CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: JONQUIERE

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Françoise Gauthier

Liberal Party of Que

13826

44.4%

Myrtha Laflamme

Parti Québécois

11386

36.56%

Réjean Laforest

Action démocratique

5220

16.76%

Batiste W. Foisy

Bloc-pot

378

1.21%

Michel Perron

Union des Forces

330

1.06%

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

166 of 166 polls reporting

JONQUIÈRE

Candidates:

PQ          Myrtha Laflamme
LIB       x Françoise Gauthier
ADQ        Réjean Laforest
BP          Batiste W. Foisy
UFP        Michel Perron

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1966 election.

1966, 1970, 1973 - LIB
1976, 1981 - PQ
1983 BY-EL - LIB
1985, 1989, 1994, 1996 byelection, 1998 - PQ
2001 byelection - LIB

1995 REF:  YES - 71.02%  NO - 28.98%

Riding Profile:
Part of Lac-St-Jean area. Riding consists of Jonquière and municipality of Lac-Kénogami.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  0.8%
Franco: 98.8%
Allo:  0.4%

Jonquière contains that part of the Ville de Saguenay corresponding to the Ville de Jonquière and the Municipality of Lac-Kénogami as they existed up until February 17, 2002.

Redistribution:
Riding created in 1965 from riding of Jonquière-Kénogami.
No change in redistributions before 1989 and 1994 elections.
No change in 2001 redistribution.

Political History:

PQ CLAUDE VAILLANCOURT defeated LIB HARVEY in 1976 and 1981. Deputy Speaker, May 1979-Nov. 1980. Speaker Nov. 11, 1980 to March 23, 1983 when he resigned. He resigned as MNA on June 29, 1983 after being named Provincial Court Judge for District of Roberval, June 22, 1983.

In Dec 5, 1983 byelection, LIB ALINE SAINT-AMAND defeated PQ CÉLINE GAGNON.

PQ FRANCIS DUFOUR defeated LIB SAINT-AMAND in 1985 and 1989.

In 1994, PQ DUFOUR defeated LIB STÉPHANE DALLAIRE by 13,895 votes. Nov. 21, 1995 - Dufour said he had already talked to Bouchard about giving up his seat for him. Jan. 16, 1996 - he resigned his seat.

In Feb. 21, 1996 byelection , PQ LUCIEN BOUCHARD, with Liberals not running a candidate, defeated CAN GEORGE BUTCHER by 24,416 votes. Sworn in as Premier on Jan. 29, 1996.

In 1998, PQ BOUCHARD defeated LIB GUYLAINE CARON by 13,923 votes. Resigned as president of PQ on Jan. 11, 2001- said he recognized his efforts to quickly relaunch the debate on the national question had been in vain; said his children needed him and he needed to get back to them. He remained premier until March 8, 2001.

In Oct. 1, 2001 byelection, LIB FRANÇOISE GAUTHIER defeated PQ NICOLE RACINE by
4,247 votes.