CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: JOHNSON

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Claude Boucher

Parti Québécois

12232

40.63%

Nicole Brouillette

Liberal Party of Que

10700

35.54%

Isabelle Marquis

Action démocratique

6556

21.78%

Martin Marois

Union des Forces

393

1.31%

Michel Bélanger

Christian Democratic

224

0.74%

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

158 of 158 polls reporting

JOHNSON

Candidates:

PQ        x Claude Boucher
LIB         Nicole Brouillette
ADQ       Isabelle Marquis
PDCQ     Michel Bélanger
UFPQ      Martin Marois

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1973 election.

1973 - LIB
1974 Byelection, 1976 - UN
1980 Byelection - LIB
SINCE 1981 - PQ

1995 REF:  YES - 54.82%   NO - 45.18%

Riding Profile:
Heartland of Quebec riding.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  2%
Franco: 97.4%
Allo:  0.7%

Johnson contains the following municipalities: Acton Vale, Béthanie, Durham-Sud, L' Avenir, Lefebvre, Maricourt, Racine, Roxton, Roxton Falls, Roxton Pond, Ste-Cécile-de-Milton, Ste-Christine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, St-François-Xavier-de-Brompton, Ste-Hélène-de-Bagot, St-Joachim-de-Shefford, St-Nazaire-d'Acton, St-Théodore-d'Acton, St-Valérien-de-Milton, Stoke,  Ulverton, Upton, Valcourt, Val-Joli, Wickham and Windsor.

It also contains one borough of the city of Sherbrooke.

Redistribution:
Riding created from parts of Drummond, Richmond, Bagot, Shefford.

After redistribution before 1989 election, riding consisted of 94.74% of former riding.

In 1992 redistribution, 3 Saint-Eugene polls (679 electors) moved from this riding to Drummond riding.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 99% of riding; 1% to Richmond; added: 9% of Shefford, .09% of Sherbrooke and 1% of Saint-François;

lost, in north, to Richmond, that part of Richmond which had been in riding (1,222 electors);

gained, in SW, from Shefford: Roxton Pond, St-Joachim-de-Shefford parish and Township of Ste-Cécile-de-Milton (4698 electors)

gained, from Sherbrooke, the part of the City of Sherbrooke included in borough 1 (43 electors);

gained from St-François, that part of the city of Fleurimont which had been in riding (255 electors);

gained from Orford small area - parts of St-Élie-d'Orford (67 electors.)

Political History:

JOHNSON

[2003 = 88.1% JOHNSON; 11.1% SHEFFORD; .6% SAINT-FRANCOIS; .1% SHERBROOKE;.1% ORFORD]

In 1973, LIB JEAN-CLAUDE BOUTIN defeated Creditiste ALBERT CLAUDE by 3940 votes. Resigned July 25, 1974 after charges of conflict-of-interest arose.

In byelection on Aug. 28, 1974, UN MAURICE BELLEMARE defeated LIB J-C BOUTIN. (Bellemare won in Champlain in 1944-1966 inclusive)

In 1976, UN BELLEMARE defeated PQ ROBERT NORMAND by 4,805. Interim leader of UN, March 1974 to May, 1976. Parliamentary Leader of UN May 1976 to Oct. 30, 1979. Resigned as MNA December 19, 1979.

In byelection on Nov. 17, 1980, LIB CAMILLE PICARD defeated PQ CARMEN JUNEAU by 372 votes.

In 1981, PQ CARMEN JUNEAU defeated LIB CAMILLE PICARD by 806 votes. PQ JUNEAU was re-elected in 1985 and 1989.

In 1994, PQ CLAUDE BOUCHER defeated LIB MICHEL DAVIAU by 1,246 votes.

In 1998, PQ BOUCHER defeated LIB MARIE MARIER by 3,129 votes.