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RIDING: LAC-SAINT-JEAN |
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Candidate |
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Vote Count |
Pop. Vote |
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Stéphan Tremblay |
Parti Québécois |
15200 |
53.74%
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Benoît Harvey |
Liberal Party of Que |
7389 |
26.13%
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Roger Filion |
Action démocratique |
5694 |
20.13%
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LAC-SAINT-JEAN
Candidates:
PQ Stéphan Tremblay
LIB Benoît Harvey
ADQ Roger Fillion
Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1890.
1970, 1973 - LIB
SINCE 1976 - PQ
1995 REF: YES - 73.06% NO - 26.94%
Riding Profile:
Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: 0.4%
Franco: 99.4%
Allo: 0.2%
PQ Leader Lucien Bouchard represented federal riding of Lac-St-Jean.
Lac-Saint-Jean contains the following municipalities: Alma, Desbiens, Hébertville, Hébertville-Station, Labrecque, Lamarche, Larouche, L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur, Métabetchouan Lac-à-la-Croix, St-André-du-Lac-St-Jean, St-Bruno, St-Gédéon, St-Henri-de-Taillon, St-Ludger-de-Milot, Sainte-Monique and Saint-Nazaire,
Redistribution:
Minor changes in redistribution before 1994 election.
No change in 2001 redistribution.
Political History:
LIB ROGER PILOTE defeated PQ GEO-HENRI FORTIN in 1970 and 1973.
In 1976, PQ JACQUES BRASSARD defeated LIB PILOTE by 6,911 votes. PQ BRASSARD was re-elected in 1981 and 1985. Minister of Recreation, Fish and Game, Nov. 1984 - December 1985. Whip from 1985.
In 1989, PQ BRASSARD defeated LIB PIERRE GIMAIEL by 3,623 votes. (Gimaïel had been elected MP in 1980; defeated in 1984 in Lac-St-Jean)
In 1994, PQ BRASSARD defeated LIB DENIS SIMARD by 13,474 votes. Appointed Minister of Environment and Wildlife on Sept. 26, 1994; added VP of the Treasury Board, Nov. 3, 1995; Minister of Transport and Minister responsible for Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region, Jan. 29, 1996; Minister responsible for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs, Jan. 29, 1996 - Sept. 23, 1998; added: Government House Leader, Minister responsible for Parliamentary Reform, Sept. 23, 1998.
In 1998, PQ BRASSARD defeated LIB NOEL GIRARD by 15,706 votes. Government House Leader, Minister responsible for Parliamentary Reform to Jan. 29, 2002. Minister of Natural Resources, Dec. 15, 1998 to Jan. 29, 2002. On Jan. 29, 2002, Brassard and Chevrette, after meeting with Landry, resigned from Cabinet and as MNAs, saying they would have had their roles diminished in the next day's Cabinet shuffle. They said they felt the Party had pushed them out the door.
In June 17, 2002 byelection, PQ STÉPHAN TREMBLAY defeated ADQ JOCELYN FRADETTE by 651 votes.
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