CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: LABELLE

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Sylvain Pagé

Parti Québécois

13530

46.57%

Jean-Pierre Miljours

Liberal Party of Que

10501

36.14%

Pascal De Bellefeuille

Action démocratique

4283

14.74%

Anne Léger

Green Party

468

1.61%

André Haché

Bloc-pot

274

0.94%

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

169 of 169 polls reporting

LABELLE

Candidates :

PQ        x Sylvain Pagé
LIB           Jean-Pierre Miljours
ADQ         Pascal de Bellefeuille
BP            André Haché
PVQ         Anne Léger

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1912 election.

1973 Laurentides-Labelle - LIB
1976 Laurentides-Labelle - PQ

Labelle:
1981 - PQ
1985 - LIB
1989, 1994, 1998, 2001 byelection - PQ

1995 REF:   YES - 64.24%  NO - 35.76%

Riding Profile:
Riding in Upper Laurentians

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  2.8%
Franco: 96.4%
Allo:  0.9%

The electoral division of Labelle comprises the following municipalities: Amherst, Beaux-Rivages, Brébeuf, Chute-Saint-Philippe, Des Ruisseaux, Ferme-Neuve, Huberdeau, Kiamika, Labelle, Lac-des-Écorces, Lac-du-Cerf, La Conception, Lac-Saguay, Lac-Saint-Paul, Lac-Supérieur, La Macaza, La Minerve, L'Annonciation, L Ascension, Marchand, Mont-Laurier, Mont-Saint-Michel, Mont-
Tremblant, Nominingue, Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain, Notre-Dame-du-Laus, St-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles, Ste-Anne-du-Lac, St-Faustin Lac-Carré, Ste-Véronique and Val-Barrette.

Redistribution:
In redistribution before 1989 election, small portion of riding moved to Papineau.

In 1992 redistribution, lost 11,159 electors (47) polls to new Bertrand riding. Gained small area from Papineau.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 100% of riding and added 1% of Argenteuil and .16% of Papineau;

gained from Argenteuil - Municipalité de Huberdeau (666 electors);

gained from Papineau, in south, Amherst poll (84 electors);

added in NW, territory from Gatineau (no electors0

Political History:
[1994 = 98.19% LABELLE; 1.81% PAPINEAU]
[2003 = 98.3% LABELLE; 1.6% ARGENTEUIL; .1% PAPINEAU]

In 1973, in Laurentides-Labelle, LIB ROGER LAPOINTE defeated PQ JACQUES LEONARD by 2,388 votes. UN LAFONTAINE was third.

In 1976, in Laurentides-Labelle, PQ JACQUES LEONARD defeated LIB LAPOINTE. Appointed Minister of State for Planning, Nov. 26, 1976; VP of Treasury Board, 1978; Minister of Municipal Affairs, 1980 to 1984.

In 1981, in Labelle, PQ JACQUES LEONARD defeated LIB DAMIEN HETU. Minister of Municipal Affairs, April 30, 1981; Minister of Transport, March - Nov. 1984. One of "Group of 12", he resigned from Cabinet Nov. 22, 1984 after Levesque stated that sovereignty should not be an issue in the next election (Article 1 of PQ constitution). Resigned from PQ caucus and sat as Independent from Nov. 27, 1984; resigned as MNA May 23, 1985.

In 1985, LIB DAMIEN HETU defeated PQ YVON CORMIER by 2,507 votes.

In 1989, PQ JACQUES LEONARD ran again and defeated LIB HETU by 2,959 votes.

In 1994, PQ LÉONARD defeated LIB MARCEL LAFLEUR by 9,144 votes. Appointed Minister of Transport and VP of Treasury Board, Sept. 26, 1994; Minister for Administration and the Public Service, Chair of Treasury Board, Nov. 3, 1995; added Minister responsible for Laurentian region, Jan. 29, 1996.

In 1998, PQ LEONARD defeated LIB RAYMOND LAPORTE by 7,999 votes. Minister responsible for Administration and the Public Service and President of Treasury Board until March 8, 2000 when he resigned - the same day Bouchard left the National Assembly.

In Oct 1, 2001 byelection, PQ SYLVAIN PAGÉ defeated LIB JEAN-PIERRE MILJOURS by
97 votes.