CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: FABRE

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Michelle Courchesne

Liberal Party of Que

18729

46.95%

Nathalie Saint-Pierre

Parti Québécois

14388

36.06%

Claude Dugas

Action démocratique

6370

15.97%

Pierre Bibeau

Independent

408

1.02%

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

196 of 196 polls reporting

FABRE

Candidates:

PQ       Nathalie Saint-Pierre
LIB       Michelle Courchesne
ADQ     Claude Dugas
IND       Pierre Bibeau

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1966 election.

1966, 1970, 1973 - LIB
1976, 1981 - PQ
1985, 1989 - LIB
1994, 1998 - PQ

1995 REF:  YES - 51.50%   NO - 48.50%

Riding Profile:
Laval riding - west part of Ile Jesus.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  6.2%
Franco: 82.8%
Allo: 11%

Fabre contains that part of the city of Laval bounded by: the limit of the city of Laval in the rivière des Mille Îles, the Laurentian autoroute(15), Dagenais Ouest boulevard, Félix street, Foster street, Edgar street, Édith street, the overhead electric power line, the Laval autoroute (440), the autoroute Chomedey (13), the boundary of the city of Laval in the rivière des Prairies and the lac des Deux Montagnes.

Redistribution:
Riding created in 1965 from part of riding of Laval.
No change in redistributions before 1989 and 1994 elections.

In 2001 redistribution:

lost, to Vimont riding, area from SE corner (2867 electors) (5% of the riding)

Political History:

LIB GILLES HOUDE won in 1966, 1970 and 1973.

In 1976, PQ BERNARD LANDRY defeated LIB HOUDE by 9,078 votes. (Landry had been defeated in Joliette,1970; Joliette-Montcalm in 1973). Landry was appointed Minister of State for Economic Development, Nov. 26, 1976. Landry ran in Laval-des-Rapides in 1981.

In 1981, PQ MICHEL LEDUC defeated LIB LISE THIBAULT by 2,265 votes.

LIB JEAN HOLY defeated PQ LEDUC in 1985 and 1989.

In 1994, PQ JOSEPH FACAL defeated LIB LISE EVOY by 1,109 votes. Appointed Minister for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs, Sep 23/98. In 1998, PQ FACAL defeated LIB JOANNE GAUTHIER by 2,352 votes. Remained as Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs Minister until Jan 30, 2002. Minister responsible for the Outaouais region, Dec. 15, 1998 to March 8, 2001. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration; Minister responsible for Relations with French-speaking and Acadian Communities, March 8, 2001 to Jan .30, 2002. Appointed Chair of Treasury Board, Minister of State for Administration and the Public Service, Minister responsible for Administration and Public Service, Jan. 30, 2002. Facal announced on Feb. 4, 2003 that he wouldn't be running again.