CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: LA PRAIRIE

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Jean Dubuc

Liberal Party of Que

15805

41.57%

Serge Geoffrion

Parti Québécois

14879

39.13%

Yves-André Ferland

Action démocratique

6478

17.04%

Marc Bissonnette

Bloc-pot

547

1.44%

Danielle Maire

Union des Forces

229

0.6%

Sylvain Lesage

Christian Democratic

0.22%

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

193 of 193 polls reporting

LA PRAIRIE

Candidates:

PQ        x Serge Geoffrion
LIB         Jean Dubuc
ADQ       Yves-André Ferland
PDCQ     Sylvain Lesage
BP         Marc Bissonnette
UFP       Danielle Maire

Riding History:
Riding re-established in 1973 -- had been Napierville-Laprairie from 1923-1970.

1973 - LIB
1976 - PQ
1981, 1985 - LIB
1989, 1994, 1997 byelection, 1998 - PQ

1995 REF:  YES - 58.57%  NO - 41.43%

Riding Profile:
South shore riding.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  5.9%
Franco: 90.2%
Allo:  3.7%

La Prairie riding contains following municipalities: Candiac,
Delson, La Prairie, Saint-Constant, Saint-Mathieu and Saint-Philippe.

Redistribution
A previous riding of Laprairie existed from 1830-1919.
Riding re-established from Napierville-Laprairie before 1973 election.

In re-distribution before 1989 election, kept 48.42% LAPRAIRIE and added 35.45% CHATEAUGUAY.

No change in redistribution before 1994 election.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 82% of riding; 18% moved to Châteauguay

lost, to Châteauguay - from western part of riding - city of Sainte-Catherine; (10,817 electors).

Political History:

In 1973, LIB PAUL BERTHIAUME, elected in Napierville-Laprairie in 1970
ran and won in this new riding. Minister of State/Transport, Nov. 1973; added Minister of State, Finance, July 1975.

In 1976, PQ GILLES MICHAUD defeated LIB BERTHIAUME by 647 votes.

In 1981, LIB JEAN-PIERRE SAINTONGE defeated PQ MICHAUD by 328 votes.

In 1985, LIB SAINTONGE defeated PQ ESTELLE LAFONTAINE by 9,968. Appointed Deputy Speaker, December 1985. Ran in La Pinière in 1989.

In 1989, PQ DENIS LAZURE defeated LIB YVON POMMAINVILLE by 790 votes. (Lazure won in Chambly in 1976; in Bertrand in 1981; resigned, 1984. Was Minister of Social Affairs, Minister of Citizens Relations)

In 1994, PQ LAZURE defeated LIB FERNANDE LUSSIER by 8,444 votes. Lazure resigned in Jan. 1996 -- accepted position as head of Handicapped Persons' Office.

In Feb. 14, 1996 byelection, PQ MONIQUE SIMARD defeated LIB BERTRAND LEGARE. On Sept.29, 1997, Simard was found guilty of voting illegally in 1995. Montreal municipal election -- had not lived there for a year. Fined minimum penalty of $100 on Oct. 31, 1997. Announced April 5, 1998 she would resign from National Assembly May 1, 1998 and not run again.

In 1998, PQ SERGE GEOFFRION defeated LIB LYNE ROWLEY by 9,144 votes.