CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: IBERVILLE

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Jean Rioux

Liberal Party of Que

12107

39.15%

Jean-Paul Bergeron

Parti Québécois

11186

36.17%

Lucille Méthé

Action démocratique

6731

21.76%

Michel Thiffeault

Bloc-pot

376

1.22%

Benoit Lapointe

Green Party

298

0.96%

Guillaume Tremblay

Union des Forces

229

0.74%

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

160 of 160 polls reporting

IBERVILLE

Candidates:

PQ        x Jean-Paul Bergeron
LIB         Jean Rioux
ADQ       Lucille Méthé
UFP       Guillaume Tremblay
BP         Michel Thiffeault
PVQ       Benoit Lapointe

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1854 election.

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

1995 REF:  YES - 57.16%  NO - 42.84%

Riding Profile:
South shore riding, rural.  Borders on U.S.

Language Breakdown (% Mother tongue - single answers)
Anglo:  3.1%
Franco: 95.6%
Allo:   1.4%

Iberville contains the following municipalities: Ange-Gardien, Henryville, Marieville, Mont-St-Grégoire, Noyan, Rougemont, St-Alexandre, Ste-Angèle-de-Monnoir, Ste-Anne-de-Sabrevois, Ste-Brigide-d'Iberville, St-Césaire, St-Georges-de-Clarenceville, St-Paul-d'Abbotsford, St-Pie, St-Sébastien and Venise-en-Québec.

It also contains that part of the city of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu situated to the east of the Richelieu River.

Redistribution:
No change in redistribution before 1989 election.

In 1992 redistribution, St-Jean-Baptiste polls moved to Borduas riding Iberville 41,558

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 91% of riding; 9% moved to Brome-Missisquoi; moved to Brome-Missisquoi, the city of Farnham (41,558 electors)

Political History:

In 1973, LIB JACQUES-R TREMBLAY defeated PC PAUL-YVON HAMEL by 2,429. PQ MARCEL PEPIN (president of CSN) was third.

In 1976, PQ JACQUES BEAUSEJOUR defeated UN URBAIN MORIN by 1,533 votes. LIB JACQUES TREMBLAY was third.

In 1981, PQ BEAUSEJOUR defeated LIB JEAN GUITE by 1,939 votes.

In 1985, LIB JACQUES TREMBLAY defeated PQ BEAUSEJOUR by 4,685 votes.

In 1989, LIB YVON LAFRANCE defeated PQ GILLES LEDUC by 3,245 votes. He quit Liberals Feb 9, 1994, sat as Independent, said he was going to join ADQ. When he quit he said Liberals had stifled all constitutional debate since defeat of Charlottetown Accord.

In 1994, PQ RICHARD LE HIR defeated LIB LYSE LAFRANCE-CHARLEBOIS by 1,464. Minister responsible for Restructuring, Sept. 26, 1994 to Nov. 9, 1995. Dec. 1995 - forced out of PQ caucus while Auditor-General investigated conflict-of-interest over award of contracts to study impact of separation. Cleared and asked Bouchard to return to caucus - said Bouchard never got back to him. April 30, 1996 - said he was leaving PQ to sit as an Independent. He said PQ had been taken over by hardlinders and premier's overtures to non-francophones were a "vulgar public relations exercise."

In 1998, PQ JEAN-PAUL BERGERON defeated LIB SYLVAIN LAPOINTE by 4,412 votes.