.89%

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

147 of 147 polls reporting

DUBUC

Candidates:

PQ        x Jacques Côté
LIB           Johnny Simard
ADQ         Claude Gauthier
UFP          Francine Marie Bienvenue

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1966 election.

1973 - LIB
SINCE 1976 - PQ

1995 REF:  YES - 70.41%  NO - 29.59%

Riding Profile:
Part of Lac-St-Jean region - La Baie, Laterrière are biggest towns.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  0.6%
Franco: 99.2%
Allo:    .3

Dubuc contains the following municipalities: Bégin, Ferland-et-Boilleau, L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Petit-Saguenay, Rivière-Éternité, Saint-Ambroise, Saint-Charles-de-Bourget, Saint-David-de-Falardeau, Saint-Félix-d'Otis, Saint-Fulgence, Saint-Honoré and Sainte-Rose-du-Nord.

It also contains the town of Saguenay except for the towns of Chicoutimi and Jonquière and the Municipalité de Lac-Kénogami as they existed up until February 17, 2002.

Redistribution:
Riding created before 1966 election from parts of Chicoutimi and Jonquière-Kénogami.

Minor changes in redistributions before 1989 and 1994 elections.

In 2001 redistribution:

lost, from SE corner, to Charlevoix riding - Saagard (164 electors).4% of riding

Political History:

In 1973, LIB GHISLAIN HARVEY defeated PQ ANDRE DESGAGNE by 4,186 votes. UN ROCH BOIVIN was third.

In 1976, PQ HUBERT DESBIENS defeated LIB HARVEY by 3,661 votes. PQ DESBIENS was re-elected in 1981 and 1985.

In 1989, PQ GERARD-R. MORIN defeated LIB ANTONIN TREMBLAY by 2,252 votes.

In 1994, PQ MORIN defeated LIB JEANNE LAVOIE by 9,617 votes.

In 1998, PQ JACQUES COTE defeated LIB CLAUDE RICHARD by 8,234 votes. Appointed Minister of Housing, Jan. 30, 2002.