CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: FRONTENAC

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Laurent Lessard

Liberal Party of Que

11249

43.64%

Marc Boulianne

Parti Québécois

7281

28.25%

Daniel Lamothe

Action démocratique

6888

26.72%

Bruno Vézina

Green Party

231

0.9%

Marie-Josée Vachon

Union des Forces

125

0.48%

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

127 of 127 polls reporting

FRONTENAC

Candidates:

PQ        x Marc Boulianne
LIB           Laurent Lessard
ADQ         Daniel Lamothe
PVQ         Bruno Vézina
UFP         Marie-Josée Vachon

Riding History:
Riding created in 1912.

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

1995 REF:  YES - 52.84%   NO - 47.16%

Riding Profile:
Transition between Eastern Townships and heartland of Quebec - rural. Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers

Anglo:  1.1%
Franco: 98.6%
Allo:  0.3%

Frontenac contains the following municipalities: Adstock, Disraëli, East Broughton, Irlande, Kinnear's Mills, Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus, Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande, Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown, Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Saint-Julien, Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Sainte-Praxède and Thetford Mines.

Redistribution:
No change in redistribution before 1989 election.
In 1992 redistribution, kept all existing riding and added St-Jean-de-Brebeuf polls from Lotbinière riding.

In 2001 redistribution:

97% of riding remains; 3% moved to Lotbinière

lost, to Lobinière, from SW corner - Saint-Ferdinand and Sainte-Sophie-de Halifax (2164 electors).

Political History:

[1994 = 99.11% FRONTENAC; .89% LOTBINIERE][2003 = 100% FRONTENAC]

In 1973, LIB HENRI LECOURS defeated PQ JEAN-MARC LABBE by 4,274 votes.

PQ GILLES GREGOIRE won in 1976 and 1981.(Gregoire had been RC MP; defeated as PQ in Jonquière in 1970) Gregoire arrested on March 1983 for sexual offences with teenage girls. Found guilty on June 18, 1983; sentenced to 2 years less a day on July 16, 1983; released from prison March 28, 1984. He did not resign his seat but sat as Independent after June 20, 1983.

LIB ROGER LEFEBVRE won in 1985 and 1989. Lefebvre appointed Deputy Speaker, Oct. 16, 1990; appointed Minister of Justice, Attorney General and Minister responsible for Electoral Reform, Jan. 11, 1994.

In 1994, LIB LEFEBVRE defeated PQ PIERRE TURCOTTE by 2,336 votes.

In 1998, PQ MARC BOULIANNE defeated PQ LUC BERTHOLD by 903 votes.